The new principal

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New high school principal
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> 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
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> 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 2012!
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> A Speech Every American High School Principal Should Give.
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> By Dennis Prager.
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> To the students and faculty of our high school:
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> I am your new principal, and honored to be so. There is no greater calling
> than to teach young people.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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
> America 's 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.
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> 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.
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> 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't speak without using the f-word, you can't 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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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