President Obama's plan to talk to schoolchildren this week has stirred trepidation among parents. Scheduled for Tuesday, it will be made available to schools across the nation through a Web cast, and broadcast via television and radio. The last nationwide presidential address was in 1991 when President George H.W. Bush addressed the students at Northwest Washington Junior High School.Obama and his wife Michelle are examples of the impact education can have on individual lives. Combined, they hold degrees from Columbia University, Princeton University and Harvard Law School.
As the parents of two grammar school children, 10-year-old Malia and 7-year-old Sasha, they certainly understand the importance of education not only for their children, but also for their children's peers. The First Family's dinner conversations more than likely reflect the question of where the girls might go to college rather than if.
Unfortunately, according to the Alliance for Excellent Education, a third of U.S. students leave high school without a diploma. This equates to about 1,300,000 students every year and represents a national catastrophe that must be addressed.
Where we would go to college, not if, was also the question my parents asked my sister and me while we were growing up. My father was a college professor and my mother taught high school mathematics. They were constant encouragers as well as taskmasters. Unfortunately, not all families emphasize the importance of education in the same way. Tuesday's talk represents an opportunity for the president to pass along the message of the importance of education to all children in our nation.
As president, Obama should inform students how vital it is that they learn and should seek to inspire them to work hard, stay in school and measure their progress not only through grades and degrees, but also by what they have learned and applied in their lives.
There is precedence for this speech. In 1988, President Ronald Reagan conducted a question-and-answer session with junior high students. His message included, "say NO to drugs," our democracy is rare and based on "We the People," that the people are "in charge of the Government, not the other way around." He ended by asking the students "to dream large dreams, to live lives of kindness, and to keep faith with the unfinished vision of the greatness and wonder of America."
At the time of Bush's school address, House of Representatives Majority Leader Richard Gephardt, D-Mo., protested, "The Department of Education should not be producing paid political advertising for the president, it should be helping us to produce smarter students."
I agree that the Department of Education should not be in the business of promoting a political agenda. However, I think we would all agree that producing smarter students is a worthy goal.
The question is: what if the president's efforts at promoting education produce motivated children who want to learn?
Then smarter students would be the result.
It is always the right time for the president to champion education.
Jackie Gingrich Cushman is a Creators' Syndicate Columnist, co-author with her father former
Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich of "5 Principles for a Successful Life: From Our Family to Yours," and founder of the Learning Makes a Difference Foundation.
I believe you have missed the point of the opposition to the President's speech to the students. There are 2 big issues with his message:
1. Personal Responsibility - his policies are in complete contrast to this message and his hypocracy is disgusting. Bailouts,...you're irresponsible, you have a failed business model,...and we'll bail you out. Healthcare,....his plan will eliminate private health insurance and discourages those that are taking responsibility and prioritizing healthcare in their lives. Stimulus,....instead of trusting the private sector, free markets,...he is not entrusting us with our own money,...he is collecting it and dictating who is a winner and who is not.
2. "How to help the President" - For those of us paying attention to his Czars and to who was an admitted Communist,...we do not trust President Obama. And for him to skip getting permission from parents and talking directly to our children and asking (as was his original intention) what they think they can do for the President....is WRONG! What can they do for the country? What can they do for Liberty? What can they do for Freedom and to preserve the constitution? Sure. But what can they do for one man, Obama? I don't think so.
Stay in school?...yeah, great message. That can come from anyone and should start at home. Don't like your school? We should have school choice and take personal responsibility for how our kids are educated. But the government, and Obama in particular, doesn't want that.
I agree with Jason ~ to add to that set of concerns...
I heard a teacher "pro-Obama" reply to the opposition to his speaking to our children & her comment haunted me ... she said "...it is good to encourage discussion with the children after the speech.." THAT is my main concern! The message won't be in the words of the President's speech ~ but in those that follow from the teachers in the classrooms!!! The teachers have long supported the liberal view, as we see now evidenced by the majority of our recent graduates and the stand they take! There is sound reason to be concerned ~ very concerned!
Jason,
1) the speech is different from his policy. This makes it even more important for students to hear.
2) The message was personal responsibility - and to work hard.
Here is a link to the text
http://www.whitehouse.gov/MediaResources/PreparedSchoolRemarks/
Jackie
...and by "Stay in school!", he actually means, "Stay in a liberally run, union controlled school and if you want to take your kids to get a better education somewhere else with the money designated for your child's education,...FORGET IT!! Stay in liberal union schools only!!"
