"However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results"...WC
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Travelling around the net and its inter-pipes as we do, we tend now to take it all for granted. Even the colloquia defines its omnipresence.
But recently when I emailed a link to a friend to subscribe to my blog, she replied. “I need to research how to do that”
My thought was “Oh dear, how often we take so much for granted”
As we live in a busy business world it seems we are totally dominated by the digital presence not even a decade old. The truth is, for many “The Internet” is barely understood and is used only in limited ways.
Certainly no one asks what the internet is anymore. But unlike the telephone and television that is all pervasive and taken for granted, it still has a long way to go.
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Do things really change or is it the way we see it?
To those who knew how things were in 1957 it may have seemed that the 
life was simple but it was not always easy. But considering it now maybe then it was a much better deal.
I wonder if it is possible to get that back and still keep the best of both worlds. Should we try to and if so how?
“Work Hard Play Hard” was our school motto at East Ivanhoe Primary School in Melbourne Australia. It still looks the same to me now as it did in 1957 when I was in Grade 4 there. So what has really changed?
Many of you may have seen this study or something similar. It is a lighthearted look at how the very same scenario is managed in two very different eras.
Now read on and enjoy !!!
Scenario 1: Jack goes rabbit shooting before school and pulls into school parking lot with rifle in gun rack.
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| 1957 – Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack’s rifle, goes to his car and gets his rifle & chats with Jack about guns. |
2007 – School goes into lock down, Star Force called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his Ute or gun again.. Counsellors called in for traumatized students and teachers. |
Scenario 2 : Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school.
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| 1957 – Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up buddies. |
2007 – Police called arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it. Both children go to anger management programs for 3 months. School board hold meeting to implement bullying prevention programs. |
Scenario 3: Robbie won’t be still in class disrupts other students.
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| 1957 – Robbie sent to office and given 6 of the best by the Principal. Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again. |
2007 – Robbie given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. Tested for ADD. Robbie’s parents get fortnightly disability payments and School gets extra funding from state because Robbie has a disability. |
Scenario 4: Billy breaks a neighbor’s car window and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt.
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| 1957 – 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 removed to foster care and joins a gang. State psychologist tells Billy’s sister that she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison. |
Scenario 5: Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school.
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| 1957 – Mark gets glass of water from Principal to take aspirin with. |
2007 – Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons. |
Scenario 6: Pedro fails high school English.
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| 1957 – Pedro goes to summer school, passes English and 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. Parents file class action lawsuit against state school system and Pedro’s English teacher. English banned from core curriculum. Pedro given diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English. |
Scenario 7: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from 4th of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up a bull ant nest.
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| 1957 – Ants die. |
2007- Star Force, Federal Police & Anti-terrorism Squad called. Johnny charged with domestic terrorism, Feds investigate parents, siblings removed from home, computers confiscated. Johnny’s Dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again. |
Scenario 8: Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary hugs him to comfort him.
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| 1957 – In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing. |
2007 – Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in prison. Johnny undergoes 5 years of therapy. |
I noted when I look at my old primary school web site that has a theme now of “Fun, Caring, Learning, Cooperation, Fairness, Respect”. and a motto “Care Excellence and Justice”
It is interesting that it seemed those values were a given once and did not even have to be stated.
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The rate of change is so incredible; it is hard to believe that China is becoming the world’s number one English speaking country. Mind blowing is the fact that for technical students starting a four year degree, half of what they lean will be out of date before their third year of study is completed. What about jobs? Did you know that the top 10 jobs in demand now did not exist in 2004?
I was prompted to search out this information and the video below after getting some feedback about Ralph Eastman’s question “Is reading replacing TV as a pastime” as he eluded to increasing internet readerships trends. I also noted a comment from subscribers. My research of course is so easy now isn’t it, with the internet which is now my constant tool of trade? And here are some of the facts I found in my digging. There are also some interesting tit bits to ponder.
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