Posted on 09/02/2009 1:51:16 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
In the midst of a rancorous health care debate and a sustained period of declining poll numbers, President Obama is seeking help from an unexpected constituency -- America's schoolchildren.
And they better pay attention to his request: They may get graded on the assignment.
The White House announced Wednesday that the president plans to tape a presidential address to public schoolchildren around the country to air at noon Tuesday. Along with advanced word of the speech, the U.S. Department of Education last week distributed a "menu of classroom activities" to teachers that aims to turn the speech into one of Mr. Obama's teachable moments.
Among the activities, the government suggests that students from pre-kindergarten to sixth grade "write letters to themselves about what they can do to help the president." The material includes a suggestion that teachers then collect the letters and redistribute them at a later time "to make students accountable to their goals."
Another task, recommended for younger students immediately after listening to the speech, is to engage in a discussion about what "the President wants us to do."
"Does the speech make you want to do anything?" is one suggested question for the discussion. "Are we able to do what the President is asking of us?"
The packet of activities was sent out electronically with an Aug. 26 electronic letter from U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan. Mr. Duncan encourages school administrators to air the presidential broadcast, which was timed to coincide with the start of school for most of the country.(continued)
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
LOOK AT ME, LISTEN TO ME, ANYONE WHO DOESN’T LIKE ME.....I’M NARCISSTIC.
“Schoolchildren to get assignment from Obama”
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In 100 words or less:
“How would I transform America back into a small government meritocracy”
...and then I woke up
Our district will not show this live and will tape it and then decide if parts are instructive to show. Our principal has said she will notify us if they decide to air any of this.
Scary, scary, guy.
“Turn in your parents”
Maobama is a dangerous man.
Oh, you obviously
“don’t have a racial justice frame”
Yes. Found a second major political party. The Republican and Democrat ones have morphed into one.
Then the revolution!
It could be an instructive lesson on the use of propaganda in a formerly free society.
Wear brown shirts and report any un-obama talk to the authorities?
“Does the speech make you want to do anything?”
“Yes, teach- it makes me wanna PUKE!”;)
Dear KarlInOhio,
I will help the president scour the Hawaii public records department to find the long form birth certificate he lost. If there isn't one, I'll help him pack and move out of the White House.
KarlInOhio
He has delusions of adequacy.
I’m sure if Bush had done this the media would have gone along lovingly.
Arne Duncan
Duncan’s spoken accent at this time led at least one college basketball coach to assume that he was of African-American descent.
Duncan has extensive experience in educational policy and management, but has not been a teacher.
On December 16, 2008, President-elect Barack Obama nominated Duncan for Secretary of Education. Duncan had known Obama for over a decade and played recreational basketball with him, including the day Obama was elected president.
Arne Duncan (born November 6, 1964) is an American education administrator and currently United States Secretary of Education. Duncan had previously served as CEO of the Chicago Public Schools.
Duncan was raised in Hyde Park, Chicago, where his father Starkey Duncan was a psychology professor at the University of Chicago, and his mother Susan Morton runs the Sue Duncan Children’s Center.
engage in a discussion about what “the President wants us to do.”
Well, kids. Let’s all give away our colorful scales like the “Rainbow Fish” book we just read so all the fish can be colorful.
Then, all you crackers sit up against the wall...
To be followed by extending both arms stiffly in salute, forming an "O" with the thumbs and forefingers.
Which reminds me of a part of the anatomy.
Well if he’s not a communist, why does he always act like one? Sounds like the Young Pioneers or Mao’s cultural revolution.
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