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<DIV><FONT size=4>Jeanene, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT><BR><FONT size=2>- People complain I'm absorbed and self-centered. And this affects me how?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Love it! </DIV>
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<DIV>kateinmo</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR>--- On <B>Tue, 2/24/09, gcfl-discuss-request@gcfl.net <I><gcfl-discuss-request@gcfl.net></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">From: gcfl-discuss-request@gcfl.net <gcfl-discuss-request@gcfl.net><BR>Subject: GCFL-discuss Digest, Vol 64, Issue 8<BR>To: "Kay Wright" <kateinmo@yahoo.com><BR>Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 12:00 PM<BR><BR><PRE>Send GCFL-discuss mailing list submissions to
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1. Fw: [GCFL.net] How Times Have Changed
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<DIV><FONT face=Candara color=#000080 size=4>I fixed the broken third scenario. See below.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Candara color=#000080 size=4>Am I an old-timer now? I am only 50, but spent many formative years in a small (2,500 winter population, 5,000 summer population) western mountain town in central Arizona.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Candara color=#000080 size=4>A lot of the boys in high school drove to school in their trucks with gun racks (with rifles or shotguns) on the back window. It wasn't scary or bad or dangerous. My dad's truck/jeep had them too.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Candara color=#000080 size=4>In that same town, the teachers in our elementary and jr high gave swats to deserving kids in the hallway outside the classroom. We could all hear the swats being delivered and knew why they were getting them and knew to straighten up ourselves! I don't remember a girl every getting a swat -- I guess boys were the only ones that needed them. <grin></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Candara color=#000080 size=4>Was that so bad?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Jeanene<BR><FONT size=2>- People complain I'm absorbed and self-centered. And this affects me how?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [GCFL.net] How Times Have Changed</DIV></DIV>
<DIV>How Times Have Changed<BR>Scenario:<BR>Jack goes quail hunting before school and then pulls into<BR>the school parking lot with his shotgun in his gun rack.<BR>1957 - The vice principal comes over, looks at Jack's<BR>shotgun, goes to his car, and gets his own shotgun to show<BR>Jack.<BR>2007 - The school goes into lockdown, the FBI is called, and<BR>Jack is hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun<BR>again. Counselors are called in for traumatized students and<BR>teachers.<BR><BR>Scenario:<BR>Jeffrey won't be still in class and disrupts other students.<BR>1957 - Jeffrey is sent to the office and is given a good<BR>paddling by the principal. He returns to class, sits still,<BR>and does not disrupt the class again.<BR>2007 - Jeffrey is given huge doses of Ritalin. He becomes a<BR>zombie and is tested for ADD. The school gets extra money<BR>from the state because Jeffrey has a disability.<BR><BR>Scenario:<BR>Billy breaks a window in his
neighbor's car.<BR>1957 - Billy's dad gives him a spanking with his belt. Billy </DIV>
<DIV>is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college,</DIV>
<DIV>and becomes a successful businessman.<BR>2007 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy is<BR>removed to foster care and joins a gang. The state<BR>psychologist tells Billy's sister that she remembers being<BR>abused herself and their dad goes to prison. Billy's mom<BR>falls for the psychologist.<BR><BR>Scenario:<BR>Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his<BR>knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary hugs him<BR>to comfort him.<BR>1957 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on<BR>playing.<BR>2007 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses<BR>her job. She faces three years in state prison. Johnny<BR>undergoes five years of therapy.</DIV></DIV><PRE>_______________________________________________
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