If only we could actually do this

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 -- epluribus 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 "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.

  

The fact that Palin was a guest speaker nullifies a lot of what he said.

First of all, I doubt this speech ever happened. Secondly, someone needs to give this speech to the University of Alabama, which is, finally in the 21st century, attempting to integrate their fraternities and sororities.  They've tolerated segregation in their Greek societies  for 50 years after most colleges made serious attempts to end it. (If you need to read the story, it's in today's edition of the PNJ.)
Of course, someone on here will come on and say it has nothing to do with it being the U of A, and nothing to do with it being the most Southern of all Southern states. Because, of course, there are as many enlightened liberals in the South as anywhere else.

And the goal of public schools is not to  make better Americans. It is to educate children to go out into the world and be able to make a life for themselves. It is not to propagandize our children to believe in American exceptionalism.  On that basis alone, the speech fails to impress me.

bluemoon wrote:First of all, I doubt this speech ever happened. Secondly, someone needs to give this speech to the University of Alabama, which is, finally in the 21st century, attempting to integrate their fraternities and sororities.  They've tolerated segregation in their Greek societies  for 50 years after most colleges made serious attempts to end it. (If you need to read the story, it's in today's edition of the PNJ.)
Of course, someone on here will come on and say it has nothing to do with it being the U of A, and nothing to do with it being the most Southern of all Southern states. Because, of course, there are as many enlightened liberals in the South as anywhere else.

And the goal of public schools is not to  make better Americans. It is to educate children to go out into the world and be able to make a life for themselves. It is not to propagandize our children to believe in American exceptionalism.  On that basis alone, the speech fails to impress me.

Blue....isn't what you just stated what being a good American all about? Didn't we leave England many moons ago to go out and make a life for ourselves free from someone dictating our church preference, free to make our own life choices?

Dreamsglore wrote:The fact that Palin was a guest speaker nullifies a lot of what he said.

The fact that your hung up on that single blurb in the story saddens me. Dreams you seem like the only real impartial person here I would think that you could get past the political aspect of this, after all, the principal,ficticious or real made a point to remove all political affilliations

Dreamsglore wrote:The fact that Palin was a guest speaker nullifies a lot of what he said.

PLEASE, specifically point out what was "nullified" because a guest speaker was former Gov. Sarah Palin.

Exactly how does that work?

Specifically, what would you NOT allow in a school you were running?

bluemoon wrote:First of all, I doubt this speech ever happened. Secondly, someone needs to give this speech to the University of Alabama, which is, finally in the 21st century, attempting to integrate their fraternities and sororities.  They've tolerated segregation in their Greek societies  for 50 years after most colleges made serious attempts to end it. (If you need to read the story, it's in today's edition of the PNJ.)
Of course, someone on here will come on and say it has nothing to do with it being the U of A, and nothing to do with it being the most Southern of all Southern states. Because, of course, there are as many enlightened liberals in the South as anywhere else.

And the goal of public schools is not to  make better Americans. It is to educate children to go out into the world and be able to make a life for themselves. It is not to propagandize our children to believe in American exceptionalism.  On that basis alone, the speech fails to impress me.

Not one bit surprising is your hatred of America.

This is a great start for reclaiming American Exceptionalism. We have been a great nation and can be once again.


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http://suite101.com/a/hitler-youth-thought-control-and-brainwashing-in-nazi-germany-a334644

Hitler Youth: Thought-Control and Brainwashing in Nazi Germany

When Hitler came to power with dreams of conquering the world, he had to start somewhere, so he conquered the German children first.

The First World War was so devastating that the Allied leaders forced Germany to sign the Treaty of Versailles. It imposed punishing, harsh conditions on Germany to ensure that it would never again rise to another position where it could wage war on Europe and the rest of the world. Germany had to take full responsibility for the war, pay reparations of $32 billion in war damages, as well as surrender all its territories.

