yes in Merry old England this scene took place.........

"Mommy! Mommy! Tommy brought his pet rat to school today and it was sick....
real sick..... I think  the whole class is gonna get the Black Death!"

Mom replies.....  " now John sit and eat your gruel with rancid fat on top
and  the barber will be over to bleed you before bedtime that should keep
you from getting sick"


yea being a kid along time ago must have  been hell........
----- Original Message -----
From: "Deb Fuller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 8:09 AM
Subject: Re: Going to Hell in a Hand Basket


> --- Merri Pemberton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Kids have even admitted that
> > they have much more to worry about than when their parents were growing
up
> > e.g. heightened school violence.
>
> I dunno. I think it's a matter of perspective. Sure kids today have to
worry
> about heightened school violence but kids 200 years ago had to worry about
> disease and starvation. For many, school violence wasn't a problem because
> there weren't any schools for them to go to. I don't have the stats but I
> figure that kids even 100 years ago saw more deaths in their immediate
families
> and friends from lack of good medical care than kids today seeing their
friends
> being shot.
>
> I think today, a lot of the worries of the past have been replaced by new
> worries. For most people, we don't have to worry about the basics: food,
> clothing and shelter. Thus we find new worries: being popular and the
latest
> fashions. The "little things" start to become less important and we start
to
> focus on the more superficial aspects of life. It's hard to get too
stressed
> over being popular when you don't know if your family's crops are going to
be
> enough to keep you through the winter or if you are working 12 hours a day
in a
> child factory to help support your family.
>
> Perhaps a goal of museums is to help people to remember how far we have
come as
> human beings and to give them the "larger perspective" as it were. History
and
> technology museums remind us of how life used to be and to be thankful of
the
> modern world. Art and culture museums remind us of how great the human
spirit
> is and the beauty of the world around us. Natural science museums remind
us of
> the wonders of nature and the world as a whole. All can inspire people to
dream
> and look beyond their petty problems. Museums connect us to the world as a
> whole and our history in a way that TV, the Internet or even books cannot.
>
> There's more in the world than just the here and now. I think people,
> especially in this day, need reminding of that.
>
> Deb
>
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