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Students, Teachers React to Obama's Speech
on September 9, 2009
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i think this is so pathetic of the conservative party.
Especially with he abomination that was No Child Left Behind, they dont really have any room...
i think this is so pathetic of the conservative party.
Especially with he abomination that was No Child Left Behind, they dont really have any room to complain about Obama's education strategies.
All it is is a speech, one speech is not going to do any harm. Besides, its a well established fact that brain washing is a fictional concept.
People use the term "Brain washing" when they dont want to live up to the fact that their children, or some other person, thinks in a completely opposite direction then they do or have taught and expect them to.
I think Adams and Bobb have the correct train of thought. Let the students hear the speech and let them decide what they think about the information given to them instead of attempting to condition their opinions.
on Sep 15, 2009
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During President Obama's speech yesterday afternoon, he called for the nation's students to take responsibility for their education by studying in class and doing work, even if it seems irrelevant at the time.
Prior to the speech, which was broadcast live on the White House's Web site and C-SPAN, controvery flared across the country as conservative groups feared Obama would push a political agenda. As parents complained to schools, some districts decided to record the transmission for officials to review and make available later. Although some school districts around Metro Detroit chose not to show the speech because of parent complaints and the stress of the first day of school, other area teachers and students didn't see what all the fuss was about, the Detroit News reports.
"I don't understand the controversy," said Chante Adams, 15, a sophomore at Cass Technical High School. "You should want your kids to be inspired and go to school."
Robert Bobb, Detroit Public Schools' emergency financial manager, watched the Obama speech with 15 students at the high school and sat through a teacher-led discussion afterward.
"Make yourself proud," Bobb told the students. "When you make yourself proud, you make those responsible for you proud as well."
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on Sep 15, 2009
i think this is so pathetic of the conservative party.
Especially with he abomination that was No Child Left Behind, they dont really have any room to complain about Obama's education strategies.
All it is is a speech, one speech is not going to do any harm. Besides, its a well established fact that brain washing is a fictional concept.
People use the term "Brain washing" when they dont want to live up to the fact that their children, or some other person, thinks in a completely opposite direction then they do or have taught and expect them to.
I think Adams and Bobb have the correct train of thought. Let the students hear the speech and let them decide what they think about the information given to them instead of attempting to condition their opinions.
