This is an email I received from a friend.
Jason Snoped this and although it's not true one can wish that it was!
LL if this is pushing the political rule I apologize now and kindly ask that you simply delete it and not break out the ban hammer! To me it is simply American and not political.
> Subject: Fwd: MY KIND OF HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL…..
>
> Wouldn't it be wonderful if every school were handled like this? AWESOME!!
>
> (Every concerned parent should read this.)
>
>
> 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.
>
> 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 "—–," 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 lucky — 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.
Jason Snoped this and although it's not true one can wish that it was!
LL if this is pushing the political rule I apologize now and kindly ask that you simply delete it and not break out the ban hammer! To me it is simply American and not political.
> Subject: Fwd: MY KIND OF HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL…..
>
> Wouldn't it be wonderful if every school were handled like this? AWESOME!!
>
> (Every concerned parent should read this.)
>
>
> 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.
>
> 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 "—–," 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 lucky — 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.
