About ten years ago I attempted to enroll some Muslim exchange students into Bardstown High School. At the time the principal who was there was not very openminded. He met me and the day I met him he looked at me as though I was a piece of dirt. His first question was, "where do I work"? That meant he had instantly judged me. I will never forget his face and how he looked down at me as though I were nothing but filth. It hurt me to be judged unfairly. I am an educated person and I am not a piece of garbage. In fact, nobody is better than anyone and he treated me as though I were less than him.
Later after browsing the Muslim profiles he decides he dislikes them. Also, he stated that headscarves are not allowed in his school. However, that goes against the policy of the school. Headscarves for religious purpose are allowed. He later wanted to meet again with a coordinator from the exchange student progragm. I overheard him tell her that I had liuttle resources, that he did not like me and that if she finds another family that he will place a kid. That they can work on that together. Means he hated me for my religion and never gave me a chance and he assumed unfairly that I was poor. He also said slanderous things about my family.
I went ahead and took matters into my own hands. I became an exchange coordinator. I bought over the girl he did not like from Egypt and also an Indonesian. I took then to the school I was an alumni from Nelson County High and they accepted my students. So, at the end of the day I won this battele! I refused to allow him to belittle me. I was also in the paper the same day he wa for homecoming and I was on the dean's list at college. I showed him I was the smart one and I won because I got two students not only the one he said was not a food fit for his school!
