Posted on 09/28/2011 2:09:30 PM PDT by IbJensen
WASHINGTON (AP) —President Barack Obama plans to tell students Wednesday in a back-to-school message that America needs their passion and ideas in these tough economic times.
The White House released the text of the president's message early to defuse any potential charges that Obama would give a political speech to the nation's school children.
Two years ago, some conservatives accused Obama of bringing politics into the classroom with a similar back-to-school speech.
The president plans to tell students they are the country's future and that "whether we fall behind or race ahead in the coming years is up to you."
He encourages the students to work hard in school and to pursue an education after high school.
Obama also confesses that he wasn't always the best student and didn't love every class he took.
"I'll let you in on another secret: I still don't always know the answers," he says in prepared remarks. "But if I'd have just tuned out because the class sounded boring, I might have missed out on something that I enjoyed and something that's still useful to me today."
Last week, Obama announced his administration will allow states to apply for waivers around unpopular proficiency standards in the Bush-era No Child Left Behind education law. To qualify, states must meet conditions such as setting evaluation standards for teachers and principals and meeting conditions such as imposing their own standards to prepare students for college and careers
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In other news, the Pope insists he is not Catholic, bears insist they don’t poop in the woods, and Susan Sarandon insists she’s a hot babe.
The president is in campaign mode, and anytime he speaks in front of an audience, he’s campaigning, especially when in front of a crowd of high-school students who are the most naive when it comes to politics and the issues and government.
There are millions of high-school students who are of “voter age”, and millions more who will turn 18 by the time the election rolls around in 2012. So, anything that he does, or has ever done, is purely political.
Everything this incompetent clown does is political.
It is all about the children. Making sure government has them cradle to grave.
Parents in our school district raised so much hell over this boob the last 2 years that today was a half day. Out by 12:15. Bwahahahaha.
Off Topic, but -
anyone else getting FReepmail spammed by “TopGatorMan”?
He keeps sending me crap about McCain in 2012.
Don’t ya just love it when the liberals say, “listen to the children”? Their kids, fer cryin’ out loud. They tend to thoughtlessly parrot the ideas of their teachers — who as a rule are liberal.
Children are by definition INEXPERIENCED and lack an understanding of human nature. They will usually fall for any high-minded political theme.
And a few years out of high school they are voting for a dope like Obama based on a perceived “coolness factor”. Yep! Works real well. By all means, listen to the kids! (sarcasm)
CNN said that the district did not televise the speech because of so many parent complaints!
Yes
Everything Dear Leader does... from golf to crapping in the woods is political.
He doesn't know jack, Jack.
Catch the feigned humility to conceal his Narcissistic disorder.
Hey the school made sure that we understood its not a political speech and that we could opt out.
Considering most schools are NEA hives...
Is there suitable softer word for ... lie?
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Another Obama lie. He does know all of the answers all of the time.
What they did was robocall all the households. I’m not opting out. Its still the president no matter how big a jerk I might think he is it won’t hurt them if they hear some political BS.
“I thought that I had made a mistake once, but I was wrong about that.”
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