My, How Schools Have Changed

Marie's Two Cents blogs a light-hearted (yet sadly true) opinion on various fictitious scenarios, comparing the resulting actions taken in 1967 with the resulting actions taken in 2007.

One example:

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.

Good for some chuckles (and delivering a point), so go check it out!

There's my two cents.