From a conservative talk show host.

>>>New high school principal
>>>
>>>
>>>We watched high school principal Dennis Prager of Colorado, along with 
>>>Sara Palin and Tom Brokaw on TV a couple of weeks ago.
>>>  what a dynamic, down to earth speaker.  Even though Palin and Brokaw 
>>> were also guest speakers they did little but nod and agree with him. 
>>> This is the guy that should be running for President in 2016.
>>>
>>>A Speech Every American High School Principal Should Give.
>>>By Dennis Prager.
>>>
>>>To the students and faculty of our high school:
>>>I am your new principal, and honored to be so.
>>>There is no greater calling than to teach young people.
>>>I would like to apprise you of some important changes coming to our
>>>school. I am making these changes because I am convinced that most of
>>>the ideas that have dominated public education in America have worked 
>>>against you, against your teachers and against our country.
>>>First, this school will no longer honor race or ethnicity.  I could
>>>not care less if your racial makeup is black, brown, red, yellow or
>>>white.  I could not care less if your origins are African, Latin
>>>American, Asian or European, or if your ancestors arrived here on the 
>>>Mayflower or on slave ships.  The only identity I care about, the only 
>>>one this school will recognize, is your individual identity,  your
>>>character, your scholarship, your humanity. And the only national
>>>identity this school will care about is American.
>>>This is an American public school, and American public schools were 
>>>created to make better Americans.  If you wish to affirm an ethnic, 
>>>racial or religious identity through school, you will have to go
>>>elsewhere.  We will end all ethnicity, race and non American
>>>nationality based celebrations. They undermine the motto of America, one 
>>>of its three central values E Pluribus Unum, from many, one.
>>>And this school will be guided by America's values. This includes all
>>>after school clubs.  I will not authorize clubs that divide students
>>>based on any identities.  This includes race, language, religion,
>>>sexual orientation or whatever else may become in vogue in a society 
>>>divided by political correctness.
>>>Your clubs will be based on interests and passions, not blood, ethnic, 
>>>racial or other physically defined ties.  Those clubs just cultivate 
>>>narcissism,  an unhealthy preoccupation with the self,  while the purpose 
>>>of education is to get you to think beyond yourself.  So we will have 
>>>clubs that transport you to the wonders and glories of art, music, 
>>>astronomy, languages you do not already speak, carpentry and more.  If 
>>>the only extracurricular activities you can imagine being interested in 
>>>are those based on ethnic, racial or sexual identity,
>>>  that means that little outside of yourself really interests you.
>>>
>>>Second, I am uninterested in whether English is your native language.
>>>My only interest in terms of language is that you leave this school
>>>speaking and writing English as fluently as possible.  The English
>>>language has united Americas citizens for over 200 years, and it will
>>>unite us at this school.  It is one of the indispensable reasons this
>>>country of immigrants has always come to be one country.  And if you 
>>>leave this school without excellent English language skills, I would be 
>>>remiss in my duty to ensure that you will be prepared to
>>>successfully compete in the American job market. We will learn other 
>>>languages here.  it is deplorable that most Americans only speak English. 
>>>but if you want classes taught in your native language rather than in 
>>>English, this is not your school.
>>>
>>>Third, because I regard learning as a sacred endeavor, everything in
>>>this school will reflect learning's elevated status. This means, among 
>>>other things, that you and your teachers will dress accordingly.  Many
>>>people in our society dress more formally for Hollywood events than
>>>for church or school.  These people have their priorities backward.
>>>Therefore, there will be a formal dress code at this school.
>>>
>>>Fourth, No obscene language will be tolerated anywhere on this
>>>school's property,  whether in class, in the hallways or at athletic
>>>events.  If you can not speak without using the f word, you can not 
>>>speak. By obscene language I mean the words banned by the Federal 
>>>Communications Commission, plus epithets such as Nigger, even when
>>>used by one black student to address another black, or "bitch," even when 
>>>addressed by a girl to a girlfriend.  It is my intent that by the time 
>>>you leave this school, you will be among the few your age to 
>>>instinctively distinguish between the elevated and the degraded, the holy 
>>>and the obscene.
>>>
>>>Fifth, We will end all self esteem programs.  In this school,
>>>self esteem will be attained in only one way,  the way people attained it 
>>>until decided otherwise a generation ago by earning it.  One immediate 
>>>consequence is that there will be one valedictorian, not eight.
>>>
>>>Sixth, and last, I am reorienting the school toward academics and away 
>>>from politics and propaganda.  No more time will be devoted to scaring 
>>>you about smoking and caffeine, or terrifying you about sexual harassment 
>>>or global warming.  No more semesters will be devoted to condom wearing 
>>>and teaching you to regard sexual relations as only or primarily a health 
>>>issue.  There will be no more attempts to convince you that you are a 
>>>victim because you are not white, or not male, or not heterosexual or not 
>>>Christian.  We will have failed if any one of
>>>you graduates this school and does not consider him or herself
>>>inordinately fortunate to be alive and to be an American.
>>>
>>>Now, please stand and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of 
>>>our country.  As many of you do not know the words, your teachers will 
>>>hand them out to you.
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