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Originally Posted by dogzilla
I don't have any serious problems with his speech, but I do with the agenda around it. I read several news articles which claimed part of the associated lesson plan was for students to write letters explaining how they could help Obama. That is a bit out of line.
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I really don't think this is such a bad thing, trying to get students involved. Besides President Obama wouldn't be the first President to ask children to write them letters.
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President George H.W. Bush’s remarks to students
Here is a transcript of then-President George H.W. Bush’s speech to students at Alice Deal Junior High School in Washington, D.C., on October 1, 1991.
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Let me leave you with a simple message: Every time you walk through that classroom door, make it your mission to get a good education. Don't do it just because your parents, or even the President, tells you. Do it for yourselves. Do it for your future. And while you're at it, help a little brother or sister to learn, or maybe even Mom or Dad.
Let me know how you're doing. Write me a letter -- and I'm serious about this one -- write me a letter about ways you can help us achieve our goals. I think you know the address.
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http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/im...991.speech.pdf