Do you truly believe our President has the ability or the agenda to “brainwash” American students through an Internet broadcast on the topic of education? Do you know he is not the first President to speak specifically to school-aged children? Did you (or your parents) protest when Ronald Reagan or Bush 41 did it?
Your complaints about our elected President trying to involve our children in the democratic process and encourage them to value education are alarmingly ignorant, culturally biased, and insulting. Because of your numbers and your threats to teachers and administrators, all you’ve managed to do is teach MY children about the unproductive and hateful nature of partisan politics. We had ENOUGH of that during the Clinton administration.
There needs to be a new War in this country and that is a War on Partisan Politics. STOP THE MADNESS!
I wonder, is it the conservative talk show hosts that prompted your actions or seeded your opinions? Talk about propaganda! (Have your child look up the word “propaganda” in the dictionary because clearly, YOU don’t know the meaning.)
According to Education Secretary Arne Duncan, in the September 8 speech “the President will challenge students to work hard, set educational goals, and take responsibility for their learning. He will also call for a shared responsibility and commitment on the part of students, parents and educators to ensure that every child in every school receives the best education possible so they can compete in the global economy for good jobs and live rewarding and productive lives as American citizens.”
go michelle! it's uncanny how intimidated folks are by obama's intelligence, common sense and decent values
Well said, Michelle. Too bad the majority of the naysayers won't bother reading your articulate and accurate blog. What a shame…
I ,for one, will share the speech with my students. TUSD has neither come out for or against the speech, so I plan to share with my students a speech by the President of the United States encouraging students to strive for excellence in their education on the traditional "first" day back for the majority of our country. How insane for people to be afraid of his words. Stop making mountains out of molehills, people!
Shunley
Very informative article. It's too bad that the people who need to see it probably won't be here reading it, nor would they even understand how THEY are being brainwashed!