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Originally Posted by Willravel
I didn't read the part of the speech where the weight of the world was put on a child's shoulders, I read more a "you can do your part" kind of thing, and doing his part would be doing his homework, staying in school, etc.
Truly, there's nothing to be upset about concerning this speech. I'm much rather we were spending our time and energy tackling life and death issues than this.
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He talked about "the future of this country depends on you", "the cure of diseases like cancer depend on you", etc. that is a big burden to put on children on their first day of school, and that is something my son picked up on - "we are going to have fix all the problems you (my generation) left for us. Then there were the stories, i.e. one child fought brain cancer since 3 spending 100's of extra hours doing home work to get into college- my son leaves for school at 7:30 am, gets home at 4:00, pays football and had practice at 6:15 to 8:00, has homework and other responsibilities and was in disbelief that a person could have "100's of extra" hours for homework. He needed that to be put in perspective. Those are a few examples of what we talked about.
One of my biggest fears is my son getting "burned out" with school. It is important that there is balance, I know people who "burned out", one person I knew attempted suicide in collage because of academic issues. Again, I am not complaining about the speech, but it required some discussion.
It is interesting, I think if you were one of my son's teachers, we would do a lot of discussing of what you talk about in class everyday without fail. If DC were one of his teachers, I think I would put him in a different school, even if I had to move, even if I had to move to a different state, or move to a state - you know a place were you could actually vote for representation, sorry for that shot, couldn't resist.
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Originally Posted by biznatch
So a president is supposed to anticipate fears of the right, which, in a lot of cases, are fabrications and purely irrational?
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He should not engage irrational thought. For example Bush never engaged those who claimed he was responsible for 9/11. A President has a responsibility to address legitimate concerns, it is better if he/she anticipates them. When you say something is irrational and then respond to it, something doesn't add up in my book.
I am even amazed by the number of people who make claims about me, my arguments, train of thought, etc., and actually read what I write. If I thought about them what they think about me, I would not waste my time. I don't understand that. after all this is an anonymous forum and I have no power to influence them or them me. I engage people with different views to try and get a better understanding of those views, and I like posting to put my thoughts in writing. I enjoy it.