Having seen a report the night before on sexual 'abuse' in schools, my concern was still evident Very worrying - Never, did we have these problems in schools when I was younger
I think there probably were problems but people kept quiet about things. Just look at how many people came out of the closet...there were gay people back when I was young, you just didn't hear about it...now you do. My childhood best friend was a lesbian but at the time I thought she was just a tomboy. There were also pedophiles back then....we just hear everything now. In 5th grade I had a new teacher for homeroom and art, she was young and pretty and I really liked her...everybody did. Then one day she was gone, story was she had some pornography in her desk but who knows what the real story was.
Agree to an extent But - we would have known if girls were being harassed or abused by boys at school, word gets around like wildfire All through my teenage years I was treated with respect by boys, a memory I will treasure
So was I but in my school years just being pregnant was a big scandal and the girl just disappeared from class. I only knew of two girls that got pregnant in a school of about 4,000. One was a white girl by a black teacher. He was fired or left the high school to go on and be a professor at the University of Pittsburgh...a promotion really. I still remember his name...Mr. Clark a very popular history teacher and the head of the debate team...that's where Jean met got close to him. I knew her well. One of the smartest seniors in a class of 1,000.
That's a bit different Chrissy Anyway, we won't go on about it - I'm certain things are very different now and not in a good way
Yes I got off track but I still believe that a lot was hushed up back then, now everybody knows everything the minute it happens.
To get back on track and to get even with Ken about his joke, here are some funny ones about men. Some are a little R rated and the whole thing copied but I'll edit out some of the really bad ones. Q: What's the difference between a man and a condom? A: Condoms have changed. They're no longer thick and insensitive! Q: What's the most common sleeping position of a man? A: Around. Q: What makes a man think about a dinner by candlelight? A: A power failure. Q: Three words to ruin a man's ego... A: "Is it in?" What is the difference between a man and a vulture? A vulture waits until you're dead before ripping your heart out. Q: How can you tell if your man is happy? A: Who cares? Q: How many knees do men really have? A: 3.... right knee, left knee and their wee-knee. Q: When would you want a man's company? A: When he owns it. Q: What do you give a man with everything? A: Penicillin. Q: Why do only 10 percent of men make it to heaven? A: Because if they all went, it would be called hell. Q: What do you call a man with an opinion? A: Wrong. Q: Why don't women blink during sex? A: There isn't enough time. Q: What should you give a man who has everything? A: A woman to show him how to work it. Q: How are husbands like lawn mowers? A: They're hard to get started, they emit noxious fumes, and half the time they don't work. Q: What has eight arms and an IQ of 60? A: Four guys watching a football game. Q: How can you tell when a man is well hung? A: When you can just barely slip your finger in between his neck and the noose. Q: How do you get a man to stop biting his nails? A: Make him wear shoes. Q: How do you find a blind man in a nudist colony? A: It's not hard. Q. Why are men like lawn mowers? They are difficult to get started, emit foul smells and don't work half the time!
@Chrissy Cross The "old school" thinking was at one time directed toward expecting ladies to be offended by "dirty" stuff, a rather chauvinistic attitude by today's reckoning. Frank
Well it was more about it being in a public school....she could have had those pics at home...poor judgement on her part...she was a good teacher and well liked by everyone. These type of things don't bother or offend me but I may be in the minority, lol.
@Louise Williams Awright, then! How about some women jokes?? I don't know any, but would savor a laugh or two derived from some.....Ahhh..., one just came to mind: In the wonderful Schwartzenneger flick "True Lies", poor Arnold, despondent after believing his wife is having an affair with a used-car salesman, punches out a window in their FBI car (he and Tom Arnold are agents). Arnold knowingly smiles, and in trying to calm his partner down, remarks, "Ah, women! Can't live with them, can't kill 'em!"
How many men does it take to change a light bulb? One.........but he needs a woman to tell him he's not doing it the right way.