• Prepared text for Obama school message
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This is just the prepared text, he may alter it slightly while reading. Source: [url]http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gDqQJuGAC0Xb5hUlwfuOZ-0hr5_gD9AIQTPG0[/url] Excerpts: [quote] I know that for many of you, today is the first day of school. And for those of you in kindergarten, or starting middle or high school, it's your first day in a new school, so it's understandable if you're a little nervous. I imagine there are some seniors out there who are feeling pretty good right now, with just one more year to go. And no matter what grade you're in, some of you are probably wishing it were still summer, and you could've stayed in bed just a little longer this morning. So I know some of you are still adjusting to being back at school. But I'm here today because I have something important to discuss with you. I'm here because I want to talk with you about your education and what's expected of all of you in this new school year. Now I've given a lot of speeches about education. And I've talked a lot about responsibility. I've talked about your teachers' responsibility for inspiring you, and pushing you to learn. I've talked about your parents' responsibility for making sure you stay on track, and get your homework done, and don't spend every waking hour in front of the TV or with that Xbox. But at the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, and the best schools in the world and none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities. Unless you show up to those schools; pay attention to those teachers; listen to your parents, grandparents and other adults; and put in the hard work it takes to succeed. And that's what I want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for your education. I want to start with the responsibility you have to yourself. 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. Maybe you could be a good writer — maybe even good enough to write a book or articles in a newspaper — but you might not know it until you write a paper for your English class. Maybe you could be an innovator or an inventor — maybe even good enough to come up with the next iPhone or a new medicine or vaccine — but you might not know it until you do a project for your science class. Maybe you could be a mayor or a senator or a Supreme Court justice, but you might not know that until you join student government or the debate team. We need every single one of you to develop your talents, skills and intellect so you can help solve our most difficult problems. If you don't do that — if you quit on school — you're not just quitting on yourself, you're quitting on your country. 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. I know that sometimes, you get the sense from TV that you can be rich and successful without any hard work — that your ticket to success is through rapping or basketball or being a reality TV star, when chances are, you're not going to be any of those things. But the truth is, being successful is hard. You won't love every subject you study. You won't click with every teacher. Not every homework assignment will seem completely relevant to your life right this minute. And you won't necessarily succeed at everything the first time you try. That's OK. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who've had the most failures. JK Rowling's first Harry Potter book was rejected twelve times before it was finally published. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team, and he lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots during his career. But he once said, "I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." These people succeeded because they understand that you can't let your failures define you — you have to let them teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently next time. If you get in trouble, that doesn't mean you're a troublemaker, it means you need to try harder to behave. If you get a bad grade, that doesn't mean you're stupid, it just means you need to spend more time studying. And even when you're struggling, even when you're discouraged, and you feel like other people have given up on you — don't ever give up on yourself. Because when you give up on yourself, you give up on your country. The story of America isn't about people who quit when things got tough. It's about people who kept going, who tried harder, who loved their country too much to do anything less than their best. It's the story of students who sat where you sit 250 years ago, and went on to wage a revolution and found this nation. Students who sat where you sit 75 years ago who overcame a Depression and won a world war; who fought for civil rights and put a man on the moon. Students who sat where you sit 20 years ago who founded Google, Twitter and Facebook and changed the way we communicate with each other. So today, I want to ask you, what's your contribution going to be? What problems are you going to solve? What discoveries will you make? What will a president who comes here in twenty or fifty or one hundred years say about what all of you did for this country? [/quote] Pretty generic stuff, considering what the conservative morons have been screaming about (don't worry: I hate the retarded liberals too. I don't discriminate: I hate everyone equally). A bit blatant with his copying Kennedy's "Ask not what your country can do for you" speech, and relatively bland. Only thing I didn't like: Product Placement. Since when does the President of the United States need to stick in references to "Don't spend every waking hour ... with that Xbox.", "come up with the next iPhone", "first Harry Potter book", and "founded Google, Twitter and Facebook"? I recognize that, in context, they all make perfect sense. A generic term would work just as well: Don't play video games until after you study. Make a cool phone. Write the Great American Novel (something to note: all the products mentioned are American except Rowling's book). Is that how he's going to pay for the stimulus programs?
Kindergarten? I hardly doubt that anybody in Kindergarten would be that interested in Obama or anything political.
i hope we don't have to write shit about this
obama knows best [img]http://kontraband.se/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/fuckyeah.png[/img]
Complaining about 'product placement' is a stretch.
The speech isn't really motivating. It's pretty boring. Oh God, I can bet all the schools are going to make the students write essays about what Obama was saying in his speech. So glad I'm in college.
I can't let my kids listen to this.
It's not product placement, he's just trying to give examples.
Hes a little late considering most of us started school weeks ago.
Oh great now I have to listen to that racist prick David drone on and on.
This is too long for little kids [editline]04:08AM[/editline] And me
[QUOTE=TH89;17188916]This is too long for little kids[/QUOTE] Or anyone posting in this thread, apparently.
How is that product placement at all? Is there anything people CAN'T bitch about?
[b]Obama:[/b] HAY KIDS :words: [b]Kids:[/b] tl;dl
[QUOTE=aznz888;17188892]obama knows best [img]http://kontraband.se/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/fuckyeah.png[/img][/QUOTE] I've always thought that picture was stupid until I looked at it I mean come on he's flying from an exploding helicopter on a skateboard
My hick high schools going to go crazy. Tomarrows going to be hilarious, we also been in school for 2 weeks now, third week now, and I know some people this is there 5th or even 6th week.
What, it's not like I'm making a big deal about it. Considering that none of the kids will remember it anyways, it isn't even a deal, let alone a big one.
Tried reading it as he would have said it, I didn't finish
[QUOTE=Zero Vector;17188950]I've always thought that picture was stupid until I looked at it I mean come on he's flying from an exploding helicopter on a skateboard[/QUOTE] With nunchakus.
[QUOTE=ScoutKing;17188953]My hick high schools going to go crazy. Tomarrows going to be hilarious, we also been in school for 2 weeks now, third week now, and I know some people this is there 5th or even 6th week.[/QUOTE] You must be of those hicks.
wasnt this the thing fox news made a story about how its controversial
Eh, it's not really product placement. It's so the kind of students at my school can pay attention. (50% dropout rate lol)
[QUOTE=General J;17189001]Eh, it's not really product placement. It's so the kind of students at my school can pay attention. (50% dropout rate lol)[/QUOTE] Got 80% here. Welcome to Arkansas, where everywhere is Bible camp.
Obama is brainwashing our children!
[img]http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2007/stylewatch/blog/070730/avril_lavigne_300x400.jpg[/img] HEY HEY YOU YOU I DON'T LIKE YOUR PRESIDENT NO WAY NO WAY I THINK YOU NEED A NEW ONE
[QUOTE=TH89;17189023][img]http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2007/stylewatch/blog/070730/avril_lavigne_300x400.jpg[/img] HEY HEY YOU YOU I DON'T LIKE YOUR PRESIDENT HEY HEY YOU YOU I THINK YOU NEED A NEW ONE[/QUOTE] But our president IS new.
It's not fucking product placement, he's trying to relate to kids by bringing up [B]examples[/B] of things they'd actually know instead of using generic terms.
op is just the kind of intelligent people we need to repopulate the planet when obama caries through operation nuke everything in the country
Liberal brainwashing :downs: [b]Edit:[/b] Notice the smiley, and how it is being used in a sarcastic manner
Bahahah! [b]If you don't do that — if you quit on school — you're not just quitting on yourself, you're quitting on your country. [/b] Aaah America.
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