Post-war Germany was humiliated, depressed, angry and weak. After the war, the Weimar Republic, a parliamentary democracy, ruled Germany. The Nazi rise to power ended the Republic when Adolf Hitler took over as chancellor on January 30, 1933 and installed the Nazi state, aka the Third Reich.
The Third Reich
Hitler's first move as the new Chancellor was to coordinate individuals and institutions with Nazi goals. This meant that every element in German culture, economy, law, religion and education was now under Nazi control. He also defied the Treaty of Versailles by refusing to pay the war debt.
In his book, Mein Kampf, Hitler proposed that the Aryan race is the "master race," the most pure and intelligent race in humanity. He also planned to eradicate the Jews, whom he considered a pestilence to the world, and to take back the territories lost in WWI.
Many Germans agreed and supported the new Nazi control. But Hitler knew that there must be no room for dissenters in his new world. He must start with the children and brainwash their minds to his goals and those of the Nazi party. The Fuhrer won the hearts and minds of the German children to the National Socialist (Nazi) Party with his thought-control organization, Hitler Youth.
Hitler Youth
Hitler believed that the future of Nazi Germany rested with the children, and he expressed his expectations as follows: "The weak must be chiseled away. I want young men and women who can suffer pain. A young German must be as swift as a greyhound, as tough as leather, and as hard as Krupp's steel."
The Hitler Youth was intended for children from 10 to 18 years old, and by 1939, participation was compulsory. The sexes had separate organizations. The boys prepared themselves for military service and the organization for the girls prepared them for motherhood.
When they were 10 years old, the boys joined the Deutsches Jungvolk (German Young People) and transferred to the Hitler Jugend (Hitler Youth) after three years. Here they learned military athletics which included marching, bayonet drill, grenade throwing, trench digging, map reading, gas defense, crawling under barbed wire and shooting.
The girls joined the Jungmadelbund (League of Young Girls) at age 10, and at 14 years of age they transferred to the Bund Deutscher Madel (League of German Girls). They were required to run 60 meters in 14 seconds, throw a ball 12 meters, swim 100 meters, complete a 2 hour hike or march and make beds the Nazi way.
Nazi German Education
A portrait of Hitler in every classroom reminded both teachers and students of their leader and the Nazi goals of German nationhood. The regular school teachers complained that the children were so tired from their evening workouts at the Hitler Youth meetings that they could hardly stay awake during classes. The role played by Nazi schools was to indoctrinate and use Nazi propaganda in every possible way to prepare the students for their special future as the Nazi German rulers of the world.
Any teachers of questionable loyalty to the Nazi party were fired, and 97 percent of the teachers joined the Nazi Teachers' Association. As further deterrent for teachers to stray from the Nazi policy, the children were encouraged to inform the authorities if a teacher failed to toe the line. Children were also expected to report their parents to the authorities if they made any comments or remarks against the Nazi Party or its officers.
Nazi Party propaganda revised the subjects of history and biology to meet its own world view. History teachers taught that the German defeat in 1918 was due to the work of Jewish and Marxist spies who worked within the system to weaken it. The Treaty of Versailles and the following financial depression was the work of Jewish saboteurs. The revitalization of the German nation had now begun and would reach its glorious climax under Hitler.
Biology became "Racial Instruction" which started in the first grade, and Hitler decreed that "no boy or girl should leave school without complete knowledge of the necessity and meaning of blood purity." They learned about genetic diseases and other problems of heredity. The older students learned that they must select the right mate for marrying and reproducing children so that German Aryan racial purity would never be compromised.
Lowered Education Standards
The Nazi Party motto regarding education stated: "The supreme task of the schools is the education of youth for the service of Volk and State in the National Socialist spirit." The teachers taught Nazi propaganda and the students recited it verbatim. If there were errors, the students were punished until they could recite the material correctly. There was no allowance for discussion and certainly not disagreement. This is the essence of thought control or brainwashing.
The school system became substandard almost immediately. German students knew only what they had memorized. They did not have the mental tools for original thought. Even the German scientists, who worked in rocket development at Penemunde, complained that their new assistants and workers were ignorant in science and could not perform the most basic mathematical calculations.
War Crimes
The Third Reich started in 1933 and ended in the spring of 1945, leaving behind a fanatic force of disillusioned young fighting Nazis. The membership of the Hitler Youth saw the failure and end of the German ideal with Hitler's suicide and the invasion of Russia and the Allies into the Fatherland as the war finally ended.
Boys aged 10 to 14 tried to defend Berlin but were forced to a tearful surrender by the invading Americans. Most of them had no idea about the crimes against humanity committed by the Nazi officials and refused to believe it until the conquering forces actually showed them the concentration camps , the bodies, and the crematories. They were shocked to believe that they had served a mass murderer and contributed to the deaths of millions of people.
The international courts determined that the Hitler Youth children and teenagers of the Third Reich had been pawns of the Nazi government. The youngsters had been betrayed, deserted and sacrificed by the Nazi Party and would not be tried by the Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal. However the Allies wanted them to learn from their experiences. German civilian courts held "de-Nazification" trials to identify the most fanatic of the Hitler Youth membership. They were banned from public office and some went to prison and were sentenced to hard labor.

