It's about getting an education.

I read the speech and actually thought it was a good one. I agread with everything in it. But the speech was not the issue, it was the department of educations extremely inapropriate involvement and their "lesson plan" that acompanied it.

No matter what Obama does or says will be criticized by folks. That's the price one has to pay for being the President. If McCain had won the election he'd be facing the same problem. You cannot please everyone, not even if you are the President

dfollin I am an elderly widow but had I kids in schoolof course I would let them watch.My g. he is the President of the U nited "States and no matter what side you are on you should give hjm that much respect.of course I will hear some nasty replies but just respect my right to have my own opinion. No matter who would be President there are a lot of people who will hiss and boo,but I think he is trying to help this country not hinder it. he is not the devil.

Just a bunch of crap out there again. There are sure a lot of people trying to put fear into the country by spreading rumors about this President. I think, shamefully, it only proves that this country is very prejudiced and does not want him to do well. They finally published the speech he is going to give to the school children since so much crap is spreading about it and it is wonderful! Great encouragement and NOTHING about politics, or anything like that. Are they so afraid that their children are going to say hey mom/dad you are wrong, this guy knows what he is talking about, that they spread rumors?? This makes no sense to me. My kids WILL watch!!! absolutely!!! What a wonderful thing for a President to do, go to the kids to actually say hey education is important, stick with it!!

Well I'm a teenager and i keep up with politics in Canada and the states (I'm Canadian by the way). I don't following them terribly closely but i do put in some interest in them. My parents never tell me which party they vote for because they want to keep my political opinion neutral. And about that girl, how does politics not have to do with education? Why doesn't someone ask her where she thinks the funding for school comes from? There are a lot things politicians and the government does for education. Big things in the school curriculum are effected by the government. Does that girl seriously think the education is just its own little system? That the school funds it self through magazine sales and answers to no body? everything in the country answers to the government. Education (in the states and Canada) isn't privatized and owned by big companies, it's socialized and the government plays a big role. Even if it was all private industry the government would still play a big part, because it's the education of the future generation. No one wants a big collapse in the world as soon as the next generation takes over.

Well I think that no matter what a person does, people will look at it in a different way. I think that education is very important and people should be educated in politics as well. Not only will we have no proper professionals, but these people will grow up to elect the new president! If I were a parent I would try to get my kid to understand politics because it is important for them in their lives and for the future of the world.

Thank God my kids are grown up so i do not have this problem.......I actually don't know what i would do under the circumstances..I would nEVER force my children to do anything that they feel they hate to do, unless it involves their health...

When I was in school, we were taught math, english, etc. We didn't have policticians taking up teaching time whether they had a political message or not. We didn't have all the other things that are done in schools these days that take away from the students being taught. Also, as far as I can tell we had better teachers who were less involved in politics and more involved in teaching. We came out knowing math and so many other subjects and we were on par and usually better than the rest of the world, not like now when the students come out so far behind the rest of the world.

The president can do no right when it is not their party. The President's speech will be on my childrens first day of school and I am not sure if they will watch it. I would like them to because I don't think they can hear enough about how getting a great education is so important.