Lean on Me (Joe Louis Clark)

Category: Movie Role: Joe Louis Clark From: Lean on Me

You may sit down, Mr. O’Malley. You think you can run this school? If you could, then I wouldn’t be here, would I? No one talks in my meetings. NO ONE! You take out your pencils and write. I want the names of every hoodlum, drug dealer, and miscreant who’s done nothing but take this place apart on my desk by noon today. Reverend Slappy…you are now the chief custodian, Reverend Slappy. You will scour this building clean. Graffiti goes up is off the next day. Is that clear?… Detention students can help you. Let them scrub this place for awhile, and tear down those cages in the cafeteria. You treat them like animals, that’s exactly how they’ll behave! This is my new Dean of Security, Mr. William Wright. He will be my Avenging Angel, as you teachers reclaim the halls. This is an institution of learning, ladies and gentlemen. If you can’t control it, how can you teach?! Discipline is not the enemy of enthusiasm! Mr. Zorella…Mr. Zorella, you are now my new Head Football Coach. Mr. Darnell. Stand up, Mr. Darnell. Mr. Darnell will be your assistant. You know why you’re being demoted, Mr. Darnell? Because I’m sick and tired of our football team getting pushed all over the field. Thank you. Sit down. I want precision. I want a weight program. And if you don’t like it, Mr. Darnell, you can quit.