Jackie,...thank you for replying. I sincerely appreciate you taking the time.
With the fact that his speech is different from his policy, I think this makes him even more dangerous. He's appealing to their senses and drawing them in with a positive message, but enacting policy completely contrary. I can't understand how that can be a good thing.
With the hypocracy from his speech & words to his policies, he is saying, "hey, work hard, but even if you fail and make mistakes and do things the wrong way,..its okay, we'll bail you out, or if you donate to my campaigns we'll throw some stimulus money your way."
I completely agree that the message in and of itself, by itself, "stay in school and work hard" is an absolutely great message. Perfect,...everyone should be saying that. But it coming from President Obama drives a lot of people nuts because everything he is trying to put in place in this country, as he "remakes America",...is dangerous.
Maybe we should send every student a copy of 5 Principles for a Successful Life! THAT would be a consistent message! (great book, by the way!)
Thank you again for replying!!! I appreciate you!
Jason,
Love the idea of sending every student a copy of "5 Principles for a Successful Life."
When I read the text of the speech, I emailed Dad and told him that it appeared as if Obama had read our book.
In any event - I understand your point - and just so you know i call it like i see it - you might want to check out my columns on townhall.com regarding the healthcare conundrum.
http://townhall.com/columnists/JackieGingrichCushman
Have a great day!
Jackie
Jackie,....where can I read more about your program that provided incentives to students during their summer breaks? I remember hearing Speaker Gingrich talk about a program you worked on that compensate students for each book they read during their summer break which provided a great incentive for them to take the initiative and learn even while off from school. A great idea!!
In defending the one element truth in the President's speech, you seem to have lost the bigger picture--the President's true intentions for coming into the classroom. And given that you are a history buff who understands the value of knowing where we've been so we do not repeat our mistakes, I'm surprised you don't see how this speech whitewashes current events.
I have reviewed the President's speech. On the surface it sounds great--Who wouldn't want to teach their children about personal responsibility? But when you compare what Obama says in his speech to the policies he is driving, the contradictions are so vast, I believe this speech is a complete misrepresentation of what this President values and where this country is going. Obama is preaching self reliance while at the same time offering bailouts to banks, taking over the car companies, pushing to nationalized healthcare, increasing our dependence on foreign oil, redistributing wealth, and threatening to shackle Americans with an enormous cap-n-trade tax burden to combat climate change which origins are still being debated. I personally believe these policies have less to do with fixing problems and more to do with strengthening government control and our reliance on a nanny state versus promoting self reliance.
That said; I don't see how this speech accurately reflects current events or history or properly prepares students for the world we live in today. In my opinion, this speech is propaganda for not only the children but their families. It is to make us feel good about the steps Obama is taking towards socialism. I don't want my children believing this President is about self reliance when his policies chip away at the very American Dream he totes in his speech. And, I don't want my educational tax dollars spent to perpetuate propaganda or strengthen Obama's cult of personality.
This speech comes at the heels of third graders in my children's school being given an Obama coloring sheet with the word "Progress" underneath Obama's portrait--the same famous artistic rendering that had been used on the campaign trail. Now, had this been a standard portrait without any description (positive or negative), I wouldn't have thought twice about it. However, this portrait had the word "Progress" under it in bold lettering, which is a very subjective description....not factual, historical, educational, etc. If this is not indoctrination/propaganda, I don't know what is.
It is the culmination of all these baby steps towards indoctrinating our kids that over the long haul take us to the same place.
On the surface a President telling kids to stay in school should be perfectly acceptable but this shows what a sad state we're in that the actions and policies of this president have bred such distrust that something so seemingly harmless erupts into a controversy. I still say that as a parent I have a say so in who my children view as role models and though the president should be one, this president represents too much that I am completely opposed to and as such do not want my children to emulate his views.
Ms. Cushman,
At first I was stunned by your article, now I'm just disappointed. I am an Anglican Priest and I have lived through the accommodation of the "Left" in the Episcopal Church, only to see a once great religious institution become a mouthpiece and promoter of homosexuality and aggressive radical feminism. The ultimate consequence being the rejection of the basic principles of Christianity, which leaves only a very hollow "Churchy" institution that "looks" like a church in it's externals, i.e., vestments, music, buildings, etc. but the internal substantive components are long dead and gone. The results of the Left's perennial "Symbolism over Substance".
