After a week of extraordinary controversy stoked by conservative bloggers and pundits, President Obama delivered a fairly innocuous speech to schoolchildren today:
President Obama, shrugging off a controversy over his appearance at a Northern Virginia high school, challenged students Tuesday to develop their skills and take responsibility for their education.
In a visit to Wakefield High School in Arlington, Obama used the post-labor Day reopening of schools in Northern Virginia and other parts of the country to meet with students and deliver a lunchtime pep talk that was broadcast to schools across the country.
He told students that “if you quit on school, you’re not just quitting on yourself, you’re quitting on your country.”
Obama described his own upbringing, noting that he “got in more trouble than I should have” as a youth. He told the students, “There is no excuse for not trying. No one has written your destiny for you, because here in America you write your own destiny.”
Obama met privately with a group of 9th graders before the speech, which was broadcast live to thousands of classrooms across the country.
Here’s the video, watch it for yourself and you’ll see that the panic was un-necessary:
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….Here’s the video, watch it for yourself and you’ll see that the panic was un-necessary…..
Applaud the president for the wisdom!
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