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.