Well meaning people seeking to "just get along," fell prey to this insidious illness and today they have managed to get along so well that they no longer have a church that is recognizable as the church they belonged to a generation ago.
This, Ms. Cushman, is exactly what the Left and it's leadership are doing with our country, and you, like the well meaning people seeking to "just get along" in the Episcopal Church, also are going to bring about the collapse of this once great country.
What's so great about Columbia University, Princeton University and Harvard Law School? They have produced Barry and Michele that to me is not a great endorsement. Liberal East Coast Universities which have produced a cadre of freedom and liberty despising demagogues.
I have a little "man on the street" interview I do when I get the chance. I'll ask a total stranger, who I might meet on the street or in a restaurant or drug store, "Who was Patrick Henry? and what did he say? It doesn't matter the age the race the sex, it doesn't matter...only about 1 in 20 know who he was and even less know what he said. Ah, the success of public education. We have raised and educated a people who won't mind, the fact that Obama and his cronies are trampling down and shredding the Constitution, because they don't know what the Constitution says and they could care less. Public education has prepared them to say, "Do you want fries with that?"
However, you have lent your support to "The Leader" coming in and speaking to the children. I don't know which is the more frightening, the Symbolism of the President speaking to the Children, for it sure "looks good". Or the fact that you, and I suppose your dad as well, support it.
I'm very sad and frightened for my country right now. Hopefully, there are Veterans, like myself, who haven't forgotten what we swore to defend against all enemies foreign and domestic. I was discharged from active duty but never from my word of honor.
I'm sorry for the position you have taken. I am not sorry for mine.
David,
thank you for your comments and perspective.
I have found It is often helpful to be agreeable when you agree on an issue (i.e. championing education) and disagreeable when you don't (i.e. healthcare changes proposed).
Otherwise you run the risk of being overlooked as a naysayer.
You might find my healthcare perspective interesting
http://townhall.com/columnists/JackieGingrichCushman
Have a great day,
Jackie
The problem that I have with this speech is that it all seems apiece with the Obama campaign's tilt toward third-world-style personality politics. Of course, personality and celebrity have and will always play a part in politics. Yet most American politicians have been expected to at least play it down, and Voters were expected to have "good reasons" (i.e. policy reasons) why they support or oppose a candidate.
Exhibit A: This was the first American presidential campaign I know of that made use of a stylized portrait of the candidate (based on communist revolutionary portraiture, no less).
The Article II office is due great respect, and deference is due to the officeholder related and in proportion to his fulfillment of his duties. The President might be expected to speak to the military or the mail service or workers at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Speaking nationwide to children in local schools is, well.... I don't think the Founders would have thought it made much sense, and I think they might have been skeptical about the intentions of such an address.
Gosh. My post didn't post. Or it was taken off as it was way dumb. Ah me. Back to school.
The President speaking to the children created such a wave across the country that I researched a bit and found that today's reading states that the Federal Government has the right to determine what is taught in the schools, provide the schools, etc. is all atributable to the general welfare clause in the beginning of our Constitution. The authors show no distinction between the words promote and provide. My copy of the Constitution shows promote the general welfare, not provide.
Yes, the difference is there. And I truly believe it is there for a reason.
All the notes from the Constitutional convention and conversations and letters about it are just that. Notes. I believe that the signers of the Constitution knew exactly what they were doing and they chose to leave the furnishing of schools up to the States.
Therefore, I don't believe the Federal Government has any "responsiblity" or "duty" to provide an education. It is not a right, as home ownership is not a right. It simply should "promote" it.
The States should control that in their individual Constitutions.
My reading also indicated that the Federal Government can worm their way into the school system because books are purchased, they cross State lines, and in kick the inter-State commerce clauses and rules! POPPYCOCK!
Bad case law through the ages has caused this. All the more reason to have an intelligent Supreme Court which understands its function. Something we haven't had in quite some time. It was that very Supreme Court which caused me to vote Republican in the last election.
My research and thinking also leads me to believe that "parental rights", which has a movement of it's own calling for yet another amendment to the Constitution, must also be taken into account when viewing the involvement of the Federal Government in the schools.
The opening paragraphs of the Constitution go into great detail about how the people are to be counted. As I am not terribly well-educated i.e. not an attorney with a J.D. I may be naieve in thinking that Article 1, Section 2, paragraph 3 states that children (and women and slaves) counted as 3/5. Yes, this clause has been added to with amendments. However, I see nothing that negates the 3/5 portionment. Therefore, children count as 3/5. Does this not show that they are not fully "responsible"? Do not the various State laws already recongnize that parents are "responsible" for their children? If I am correct, WHY push the envelope and yet again push for an amendment when the issue is ALREADY covered?
