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Originally Posted by sqid smoks crak
Parts of the speech were on the news. In one part Obama told the kids it is their job to help the President and he wanted them to send letters or something.
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Try studying up a little more. That was
not the speech or an earlier draft of the speech. That was a lesson plan put out by the Department of Education, which suggested that teachers could have students write letters in response to the speech saying how they could "help the president." The Department said they thought the intent was clear -- help the president reach the goals outlined in the speech of reducing drop-out rates and the like. Buy that explanation or don't buy it, whatever floats your boat.
In any event, the wording of the lesson plan was changed to the suggestion that school kids "[w]rite letters to themselves about how they can achieve their short‐term and long‐term education goals." Other parts of the lesson plan asked "What do you think the President wants us to do? Does the speech make you want to do anything? Are we able to do what President Obama is asking of us? What would you like to tell the President?"
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Do you think it is a coincidence that the speech was the day before the healthcare bill speech?
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Do you think it is a coincidence that the speech was given the day after Labor Day, the symbolic end of summer, and a traditional first day of school in parts of the country?