I may be out of the country, but I haven't missed the ridiculous debate over Obama's speech to school children on September 8. The claim that our President is indoctrinating our children is ludicrous. He said "The future of America depends on you." By keeping their children home from school, ignorant parents are only assuring that their children will go on to be useless, unhappy, fools like themselves.
"If you quit on school, you're not only quitting on yourself, you're quitting on your country." Marxist? Perhaps, but how does this statement hurt any developing child's goal making abilities and drive to be the best they can be?
Perhaps Obama has been through alot. He spoke about the hardships in his life and maybe he even inspired some kid somewhere to do better from themselves. Nah. He probably just corrupted the youth of America.
Truly, from across the ocean, I am deeply disturbed to hear what has been said about this speech even before it was aired on whitehouse.gov. I hope that the institutions of knowledge that I spent so much time invested in and learning from validated themselves by showing this important piece of history on the first day of school. Otherwise I seriously question support of their continued existence and or funding.
All the President is really asking is that we take responsibility for ourselves. If half of the adults in our country could take this simple advice we might be able to exist in a nation and world that is not constantly demonstrating its inability to move forward because of petty over-argued battles.
I wish I had the opportunity to be inspired by this speech while I was in school. To have someone speak that earnestly about my own potential in this country and world would have meant alot to me.
"Asking for help isn't a sign of weekness, it's a sign of strength, because it shows you have the courage to admit when you don't know something, and that then allows you to learn something new." This is advice I can certainly use and HAVE been dealing with over the past 6 months. It's about human connection, something that Fox news, Republicans, Conservatives AND CNN, Democrats, and Liberals could all learn from. It's not that revolutionary, we just need to remind ourselves that without using the simplest help that is available to us--each other--we are all doomed to fail.
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