Comments on: A Danger to our Children: Presidential Address to Students

By: Faiqa

Faiqa — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:13:35 +0000

@whall, You WILL kneel before Barack, son of Jor-El!!!

By: Faiqa

Faiqa — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:11:37 +0000

Hehe, I forwarded this post to… well, everyone I know.

By: cat

cat — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:02:20 +0000

Very en pointe!

News for the sake of news… I think newsrooms run out of interesting things to talk about, so just report on drama from a bunch of asanine crap… much ado about nothing.

By: Lexi

Lexi — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:25:54 +0000

GAH! Already dealt with this crap on facebook at 7AM….a “friend” (friend of the family, whom to unfriend would cause drama I just don’t need)posted: “wonder how many of our children will be brainwashed by the “speech” today”…I commented asking her if she’d actually read the speech, and she pulled her post literally 5 seconds later.

Here’s my thing: I can respect your informed opinion, whatever that may be, and whether or not I agree. Spewing toxicity without really know what you’re talking about? Pisses me off.

By: Lexi

Lexi — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:21:20 +0000

@whall, I do wonder, though, how many of the people complaining would be able to cite these reasons.

By: Shane

Shane — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:59:23 +0000

Great post. I’m gonna be showing it in my classroom tomorrow, but even at a school in Northern California I had to be told that if a student doesn’t want to watch it for some reason, I have to provide them with an alternate assignment. We’ll see what happens.

By: Jeff Ivins

Jeff Ivins — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:18:42 +0000

Talk about brainwashing.. Sheeeeze.. Every president since RONALD REAGAN has addressed the students on the start of school.. Get a grip..

By: muskrat

muskrat — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:32:06 +0000

Good ol’ Barry. Can’t wait for the tax hikes that’ll pay for all this goodness!

By: Potty Mouth Mommy

Potty Mouth Mommy — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:27:30 +0000

this… my friends… is exactly what makes me sooooo proud to be a CANADIAN!! bwahahahahahahaahahahah

By: CableGirl

CableGirl — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:49:09 +0000

Ok, so let me get this straight, asking students to discuss the president is somehow subversive? Funny, what exactly is government class for? Asking students what the president’s message was is subversive? I thought that would be more indicative of listening comprehension. Well, we sure wouldn’t want that, now would we. The president says he wants to have the highest college graduate rate of any point in time in US history by 2020. Asking the students what they can do to achieve that goal is subversive? See, it seems to me that refusing to let students listen to their president is the subversive act. It seems to me that denying the need to improve the education system in our country is the unpatriotic act. It seems to me that denying that parents actually have any influence over their children and will be brainwashed by a brief message is paranoia.

I am an educator and I agree that students need to take a more personal role in their educations. They need to understand personal accountability. They need to think for themselves. As the released transcript of the speech shows, that is exactly what the president, who was legally elected by a majority of Americans, is asking them to do.