Yes, the President, our Commander-in-Chief did give a great speech. And he spoke of responsibility to children. Children whom I believe probably do not know the import of the word "responsible".
Frankly, I don't want to see the children raised by others than the parents. And I don't belive that the Federal Government has a business in the schools.
Yes, promote education. No, don't provide it.
By turning those powers back to the States, we also reinforce the rights of the parents of the children, do we not?
Again, I am not well versed, nor truly educated. However, the Constitution was written so that people could undsertand it. I have to go back and find out what was the Supreme Court case that involved Roman Catholic Sisters and what the outcome was. In speed reading on the internet, I noted that occurred when the Public School system was established and the Roman Catholics raised an uproar that they wanted their own schools.
It may turn out to be yet another case in which the Supreme Court overstepped it's boundaries. I honestly don't know. I mention it simply as I'm Catholic and I chuckled when I noted it. If it was the Church v. the State, then the Supreme Court belonged in the fray. Gosh, I have so very much to learn!
I ramble and I apologize.
Back to the point. The Federal Government has no business in the schools as that duty is charged to the States and is well covered in the original Constitution and clarified in the Xth Amendment.
Therefore, the President should only speak in and to a school when invited.
For a President to simply take advantage of the office in which he sits to continue his campaign, whatever his political bent or intent, should not be. Yes, he is a citizen, however, he sure can't be considered private.
I'll give the President this: he is causing me to go back and read more intelligent things than I have in the past. So have the people I've encountered on Facebook.
So has your father, whom I greatly respect and pray that he runs for President in 2012 with Condoleeza Rice, or someone else of his caliber.
Individuals form the schools in this country and the families. Not a governmental entity.
Thanks for listening. Hope some of this is fairly correct!
Please excuse me for my ignorance. I'm trying.
And may God Bless you and your family.
Jackie, I know this is not a popular view. I hope you run it by your father. I also hope you run it by him that at least one individual believes that the Earned Income Credit should be abolished, that money given to the States, which they in turn could use fund their welfare systems and county health facilities for healthcare. I'm not positive as I do not even hold a BS, let alone a Masters of Laws in Taxation, but I think it's a negative tax for which there really is no provision in the IRC! I did try to find it in the IRC and never did. It is also unfair. I think it's a distortion of the "peace dividend", and, if I am correct, it really is wronger than wrong!
And get rid of Social Security. It really isn't a tax, the IRS has no business collecting it, etc. And it's just plain stupid and is 15.03%!!! The returns just don't justify a program that was created to be a supplement!!!
Mouthy little thing, aren't I? Actually, correct thing to being.
All the best,
Catherine
The problem is that Democrats are Communists and Republicans are Socialists. I don't hear the Republicans arguing for elimination of public universities. I don't hear the Republicans calling for elimination of all student financial aid. I don't hear the Republicans insisting that Medicare and Medicaid be dismantled. I have yet to hear one Republican call for getting rid of unemployment insurance, which CAUSES unemployment by making it possible for people to collect money without working. I am a small business owner. Why is it that my employees get unemployment insurance if my business fails and I get nothing but stuck with the bills? NO ONE should be able to live off of another's work.
What is the difference between these and the negative income tax/earned income tax credit/welfare? These are all redistribution mechanisms that transfer wealth from those who have to those who have not. What about those who are too poor? Maybe they should choose not to have kids. Why should I subsidize them?
Why should I give anyone health care? If you don't have money, can you just walk into Safeway and demand that they give you food? Can you go to an apartment owner and demand that he give you an apartment? How is health care any different? How is education any different?
So what if the kids aren't educated -- they are not educated in the CURRENT system! In addition to my business, I teach at a major university and the students will not buy textbooks and, if they do, they do not read them! They are completely incompetent in English! They do not know basic math skills! I had one GRADUATING SENIOR actually come up to me in tears because she could not do a simple computation of sales taxes in her head. They are giving students CALCULATORS in First Grade. I wasn't allowed to use those until I was in university and, even then, I chose not to use them. Quite frankly I feel that the elementary and secondary schools in this country are little better than massively subsidized day care and that parents could do a much better job teaching their own children in their own homes. I have to hire people from overseas to get the formerly AMERICAN work ethic in this country. It is indeed sad to say that many of my foreign-educated workers actually have better English skills than my American-educated ones.
