Ritalin is an upper, not a sedative. Kirk McLoren wrote:
> > > SCHOOL 1967 vs. 2007 > > >Scenario: Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls into school parking >lot with shotgun in gun rack. > >1967 - Vice principal comes over to look at Jack's shotgun. He goes to his >car and gets his shotgun to show Jack. >2007 - School goes into lock down, and FBI is called. Jack is hauled off to >jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for >traumatized students and teachers. > > >Scenario: Johnny and M! ark get into a fistfight after school. > >1967 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up >best friends. >2007 - Police called. SWAT team arrives. Johnny and Mark are arrested and >charged with assault. Both are expelled even though Johnny started it. > > >Scenario: Jeffrey won't be still in class, disrupts other students. > >1967 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by the principal. >He returns to class, sits still, and does not disrupt class again. >2007 - Jeffrey is diagnosed with ADD and given huge doses of ritalin. >Becomes a zombie. School gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a >learning disability. > > >Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his neighbor's car and his dad gives >him a whipping with his belt. > >1967 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, >and becomes a successful businessman. >2007 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy is placed in foster >care and joins a gang. State psychologist tells Billy's sister that she >remembers being abused herself, and their dad goes to prison. Billy's mom >has affair with psychologist. > > >Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school. > >1967 - Mark shares aspirin with principal out on the smoking dock. >2007 - Police called. Mark is expelled from school for drug violations. Car >is searched for drugs and weapons. > > >Scenario: Pedro fails high school English. > >1967 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college. >2007 - Pedro's cause is taken up by state. Newspaper articles appear >nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation >is racist. ACLU files class action lawsuit against state school system and >Pedro's English teacher. English banned from core curriculum. Pedro is >given a diploma anyway, but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he >cannot speak English. > > >Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from 4th of July, puts >them in a model airplane paint bottle, and blows up a red ant bed. > >1967 - Ants die. >2007 - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Homeland Security, and FBI >called. Johnny is charged with domestic terrorism. The FBI investigates >parents; siblings are removed from home; computers confiscated Johnny's dad >goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again. > > >Scenario: Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He >is found crying by his teacher, Heather. Heather hugs him to comfort him. > >1967 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing. >2007 - Heather is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She >faces three years in state prison. Johnny undergoes five years of therapy. > > >Go figure. > > > > > > > >--------------------------------- >Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: /pipermail/attachments/20080327/fab91e77/attachment.html >_______________________________________________ >Biofuel mailing list >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
