"THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE" janet jackson

Some people have questioned why I don't believe Ms. Martin is the right person to head Harvey High School. I believe she is an accomplished educator with all the proper credentials and Harvey as everyone seems to agree is not the average high school.
What am I looking for maybe a little less friend and a lot more authoritarian. I cannot reincarnate a Jack Britt or even if I could would he be deemed
'good enough" by some in the community?
That brings me to this guy.

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 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.
society divided by political correctness.

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 American citizens for over 200 years, and it will unite us at this school. It is an indispensable reason 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.

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.
Therefore, there will be a formal dress code at this school.

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 words banned by the Federal Communications Commission, plus epithets such as "N#*&@R" even when used by a one black student to address another black, or "b%$#*h" even when addressed by a girl to a girlfriend. It is my intent that by the time you leave school, you will be among the few your age to instinctively distinguish between the elevated and the degraded, the holy and the obscene.

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.

Dennis Prager

Tell me what YOU think.