President Obama today will deliver a message to the nation's schoolchildren that he "expects great things" from them.
How dare he.
"At the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, and the best schools in the world," Obama will say, according to the text of the speech posted Monday on the White House Web site. "And none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities."
He must be stopped from spreading his socialist views to our children.
"What you're learning in school today will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest challenges in the future," the president will say.
By all means, parent should keep their children out of school so they don't have to listen to this liberal drivel. Schools should not be showing it in the first place.
Hold on ...
That a motivational speech to students from the president can cause such a controversy as it has the past few days speaks very poorly of the level of civic discourse in our nation. It's no wonder we can't have a reasonable debate about important issues such as health insurance reform.
Conservatives have objected to the president's speech as politically motivated, though nearly every past president - including Republicans - has made similar speeches to the nation's students.
If the president actually did try to talk policy with the kids today, imagine the number of yawns and glazed looks it would solicit from our nation's students! Anyone who's ever visited a classroom to talk about their jobs knows well those looks.
Seriously, what should our children take from the reaction the president's speech has drawn? That if you don't agree with someone or his politics, it's better to avoid that person than actually listen and think.
Come to think of it, that does describe the current health care debate. ...
How dare he.
"At the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, and the best schools in the world," Obama will say, according to the text of the speech posted Monday on the White House Web site. "And none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities."
He must be stopped from spreading his socialist views to our children.
"What you're learning in school today will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest challenges in the future," the president will say.
By all means, parent should keep their children out of school so they don't have to listen to this liberal drivel. Schools should not be showing it in the first place.
Hold on ...
That a motivational speech to students from the president can cause such a controversy as it has the past few days speaks very poorly of the level of civic discourse in our nation. It's no wonder we can't have a reasonable debate about important issues such as health insurance reform.
Conservatives have objected to the president's speech as politically motivated, though nearly every past president - including Republicans - has made similar speeches to the nation's students.
If the president actually did try to talk policy with the kids today, imagine the number of yawns and glazed looks it would solicit from our nation's students! Anyone who's ever visited a classroom to talk about their jobs knows well those looks.
Seriously, what should our children take from the reaction the president's speech has drawn? That if you don't agree with someone or his politics, it's better to avoid that person than actually listen and think.
Come to think of it, that does describe the current health care debate. ...
