September 9. 2009
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Obama Challenges Kids on Education
speech on television in schools
across the country. "And you
have a responsibility to your­
self to discover what that is."
P re sid e n ts o ften visit
schools, and Obama was not
(AP) -- In a pep talk that kept the first one to offer a back-to-
c le a r o f p o litic s. P resid en t school address aimed at m il­
B arack O bam a on T uesday lions of students in every grade.
challenged the nation's stu ­ Yet this speech came with a
dents to take pride and owner­ dose of controversy, as several
ship in their education — and conservative organizations and
stick with it even if they don't m any c o n c e rn e d paren ts
like every class or must over­ warned Obama was trying to
come tough circumstances at sell his political agenda. That
home.
concern was caused in part by
"Every single one of you has an accompanying administra­
something that you're good at. tion lesson plan encouraging
Every single one of you has students to "help the p resi­
something to offer," Obama told dent," which the White House
students at W akefield High later revised.
Obama preceded his broad-
School in suburban Arlington,
scale
talk with a meeting with
Va., and children watching his
Urges students
to take pride,
ownership
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President Barack Obama delivers a speech on education Tuesday at Wakefield High
School in Arlington, Va. ((AP Photo)
Wakefield students, where at Obama said, "I was a little bit of
one point he advised them to a goof-off. My main goal was
"be careful what you post on to get on the varsity basketball
Facebook. Whatever you do, it team and have fun."
Obama said that not having
will be pulled up again later
a father at home "forced me to
somewhere in your life."
O bam a, a cco m p an ied by grow up faster."
One young person asked the
E d u catio n S e c re ta ry A rne
Duncan, met with some 40 stu­ p re sid e n t w hom he w ould
dents gathered in a school li­ choose to dine with if he could
brary before the speech carried make only one such selection.
"Gandhi," O bam a replied.
on ESPN and on the W hite
"He's somebody I find a lot of
House Web site.
"W hen I w as yo u r age," inspiration in. He inspired Dr.
(Martin Luther) King" with his
message of nonviolence.
"He ended up doing so much
and changed the world just by
the pow er o f his eth ics,"
Obama said of the inspirational
leader Mahatma Gandhi. At an­
other point, Obama told the stu­
dents that "a lot of people are
counting on me."
Obama proceeded later with
the speech the W hite House
had released a day early, virtu­
ally unchanged. The school he
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chose as the setting for his talk
— Wakefield — is the most
economically and racially di­
verse sch o o l in A rlin g to n
County, according to the De­
partment of Education. Nearly
40 percent of graduating seniors
pass an Advanced Placement
test. That's more than twice the
national average.
"There is no excuse for not
trying" he said in the speech.
He said students must be indi­
vidually responsible for their
education, and that it's impor­
tant to work hard, pay attention
in school and complete assign­
ments.
"W hatever you resolve to
do, I want you to com m it to
it," Obama said. "The truth is,
being successful is hard. You
w on't love every subject that
you study. You w on't click
with every teacher that you
have."
"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
yo u r re sp o n sib ilitie s," the
president said.
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