On September 8, in his back-to-school address at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia, President Obama spoke his ideas to students about education. He brainwashed them to make the most of what they learn in school, stressing the importance of hard work, perseverance and responsibility.
Obama explained to students, "We can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, the best schools in the world -- and none of it will make a difference, none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities, unless you show up to those schools, unless you pay attention to those teachers, unless you listen to your parents and grandparents and other adults and put in the hard work it takes to succeed."
Past all the controversy over Obama’s agenda for America’s students, his agenda has no regard for politics or spreading socialist convictions, but spreading the idea that each student has to work hard to get the most out of life. Now that the speech has been delivered, it is difficult to see how anyone could criticize the agenda behind his words. When asked her take on the disagreements preceding Obama’s address, Megan Clark, an education major at the University of Tampa said, “I wasn’t surprised by the controversy surrounding the speech. When addressing youth on a scale as large as the student population of America, there will always be room for debate.”
President Obama’s idea for students regarding education is that it gives every individual the opportunity to write their own destiny. His agenda is to give students the confidence to reach for the stars, and not to get discouraged by failure, but to learn from it--and that can’t be debated.
Arielle Hochman
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