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Originally Posted by SPF2245
If Obama or any president wants to put on a 2 minute speech about having a good year in class and wished them sucess, I'd be sitting here quiet...because I'd find that acceptable. But if the U.S. Department of Education is going to forward a lesson plan to them, The President is going to speak to them about anything else, I want to know what is being said/taught before hand. Questions like "what they can do for him", in any context is not fair to a child in 1-6th grade and mirrors too many bad examples in history.
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The lesson plan fits with a message of staying in school. It could fit with a myriad of other things also. The lesson plan is also optional - the teacher/school (who most parents already blindly trust as babysitters) will decide what (if any) lesson plan will go with the speech.
Clinton used his personal charm to get a BJ. If Obama wants to use his personal charm to let a 10 year old think that he is important enough to help the President by staying in school and getting good grades, well, he could be doing far worse.
And that 10 year old kid who stays in school, and maybe gets a doctorate in applied physics and creates cold fusion using just an orange, a bottle cap, and some Silly Putty would be helping the President, but it would not be Obama. I hope you can figure out what that means.
Steve