Floridatexan wrote:
http://suite101.com/a/hitler-youth-thought-control-and-brainwashing-in-nazi-germany-a334644

Hitler Youth: Thought-Control and Brainwashing in Nazi Germany

When Hitler came to power with dreams of conquering the world, he had to start somewhere, so he conquered the German children first.

Just like Progressives today.

A quick example is what a school district in Texas has attempted to slide in under the radar. A re-write of the 2nd Amendment of our Constitution. Who knew it needed a re-write?

The work book used at Guyer High School in the city of Denton, "The United States History: Preparing for the Advanced Placement Examination," includes the "summary" definition of the Second Amendment to include the right to "keep and bear arms in a state militia."

The edited definition is seen by gun-rights advocates as an affront to the Second Amendment, which states in full: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/09/18/texas-high-school-work-book-stirs-controversy-over-edited-definition-second/#ixzz2fewUjo1z

Gunz wrote:

Dreamsglore wrote:The fact that Palin was a guest speaker nullifies a lot of what he said.

  The fact that your hung up on that single blurb in the story saddens me.   Dreams you seem like the only real impartial person here I would think that you could get past the political aspect of this, after all, the principal,ficticious or real made a point to remove all political affilliations

I thought it was a great speech only if he hadn't had someone like Palin who epitomizes far right political ideaology like anti-homosexuality and christianity. How can you say you won't allow those kind of differences and then have someone like that giving a speech? It's like having Louis Farrakan speak to a Klu Klux Klan rally.

Markle wrote:

Dreamsglore wrote:The fact that Palin was a guest speaker nullifies a lot of what he said.

PLEASE, specifically point out what was "nullified" because a guest speaker was former Gov. Sarah Palin.

Exactly how does that work?

Specifically, what would you NOT allow in a school you were running?

PLEASE shut up! You know exactly what she represents.

Sarah Palin is Hot and awesome. Im a lesbian and shes my friend on FB:P 

C'mon Dreams...Tom Brokaw has to balance out Palin!

Nekochan wrote:C'mon Dreams...Tom Brokaw has to balance out Palin!

Nah...he's a right winger too.

Gunz wrote:

bluemoon wrote:First of all, I doubt this speech ever happened. Secondly, someone needs to give this speech to the University of Alabama, which is, finally in the 21st century, attempting to integrate their fraternities and sororities.  They've tolerated segregation in their Greek societies  for 50 years after most colleges made serious attempts to end it. (If you need to read the story, it's in today's edition of the PNJ.)
Of course, someone on here will come on and say it has nothing to do with it being the U of A, and nothing to do with it being the most Southern of all Southern states. Because, of course, there are as many enlightened liberals in the South as anywhere else.

