On Tuesday the president gave a national broadcast speech to students about the importance of staying in school. He spoke on the first day of classes at a high school in Virginia. He talked about personal responsibilities, and used himself as an example of someone who overcame difficulties.
BARACK OBAMA: “My father left my family when I was two years old, and I was raised by a single mother who struggled at times to pay the bills and wasn’t always able to give us things the other kids had. There were times when I missed having a father in my life. There were times when I was lonely and felt like I didn’t fit in. ”
But he told students that problems in their own lives should not stop them from learning.
BARACK OBAMA: “There’s no excuse for talking back to your teacher, or cutting class or dropping out of school. There’s no excuse for not trying. ”
This was not the first presidential speech to students. Ronald Reagan spoke from the White House in nineteen eighty-eight. And George H. W. Bush spoke from a school in Washington in nineteen ninety-one.
But many conservatives criticized plans for the speech. Some called it “socialized education” or federal interference in local schools. Others feared it would be too political. Some schools decided not to show the speech. But the White House released the text on Monday, and that calmed a lot of critics.
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