buckwheatpaul
04-08-2015, 05:06 PM
This speech was actually said....checked it out....A real principal that is plain spoken and not driven by politically correct....
Subject: NEW HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL!! (pay attention AMERICA!)]
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 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.
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'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 "******," 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.
Subject: NEW HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL!! (pay attention AMERICA!)]
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 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.
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'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 "******," 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.