Yesterday, Monday I was thinking about how things have changed. Maybe it was because they were demolishing Tioga Grade School and there were lots of old pictures and not a few recent pictures of the school posted on Facebook. This outside looked old, the inside not so bad. I walked to that school from Kindergarten through 6th grade with some time out for a time in England 3rd and part of 4th grade at Bushy Park Air Force Base.
Then five minutes watching an old rerun of Lassie said it all. Of course Lassie saved the day, but Timmy was told to tie the rope to the bumper of the truck, while his Dad is trying to save a scuba diver who is pinned at the bottom of a lake by an underwater boulder. The rope brought to the Dad by Lassie is tied to the boulder and Timmy is told to start up the truck and put it into reverse. Timmy guns it, the boulder is moved and the diver is saved.
Who these days would trust a little kid or maybe even themselves to tie the rope to the bumper, tie the rope to the boulder, and then have a seven or eight year old to drive the truck to move the boulder.
Now we hardly trust kids to walk to the store for a gallon of milk.
Then five minutes watching an old rerun of Lassie said it all. Of course Lassie saved the day, but Timmy was told to tie the rope to the bumper of the truck, while his Dad is trying to save a scuba diver who is pinned at the bottom of a lake by an underwater boulder. The rope brought to the Dad by Lassie is tied to the boulder and Timmy is told to start up the truck and put it into reverse. Timmy guns it, the boulder is moved and the diver is saved.
Who these days would trust a little kid or maybe even themselves to tie the rope to the bumper, tie the rope to the boulder, and then have a seven or eight year old to drive the truck to move the boulder.
Now we hardly trust kids to walk to the store for a gallon of milk.
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