And the goal of public schools is not to  make better Americans. It is to educate children to go out into the world and be able to make a life for themselves. It is not to propagandize our children to believe in American exceptionalism.  On that basis alone, the speech fails to impress me.

       Blue....isn't what you just stated what being a good American all about?    Didn't we leave England many moons ago to go out and make a life for ourselves free from someone dictating our church preference, free to make our own life choices?    

The brits were more than glad to get rid of the Pilgrims. And it was the pilgrims that burned all those people they thought were witches. Nobody was truly "free" to make their own choice so long as the pilgrims were around.
You need to learn your history and stop believing all the crap you were taught during your brainwashing.

Sal wrote:The speech was nothing more than a massive dog whistle catering to cretins.

Glad y'all enjoyed it.

I kind of think that's all this forum is Sal. No wonder there are rarely any new members.

Sal wrote:The speech was nothing more than a massive dog whistle catering to cretins.

Glad y'all enjoyed it.

How's that acceptance of cultural diversity and other ideas working for you?

*****CHUCKLE*****

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD-E-LDc384

bluemoon wrote:

Sal wrote:The speech was nothing more than a massive dog whistle catering to cretins.

Glad y'all enjoyed it.

I kind of think that's all this forum is Sal. No wonder there are rarely any new members.  

You and Sal make a great team...

*****ROFLMAO*****

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6YakT1zZ0o

 

bluemoon wrote:

Gunz wrote:

bluemoon wrote:First of all, I doubt this speech ever happened. Secondly, someone needs to give this speech to the University of Alabama, which is, finally in the 21st century, attempting to integrate their fraternities and sororities.  They've tolerated segregation in their Greek societies  for 50 years after most colleges made serious attempts to end it. (If you need to read the story, it's in today's edition of the PNJ.)
Of course, someone on here will come on and say it has nothing to do with it being the U of A, and nothing to do with it being the most Southern of all Southern states. Because, of course, there are as many enlightened liberals in the South as anywhere else.

And the goal of public schools is not to  make better Americans. It is to educate children to go out into the world and be able to make a life for themselves. It is not to propagandize our children to believe in American exceptionalism.  On that basis alone, the speech fails to impress me.

       Blue....isn't what you just stated what being a good American all about?    Didn't we leave England many moons ago to go out and make a life for ourselves free from someone dictating our church preference, free to make our own life choices?    

The brits were more than glad to get rid of the Pilgrims. And it was the pilgrims that burned all those people they thought were witches.  Nobody was truly "free" to make their own choice so long as the pilgrims were around.
You need to learn your history and stop believing all the crap you were taught during your brainwashing.

Jamestown was settled in Virginia as our first colony and that was about a decade before the Pilgrims landed in Plymouth.

Jamestown was founded by a group of nasty ol' INVESTORS from London who hoped to make another horrid thing...A PROFIT. They burned no witches.

Dreamsglore wrote:

Markle wrote:

Dreamsglore wrote:The fact that Palin was a guest speaker nullifies a lot of what he said.

PLEASE, specifically point out what was "nullified" because a guest speaker was former Gov. Sarah Palin.

Exactly how does that work?

Specifically, what would you NOT allow in a school you were running?

PLEASE shut up! You know exactly what she represents.

So you have no answer, don't know what you meant by the vapid statement and just wanted to say something nasty about the former Governor and you tell me to shut up.

Got it!

Sal wrote:The speech was nothing more than a massive dog whistle catering to cretins.

Glad y'all enjoyed it.

Share with us what you believe is wrong with the speech and why. Or are you just whining?

Dreamsglore wrote:

Nekochan wrote:C'mon Dreams...Tom Brokaw has to balance out Palin!

Nah...he's a right winger too.

Tom Brokaw a right winger?  I never thought that about him.