You can go here for a full text of the President’s remarks to schoolchildren this morning. After the jump, I hit the (SOCIALIST!) highlights.
Hello everyone — how’s everybody doing today? I’m here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. And we’ve got students tuning in from all across America, kindergarten through twelfth grade. I’m glad you all could join us today.
He was doing fine until that last line. “Join us”? Come on. He’s not even hiding the indoctrination.
And no matter what grade you’re in, some of you are probably wishing it were still summer, and you could’ve stayed in bed just a little longer this morning.
Ooooooh. Pretty sure that was a shot at McCain. Stay away from political messages, Mr. President!
I know that feeling. When I was young, my family lived in Indonesia for a few years, and my mother didn’t have the money to send me where all the American kids went to school.
“Indonesia.” “Where all the American kids went to school.” Lord. I don’t know about you, but I’d still like to see a birth certificate. Who’s with me?
But I’m here today because I have something important to discuss with you.
Here it comes: health care.
I’m here because I want to talk with you about your education and what’s expected of all of you in this new school year.
Well. He’ll probably get to health care later.
I’ve talked about your parents’ responsibility for making sure you stay on track, and get your homework done, and don’t spend every waking hour in front of the TV or with that Xbox.
If I want my kid to spend every waking hour in front of the TV or with that Xbox, that is MY RIGHT AS AN AMERICAN. Jeez. DON’T PARENT MY CHILD.
Unless you show up to those schools; pay attention to those teachers; listen to your parents, grandparents and other adults; and put in the hard work it takes to succeed.
“And convince your parents to pass my health care package.” I can read between the lines, sir.
Maybe you could be a mayor or a Senator or a Supreme Court Justice, but you might not know that until you join student government or the debate team.
I don’t know about you, but I’m in favor of having the smallest student government possible. Just like our founding fathers wanted.
You’ll need the knowledge and problem-solving skills you learn in science and math to cure diseases like cancer and AIDS, and to develop new energy technologies and protect our environment. You’ll need the insights and critical thinking skills you gain in history and social studies to fight poverty and homelessness, crime and discrimination, and make our nation more fair and more free. You’ll need the creativity and ingenuity you develop in all your classes to build new companies that will create new jobs and boost our economy.
He had to bring up global warming, didn’t he? INDOCTRINATION.
That’s why today, I’m calling on each of you to set your own goals for your education – and to do everything you can to meet them. Your goal can be something as simple as doing all your homework, paying attention in class, or spending time each day reading a book. Maybe you’ll decide to get involved in an extracurricular activity, or volunteer in your community.
This ain’t the want ads. If you want volunteers for your re-election campaign, well, not on MY watch, sir.
I know that sometimes, you get the sense from TV that you can be rich and successful without any hard work — that your ticket to success is through rapping or basketball or being a reality TV star, when chances are, you’re not going to be any of those things.
Don’t tell my son Ghostface Killah he can’t be whatever he wants to be.
Don’t be afraid to ask questions. Don’t be afraid to ask for help when you need it. I do that every day. Asking for help isn’t a sign of weakness, it’s a sign of strength. It shows you have the courage to admit when you don’t know something, and to learn something new.
“Don’t be afraid to ask your parents why they didn’t vote for me.” I’M ONTO YOU.
So today, I want to ask you, what’s your contribution going to be? What problems are you going to solve? What discoveries will you make? What will a president who comes here in twenty or fifty or one hundred years say about what all of you did for this country?
Who’s to say we have a president in 100 years? THAT’S NOT YOUR PLACE. Don’t fill their heads with your pro-government rhetoric.
I expect you to put your best effort into everything you do. I expect great things from each of you. So don’t let us down — don’t let your family or your country or yourself down. Make us all proud. I know you can do it.
This just burns me up. Ugh.
