Joe Clark's Decisions Revealed In The Film Lean On Me

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In the movie Lean on Me, Morgan Freeman played a principal named Joe Clark trying to improve the lowest-rank school in the state. At a parent conference, he has to address the upset parents of the dismissed students who were drug dealers. The parents are furious with his decision believing the students should be reinstated. Joe gave an extemporaneous speech explain his actions. He believed the 300 students he dismissed were the “bad apple” of the school that were poisoning the other students with bad tendencies. Early in the speech, most of the parents were against his reasoning. Eventually, Joe alludes to his talk with God and how he’s not perfect. He explains to the parents that he couldn’t be nice when dealing with the issue of fixing the