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Originally Posted by samurai007
I've already stated my view on it several times, earlier in the thread. I think he changed the content due to public outcry. I also explained what I thought was probably in the first draft. Did you have a more specific question about it?
And I don't remember ever hearing a Presidential address to students. I remember hearing the President speak after Challenger blew up. I remember some Teen Titans comic books that had a "don't do drugs" message from the 1st Lady in it. But that's it. Our school wasn't really wired for TV though... we all had to go to the library to watch the Challenger news when it happened.
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Maybe that's it then. To me, there's no difference and I wanted you to explain to me how it's different from Reagan or Bush Sr.'s agenda. I felt that the "worry" was uncalled for and unwarranted. If previous Presidents were allowed to address students, why all of a sudden people have a problem with Obama's speech?
One lady I know of didn't want her kid seeing the speech and threatened to take her kid out of school for the day because of that. When asked what the speech was about, she couldn't even answer.
Still, to me, anyone who had a problem with Obama giving a speech about staying in school and working hard to get good grades and the assignment the Dept of Edu gave is still puzzling to me. I guess my problem is that people were pre-judging and I was seeing that through here and other places.