Kyle Hadel's Response

My initial response to this speech was one of surprise and concern. Due to the fact that in society today people strive to be as "politically correct" as possible, in my mind someone of prager's status should also be very politically correct in order to survive in the public school system. But personally i see the light in his statements, as Americans we claim to be attempting to unify but in reality we are more separated then ever. Finally I feel that prager's overall idea is a step in the right direction but he is taking it to far when he states that he will implement a dress code, condescendingly accuses the students of not knowing the pledge, and blatantly implements all these policies at one time. I feel that today being this aggressive will only get you removed immediately by the parents and students that do not identify with your policies, they would immediately put too much pressure on people above the status of principle.

I feel a better approach would be to implement some of these policies one at a time in order to allow the student body and their parents to adjust and realize what prager is trying to do. Second I feel that if he implements a dress code he will never be able to employ all his other policies due to the fact that he would make enemies of the student body immediately.

I do feel that prager has a point when he states that we as high schoolers focus to much on what is on the surface. We strive to fit in or stand out in a positive manner so to be popular or just to avoid being picked on. I feel that if he applies some of these policies then some or the majority of this will be eliminated.

In the end prager basically slaughters current public education with out ever directly referring to it. His policies are the opposite of what is considered acceptable, due to the fact that todays public education encourages individuality. For example the black community has developed meeting and groups that only identify with their own ethnicity, like black history month, black music awards, etc. would it be considered acceptable if we where to have a white history month or a white music awards? So, do i think what prager is trying to do is right, yes, but is it allowed, no, the world today would never allow it unless he went about it in a less abrupt way.