What do you think NOW?

hi cobra .. i am not american, so i do not understand y the fuss is all about ?? what is wrong with the speech as what i saw was only "positive" & "encouraging" words from the President to the Youth ... does it offend any community in any ways ??

The general oposition was not to the speech itself, it was to the whole department of educations involvement and the assignements they drafted up that were the problem. I thought it was a great speech, very Reaganesque and pretty much what I have told my own kids all their lives and school careers. But id had, and still have issues with the department of education being in on this, big issues. They had no business being in on this at all and THAT was the cruxt of the oposition.

I did not vote for the man and do not care for some of the things he stands for. That being said my biggest objection was the same as your first poster, why did they need the department of educations involvement and a questionaire afterward? Those questions were not made public as far as I know? I havent been able to find them for my age children anyway. Would I have kept my children home? Yes if it had been mandatory I would have. Thankfully where I live it was as it should be the kids were allowed to decide if they wanted to listen to him or not and there were no questions for the kids to answer. Why is Obama automatically exempt from "manufactured fears" and "hatred"? Reagan, Clinton and both Bush presidents were hated and fear mongers were present during their administrations also. I dont think this president should expect anything different and it has nothing to do with his race. I still have not heard the speech and probably will not waste my time since neither of my children who are at home have any interest in it. From what I have heard the speech was fine, however that does not take away from my first point. No other presidential speech has come with a lesson plan, why did this one?

My kids went to school. They told me that the gist of the speech was "try your best". Oh dear, my kids have been corrupted. I'm moving to Iceland...

Now I am thinking that all kids worldwide not only American kids should have been given the chance to listen to the American President Barack Obama's plans. Pres. Obama's plans are the will of the Almighty because it is he who was voted president through the will of the American people. His plans are good and will not fail because he's guided by God especially if all Americans including the kids will help him achieve them.

I think this was history in the making. Look at the uproar it created. Look at the results. People are DISCUSSING! It gave folks a choice. We do love choices don't we? I'm glad that it gave communities... COMMUNITIES... the opportunity to make the choice to watch or not watch; to come together and discuss what we liked/ didn't like; discuss what he meant by lesson plan (hasn't this become one big lesson plan in discussion as to where we want things to go?) and how it fits into the scheme of things (or maybe from another POV, doesn't fit). I love America.

I think the kids should have brain-stormed how to help keep the 3/10 kids in school and help them graduate. I think they should be allowed to say what they think. I think Obama would at least listen. I don't have any kids. I would have let them go. My parents were anti-birth control. When our school sent home a note asking if they wanted me to see/hear the presentation. My parents asked me if I wanted to go or be excused. I wanted to go because I didn't know anything about it. I went and then my parents and I discussed it. The obviously were against birth control and I didn't think much of the presentation. But I wasn't sexually active. I still thought it was a good idea to know what was going on and what people meant when they spoke about birth control. Staying ignorant of things that could affect me in the future or my friends, somebody, seems rediculous to me. I'm not anti-Obama. Not sure how he's going to achieve everything without us all ending up in the poor house, but people felt the same way when Social Security and Welfare were started. PBR (Public Broadcasting Radio) had an intelligent debate about the pros and cons of his plans. That is what we need, intelligent debate, not ignorance and refusing to listen to the President, but listening to shock jocks and idiots inciting others. Some people are saying that the Militias are arming in alarming numbers and with some awful weapons based on crazy stuff they're hearing. I've gotten some really crazy emails. www.snopes.com has 173 (at last count) Obama stuff that they've had to write whether true or false about.

Sorry, I'm a little late but, I guess better late than never LOL The day of the speech was my children's first day of school and the school didn't air the speech. I don't think it was anything to do with the "fuss" but, more to do with the first day. My children attend a charter school and it's geared for kids with A.S. and ADHD so the first day is spent doing activities that get the kids introduced to the teacher and other students. I thought the speech was great and my oldest (13) watched it on the internet. I think anyone that tells kids to stay in school and work hard shouldn't be told not to, no matter who they are.