Have you ever heard Matthew West's song, "Truth Be Told" before this survey?

"So we started with his Lie #1, Lie #2, on the steps; Lie #1 being that you're supposed to have it all together, Lie #2 everybody's' life is perfect, except yours. And then we added some more lies going up the steps." Then on the door in large letters, "it says Let The Truth Be Told - and then as students go up the next flight of steps, it starts to say 'You are special,' 'You are worthy,' and gives them the truth about themselves. And at the very top that's what it says, 'And that's the Truth.'" Do you think it's nice of this principal to go out of his way to try to encourage his students?

"You know our kiddos now, not just here in Kentucky, but everywhere, they're still battling self-esteem, self-confidence, trying to get it where it needs to be, and unfortunately, we've got a lot of students who don't get the positive that they need," so the 21 steps of encouragement are something students will see every school day. Would you have appreciated encouragement like this at school when you were a kid?

In the full podcast interview above, Principal Lile shares his heart for young people, acknowledging that "everything's not always rainbows and butterflies," but there are ways to make a difference. Do you wish more administrators like Principal Lile would go out of their way to make kids more comfortable with who they are?