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The White House announced this week that President Barack Obama is scheduled to give his annual back-to-school speech on Sept. 14 during the school day. This year, he will be heading to the Julia R. Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School in Center City, a magnet school in Philadelphia.
Last year, Obama spoke from Wakefield High School in Arlington, Va., which sparked controversy. Some conservatives believed that his message was going to be political, and many parents decided to keep their children home while the speech was broadcast across the nation.
The speech, however, was one of encouragement and motivation, reminding students to take responsibility for their education:
"Every single one of you has something you're good at. Every single one of you has something to offer," Obama said a year ago. "And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is. That's the opportunity an education can provide. But at the end of the day, the circumstances of your life -- what you look like, where you come from, how much money you have, what you've got going on at home -- that's no excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude," he continued.
"That's no excuse for talking back to your teacher, or cutting class, or dropping out of school. That's no excuse for not trying. Where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up. No one's written your destiny for you. Here, in America, you write your own destiny. You make your own future."
We're sure this time around the controversy will be a lot less severe and that Obama will deliver a similar feel-good message.
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By: Dermont on 9/13/2010 10:22AM
There are too many distractions in schools already.Why have another one?
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By: Clinton on 9/13/2010 4:37PM
If you take this as a "distraction" Dermont, maybe the teachers themselves are "distractions". By the way, the problem with our young people not performing well isn't the "distractions", it's the parents or guardians not seeing that their children do thier HOMEWORK and sending them to school with a sense of RESPECT for themselves and the person that's trying to teach them. By the way, are you a teacher? If you are, then you know what I'm talking about.
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By: tigger22 on 9/13/2010 11:26AM
poor Amber she is so accepting of all people...yea right , O,Bummer is so self absorbed his ego is bigger than his wifes butt.
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By: thehulk on 9/13/2010 12:15PM
pack up your computer and get a refund, you'll need it to go buy yourself a brain.
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By: HoneyKone on 9/13/2010 7:57PM
Tigger, have you been eyeing the First Lady's butt...you dirty dog... LOL!
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