Shame on us for keeping our children home from school so they would not have to watch our President speak to all of the school children across America.
Shame on us for not accepting our President who obviously won the Presidential election. There have been a couple of Presidents I disagreed with and could barely stand to watch on television, but I did because I am an American and I have trust in our democratic process and all it entails.
Shame on us for continuing to instill prejudice in our children, youth, and young adults.
Shame on us for being hypocritical as Christians. I see our youth wearing bracelets or tee shirts that say, "WWJD?" and I just want to ask you the same question.
Needless to say, I was disappointed today when 1:00 rolled around and the majority of our students were awaiting a message from the President of the United States.They buzzed about it all morning long. But it didn't happen in my school because some incompetent or malicious adult sent out the wrong time for TV's to be turned on.
Shame on you, Columbia County School System!
I second all you said. I hated W more than I would be comfortable saying in mixed company. However, I would never have kept my child home or threatened a school in response to a school address by him as President.
Posted by: Tiffany | September 08, 2009 at 01:26 PM
I couldn't agree more with you and Tiffany. Our principal emailed our school families over the weekend to say we would be watching Obama as a whole school. Anyone who didn't want to would be provided with another assignment in another part of the school. All kids at our school sat attentively on the gym floor and listened to Obama's address and afterwards we talked about what he said. It was a great experience! I only wish more people would act like these mature kids, instead of immature babies.
Posted by: tina | September 08, 2009 at 05:27 PM
When Bush spoke to students, Democrats investigated, held hearings
"The National Education Association denounced the speech, saying it "cannot
endorse a president who spends $26,000 of taxpayers' money on a staged media
event at Alice Deal Junior High School in Washington, D.C. -- while cutting
school lunch funds for our neediest youngsters."
Lost in all the denouncing and investigating was the fact that Bush's speech
itself, like Obama's today, was entirely unremarkable. "Block out the kids who
think it's not cool to be smart," the president told students. "If someone goofs
off today, are they cool? Are they still cool years from now, when they're stuck
in a dead end job. Don't let peer pressure stand between you and your dreams."
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/When-Bush-s
poke-to-students-Democrats-investigated-held-hearings-57694347.html
Posted by: tolerant | September 09, 2009 at 06:23 PM