Dean's background in strategic business and technical planning makes him the perfect choice to lead in a rapidly changing world. Born in rural North Carolina, his story is about the values of hard work, honesty, and love for the traditions that make America great . . . learned by growing up on farms in the South.
One of his earliest lessons after graduating from College was that a strong command of English was a necessity for success, and that a Southern accent was a handicap in New York City. He learned early that education was the key to accomplishing the American Dream.
In the years since Dean has lived all over America and loves this nation, but he is most comfortable in North Carolina, where he has returned. It was after his return that he got involved in changing the direction of an education system that has lost its way. Public education is in real trouble, and public education is a key to the future. No society can survive without an effective education system. Our system has become complacent and central administration bureaucrats spend most of their time avoiding responsibility. Most of our teachers could be great but the system created by the unions and the bureacrats limits their ability to focus on teaching. Only competition will return our system to its former greatness.
Other things that motivate him?
Dean believes that family comes first, and a major goal will be to emphasize those issues that strengthen the family. Same sex marriage is inconsistent with the history of family. Tolerance demands that we not force people to live in a particular way, but that does not mean that society must change its rules for every private lifestyle that becomes fashionable. Private means private and it should remain so.
Dean believes that continuation of the flawed trade policy model of offshoring and job losses is devastating the urban poor and rural communities in America. We need to focus on preserving American jobs and American businesses. We have lost too many jobs and too many companies have been hurt because of unfair trade practices and lack of proper enforcement driven by big business focusing on globalization against the interests of our nation. America's poor need to come first in our concerns.
Dean believes that our courts have become too focused on the acquisition of power by trial lawyers and judges. Removing issues from the legislative process by the invention of so-called "rights" has damaged court credibility and trust in the belief that justice is fair. There is no right to abortion in the Constitution. There is no right to wage warfare against black urban males in the Constitution. As noted above, there is no right to eliminate gender in the creation of family in the Consitution. There is no right to extort class action settlements in the Constitution. Our courts are incarcerating innocent people and freeing criminals in a revolving door system that is an insult to the Constitutional concept of balance of powers.
Dean believes the American melting pot remains as powerful as ever. However the national commitment behind it has almost disappeared, having been replaced by the "diversity" model espousing the politics of grievance. Ron Unz, leader in immigration issues has said, "A social ideology that allots to blacks and Latinos and Asians their own separatist institutions and suggested shares of society's benefits cannot long be prevented from extending itself to whites as well, especially as whites become merely one minority among many minorities. Before it is altogether too late, those who support this . . must realize that the diversity prescription contains the seeds of national dissolution." A resolution to the immigration problem is needed to stop its divisive power and protect the American dream for our citizens and our children.