I'm your Huckleberry. Insert your text and follow along here if you like.

You - 145 times
I - 56 times
School - 18 times
Education - 10 times
Responsibility - 8 times
Yourself - 7 times
Country - 7 times (I was a little off)
Students - 6 times
Work - 5 times
Parents - 5 times
College - 5 times
America - 5 times
Teachers - 5 times
Schools - 4 times
Homework - 4 times
Class - 4 times
Succeed - 3 times
Nation - 3 times
Studying - 2 times
Study - 2 times

It's all about the O and the kiddies. "L'etat? C'est moi."

And while you're digging up speeches by past presidents, it might be worth your while to examine (a) the opposition party's reaction at the time and, more importantly, (b) the planned follow-up by our proud NEA members at the time. I don't think you'll find much consistency (on either side of the discussion).

As I said before, I don't have a beef with The One™ coming down from Mount Olympus and talking to the kids. I'm sure that it will be rather exciting for some of them. I also don't imagine the kids will remember much of what he said by the following morning anyway. Did you become a pseudo-leftist goofball just because Jimmy Carter told you to? :moon: I doubt it. It's the follow-up that is likely to raise a few eyebrows among the nation's parents.

 

that is what has me scratching my head. why the follow up? give the speech and move on with the rest of the day, if it's truly all that our president wants to do. you know, encourage our youth