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C&P: The First Day of School 30 Years Ago and Toda
HAIRY
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The First Day of School 30 Years Ago and Today
THIRTY YEARS AGO:
Miss Lichtig receives an apple from an anonymous
student and shows it to her fellow teachers.
TODAY:
Ms. Lichtig receives a package from an anonymous student
and shows it to the bomb squad.
THIRTY YEARS AGO:
Ed Navis, the class clown, is caught reading Playboy.
TODAY:
Mrs. McMahon, the art teacher, is caught posing for Playboy.
THIRTY YEARS AGO:
Nurse Dweezel treats the fifth grade's first case of whooping
cough.
TODAY:
Nurse Dweezel treats the fifth grade's first case of morning
sickness.
THIRTY YEARS AGO:
students find mercury, lead and cobalt on the periodic table.
TODAY:
students find mercury, lead and cobalt in the drinking water.
THIRTY YEARS AGO:
each class begins with "Show and Tell."
TODAY:
each class begins with "Search and Frisk."
THIRTY YEARS AGO:
tenth grader Clyde Kelly is caught cheating on a pop quiz.
TODAY:
tenth grader Scott Kelly is caught cheating on his common-
law wife.
Don't assume malice for what stupidity can explain.
THIRTY YEARS AGO:
Miss Lichtig receives an apple from an anonymous
student and shows it to her fellow teachers.
TODAY:
Ms. Lichtig receives a package from an anonymous student
and shows it to the bomb squad.
THIRTY YEARS AGO:
Ed Navis, the class clown, is caught reading Playboy.
TODAY:
Mrs. McMahon, the art teacher, is caught posing for Playboy.
THIRTY YEARS AGO:
Nurse Dweezel treats the fifth grade's first case of whooping
cough.
TODAY:
Nurse Dweezel treats the fifth grade's first case of morning
sickness.
THIRTY YEARS AGO:
students find mercury, lead and cobalt on the periodic table.
TODAY:
students find mercury, lead and cobalt in the drinking water.
THIRTY YEARS AGO:
each class begins with "Show and Tell."
TODAY:
each class begins with "Search and Frisk."
THIRTY YEARS AGO:
tenth grader Clyde Kelly is caught cheating on a pop quiz.
TODAY:
tenth grader Scott Kelly is caught cheating on his common-
law wife.
Don't assume malice for what stupidity can explain.