In my opinion, schools and teachers ought to rise up against this abuse, turn off the tube, stop bombarding the children with junk advertisements and leftist political propaganda. The face on the screen is that of school principal William Cannici. Speaking into a microphone, he tries a few jokes, then announces student vocational-award winners. In Mrs. Rossi's Spanish class, restless students begin talking among themselves. The hip-hop music starts.
Heads bounce to the beat.
Cut to two young, fashionably dressed anchorwomen, one white and one black. Without an accurate count, schools can't get their rightful aid. The census form flashes on the screen. Channel One's reporter interviews a census spokesperson, a sexually ambiguous-looking woman with her hair pulled back in a ponytail. Time for a commercial break.