President Obama's Speech to School Children

[Diane Amberg]

 Did anyone one else read it? I did and I thought it was very ordinary. What do you all think?

[kshillbillys]

That transcript was ordinary but who know what he will actually say..? My kids will go to school in the morning with notes that they do not have to be subject to watching his speech. They are MY kids and he doesn't need to be telling them to listen to me and do good in school. My girls do listen to me, mind pretty well and do get wonderful grades. They don't need his help!

But that's just me...

[pepelect]

I hope that my kids hear every different view out there.  He is our sitting president.  If I was to start censoring everything they hear at school it certainly wouldn't start with a speech by a president.   They have to hear with their own ears good, bad, or ugly.  The speech is pretty vanilla.  I didn't catch the undertones of Communism, Socialism, or even vote democrate....



I think they will learn more from it than 20 minutes of spongebob.

If nothing else in 15 years when they are on jeopardy they can at least answer who the president was.

[redcliffsw]

He is the sitting President, but the President of the USA is not
over the public school system.  Obama a tyrant?  Yes!



 

[pamsback]

  Good point Pep I agree

[Mom70x7]

the President of the USA is not over the public school system.

It's not a unique situation - previous Presidents have also spoken to our children. Research shows President Bush spoke from a classroom in 1991 and Reagan spoke in 1988 and had a question/answer session afterward.

The President speaks, we should listen. If parents agree or disagree, talk it over. Explain what's going on.

The President speaks, we should listen. Show some respect to the Office.

And read the speech before making objections. I thought it was interesting.

[redcliffsw]

Respect to the office is good.  That's covers a
lot of territory for everyone.

[Diane Amberg]

How easy it is to forget...President Bush was in a classroom when 9-11 happened. It's really not that unusual.

[srkruzich]

How easy it is to forget...President Bush was in a classroom when 9-11 happened. It's really not that unusual.

Its not the speech or adressing the kids, it is the "assignments" that at first were going to be required.  Things like political ideology, religion ect are best handled by parents, not school teachers.

[Mom70x7]

Its not the speech or adressing the kids, it is the "assignments" that at first were going to be required.  Things like political ideology, religion ect are best handled by parents, not school teachers.

Reagan talked about God with the school children. There are appropriate times for it to be discussed by the President.

I wanted my kids to hear differing views while they were still living at home, so I could guide them as they filtered out the fluff and discovered the substance.