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Lean on Me - Discipline and Self-Respect
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we want to uh welcome mr clark to east side side we've heard so much about you and tell
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we've heard so much about you and tell you what we have done in anticipation of you what we have done in anticipation of your arrival
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your arrival uh ms levious your other vice principal uh ms levious your other vice principal and i have appointed
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and i have appointed an executive committee to oversee an executive committee to oversee certain areas where we have noted a need
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certain areas where we have noted a need for improvement uh mr zorella for for improvement uh mr zorella for example let me sit down mr o'malley
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you think you can run this school if you could then i wouldn't be here if you could then i wouldn't be here would i
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no one talks in my meetings no one you take out your pencils and no one you take out your pencils and write
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write i want the names of every hoodlum drug i want the names of every hoodlum drug dealer
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dealer and miscreant who's done nothing but and miscreant who's done nothing but take this place apart
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take this place apart on my desk by noon today on my desk by noon today reverend slappy yes sir you are now the
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reverend slappy yes sir you are now the chief custodian reverend slapping chief custodian reverend slapping you will scour this building clean
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you will scour this building clean graffiti goes up it's off the next day graffiti goes up it's off the next day is that clear yes sir the very next day
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is that clear yes sir the very next day detention students can help you detention students can help you let them scrub this place for a while
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let them scrub this place for a while and tear down those cages in the and tear down those cages in the cafeteria
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cafeteria you treat them like animals that's you treat them like animals that's exactly how they'll behave
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this is my new dean of security mr william wright william wright he will be my avenging angel as you
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he will be my avenging angel as you teachers reclaim the halls teachers reclaim the halls this is an institution of learning
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this is an institution of learning ladies and gentlemen if you can't ladies and gentlemen if you can't control it how can you teach
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control it how can you teach discipline is not the enemy of discipline is not the enemy of enthusiasm
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mr zarella yes sir mr zarella you are now my new head mr zarella you are now my new head football coach
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football coach mr darnell stand up mr darnell mr darnell stand up mr darnell mr darnell will be your assistant you
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mr darnell will be your assistant you know why you're being demoted mr darnell know why you're being demoted mr darnell because i'm sick and tired of our
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because i'm sick and tired of our football team getting pushed all over football team getting pushed all over the field thank you sit down
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the field thank you sit down i want precision i want a weight program i want precision i want a weight program and if you don't like it mr donnell you
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and if you don't like it mr donnell you can quit can quit same goes for the rest of you you've
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same goes for the rest of you you've tried it your way for years tried it your way for years and your students can't even get past a
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and your students can't even get past a minimum basic skills test minimum basic skills test that means they can hardly read
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they've given me less than one year one school year to turn this place around school year to turn this place around to get those test scores up so the state
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to get those test scores up so the state will not take us over to perform the will not take us over to perform the task which you have failed to do
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task which you have failed to do to educate our children forget about the way it used to be this is not a damn democracy
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is not a damn democracy we are in a state of emergency and my we are in a state of emergency and my word is law
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word is law there's only one boss in this place and there's only one boss in this place and that's me
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the hnic are there any questions mr wright the hgnic the head [ __ ] in charge
About this lesson
Learn English with Lean on Me (1989). Watch, read the transcript, practice pronunciation and complete grammar exercises. Lean on Me - Discipline and Self-Respect
Difficulty: Intermediate | Duration: 3:35 | Grammar Focus: Past Simple Tense
Grammar Explanation: Past Simple for completed actions: 'I went', 'She said', 'They fought'. Regular verbs add -ed: worked, believed. Irregular: went, said, took.
This lesson includes 10 interactive exercises to practice your English skills.