Obama School Speech Text Available Before Broadcast

Thank you for posting the release of President Obama's speech. 

I think American children should feel excited to hear the President speak to them personally, not stressed out because their parents don't approve of him. 

Well,  it is obvious Karen,  that such words should never reach the ears of school children.  Obama is clealy encouraging lawlessness.  ;(

i just read the speech that president obama will present to the students tomorrow.....what a truely inspiring message........ty for posting the site

now there are many people who need to re examine their attitude and perhaps offer an apology to the presidenr

Every single one of you has something you’re good at. Every single one of you has something to offer. And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is. That’s the opportunity an education can provide. 

I was so happy to read the above words in his speech.  I remember a counselor conference with one of my son's high school counselors.  I was worried about his average grades in Math, and wanted some suggestions from the counselor on what we could do.  He had band classes, and loved his music and participation in concert band, jazz band, and marching band.  I asked if he should concentrate more on math and give up some of the band classes.  She gave me a resounding "NO."  She said, "your son has discovered something he is really good at, and this is what school is all about."  I still thank her for these remarks.

Where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up. No one’s written your destiny for you. Here in America, you write your own destiny. You make your own future. 

These words of encouragement reach out to everyone no matter what their circumstances might be with a message of hope and faith in individual achievement. 

I am happy our president will be addressing our nation’s children. I live in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />Cairo, Egypt as an expat American contractor. The debate isn’t about his speaking to the students. The debate is about attempting to indoctrinate those students. AS the liberal left leaning media demonize Fox and their viewers inferring that all viewers of Fox News are “wing-nuts’ I ask, could they be wrong? Could there be a corpus of pragmatic viewers that happen to disagree with their political views? Pragmatic in that they see the world for what it is.

 

Would they (the left) have so easily accepted an address to the students of America from President GW Bush? Or, would they have rightly questioned President Bush’s motivations? If GW planned an address to our countries students and provided a “lesson plan” (the original Obama plan) asking the young fertile minds how they could help the president fulfill his stated goals, it is right that they would question his motivation and it is equal right that the loyal opposition of the left would question President Obama as well. Checks, Balances and a Pragmatic view of what is really occurring each day is America’s enduring promise to our children. Blind cynical partisan tirades do not help.  

Sensoring our president shows the disrespect of many Americans. You honor whomever is at the helm of this country whether you like them or not. What is so bad about the President asking America's youth to work hard and study? Better yet they should listen to their parents that don't encourage homework and let their kids watch tv all day. I am a teacher in a school with a population where 80% o f the kids get free lunches. Parents/Grandparents in their homes wouldn't event hink of exposing their kids to a little culture and watching our President ask of them to be good, noble, respectful, well valued kids.   I think it is great for our President to ask the people of this country to do some good. After 9/11 I don't recall Bush asking anyone in this country to step up and inject some good into this country, just fear.

Teach The Youth (AKA Liberally Indoctrinate the Youth),

Do you honor our past president as you claim is the rightful treatment of the POTUS?

You chose what to remember and what not to remember. Our previous president stated:

"The cause of peace requires all free nations to recognize new and undeniable realities. In the 20th century, some chose to appease murderous dictators, whose threats were allowed to grow into genocide and global war. In this century, when evil men plot chemical, biological and nuclear terror, a policy of appeasement could bring destruction of a kind never before seen on this earth".

"The United States, with other countries, will work to advance liberty and peace in that region. Our goal will not be achieved overnight, but it can come over time. The power and appeal of human liberty is felt in every life and every land. And the greatest power of freedom is to overcome hatred and violence, and turn the creative gifts of men and women to the pursuits of peace".

GW Bush 17MAR03

You bias is self evident

"We need every single one of you to develop your talents, skills and intellect so you can help solve our most difficult problems," Obama said. "If you don't do that — if you quit on school — you're not just quitting on yourself, you're quitting on your country."

President Barack Obama, is a great speaker... The President is telling the student that all the work of parents, educators and others won't matter "unless you show up to those schools, pay attention to those teachers." This a very fine advice to young people not only in the United States, but to the world... I'm happy for that, Thanks very much!  :D