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BeccaAnn · 09-04-2009, 08:20 PM

I'm curious what everyone might think about the US President televising a talk aimed at students next week.

Here's a link to Yahoo!'s announcement of the speech from yesterday: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/200909.../ynews_pl888_3

Here's a link to NPR story done today over it. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...47&ft=1&f=1003

IMO, I think parents and politicians are making a big fuss over nothing. So, the presidents wants to talk directly to the students about staying in school. This doesn't mean he is trying to brainwash students to his way of thinking. Maybe he thinks that students are too busy doing other things at night: work, sports, homework, sleeping, etc. and the best time to reach the students is when they are at school.
I think it is sad that one school can't show it because of lack of money.

09-04-2009, 08:20 PM	#1
BeccaAnn Groupie Posts: 188 Karma: 660 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Spearfish, SD, USA Device: Sony PRS-505	Furor over US Presidential Talk in Schools I'm curious what everyone might think about the US President televising a talk aimed at students next week. Here's a link to Yahoo!'s announcement of the speech from yesterday: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/200909.../ynews_pl888_3 Here's a link to NPR story done today over it. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...47&ft=1&f=1003 IMO, I think parents and politicians are making a big fuss over nothing. So, the presidents wants to talk directly to the students about staying in school. This doesn't mean he is trying to brainwash students to his way of thinking. Maybe he thinks that students are too busy doing other things at night: work, sports, homework, sleeping, etc. and the best time to reach the students is when they are at school. I think it is sad that one school can't show it because of lack of money.