Indeed, if we eliminated funding at the state, local, and federal levels for education, health care, welfare, and social security, we could reduce our overall taxes dramatically and then everyone would have enough money to pay for these things themselves, just like they used to do. Now THAT would be personal responsibility. The only problem is that neither the Democrats OR the Republicans seem to want that. The Democrats want to run things and the Republicans want to give everyone tax credits. Democrats want to own the businesses, Republicans want to bail them out (remember that TARP started under the BUSH ADMINISTRATION). Reduce my taxes whether I take advantage of these things or not. Stop trying to get me to do "the right thing" by giving me tax breaks on your pet projects. Oh, and stop having a Congress that meets full-time year-round. Impose term limits on Congress and make it a PART-TIME CITIZEN LEGISLATURE. Now that would be doing the country a great service and we would be able to harness the American spirit so as to cut unemployment by 2/3rds and release the entrepreneurial spirit of the people. Then, and only then, will everyone realize that they will ALL be far wealthier by doing it themselves than relying on government handouts.
So, what will it be? Are we going to go socialist or are you going to keep taxing everything I have and force me to shut down my company and relocate overseas? I love this country, was born and raised in this country, but now I am disgusted by its policies. I employ Americans but if things keep going the way they are, I will have to leave this country because the taxes are killing my business and the services I receive in return are WORTHLESS.
Indeed, I would not mind paying high taxes or even living under a socialist state IF I actually received quality workers, decent health insurance (as in choose my own doctor, see them whenever I need to do so, immediately receive proper treatment, etc.), etc., but we do not AND WE WON'T from this government because it is TOTALLY INCOMPETENT and no one in it knows how to run a business.
Many businesses provide on-site day care for their workers because it improves productivity. They have private tutoring and scholarships for the kids of their workers since this can attract a quality workforce. A lot of firms have very good health plans because employers do not want employees to be sick. Good businesses do these things for their employees because it makes good business sense. We don't need the government to meddle in our affairs by forcing us to do these things. After all, every dollar they take from me in taxes is a dollar that I cannot spend doing these things for my workers.
Interesing perspectives. What a conservative kind of message: Work hard, take responsibility, be respectful, stay in school, no excuses. Wow! Who wouldn't want our kids to get that kind of advice and we tend to idolize the source, right? Well, let's look at that. Has he ever had a real job? Where did all the money come for his expensive house if he grew up poor? It is my understanding that he flunked out of one college and yet he has yet to acknowledge that. We are not even sure about his birth place for goodness sake. Is that honest?
Personal responsibility? When he wants to take from those who have worked hard to earn and give it to those who have not? Further, college is not for everyone and no one is disgraced because for one reason or another the choose not to. I would like to see more skilled labor personally. Where do you go to find anyone who can fix anything, repair anything, build anything? Difficult. If folks go to college they do not think they need to dig, paint, rebuild, repair. Attitude is everything and so is right thinking.
wmk
Awesome post. Awesome response. Awesome points for all to read...thank-you for sharing this David!!! God Bless you for defending His word and the truth of His word and taking a stand for this country!!!!
Actually...Everyone on here has a good post ...thank-you to all of you for sharing your comments..Jackie, please read , review and pass this on to your Dad (whom we all respect highly) and to the GOP!!!! They also need to listen to we the people!!!
I agree with those of you who've said the content of the President's speech about taking responsibility for one's self and getting an education is paramount to becoming all you can be, but I do have problems with the contradictions in regards to Obama's personal life (I don't believe the malarky about getting up in the wee hours of the morning to be educated by his Mother, why was he not allowed to go to regular school?) and the contradictions in his political life. His political policies never seem to coincide with what his speeches say.
This is not a new concept to "stay in school". These speeches should come from the parents and not the Persident. Is Obama counting on people following him because he merely says so? Oh, yeah, I forgot. That's what got him elected. What educated person would swallow any information without investigating the source. I think the country needs to be concerned with what is going on behind the scenes while Obama is creating so much controversy over issues that appear to be, according to the Left, "no big deal".
I wouldn't have minded if my children (grown now) had listened to his speech had I been there to explain and answer their questions. I definitely wouldn't have wanted a liberal, which most teachers are, guiding any discussions afterwards with my children. I'm sure the format for discussion was not one which encouraged students to put their thinking caps on and draw their own conclusions but more of a "praise and worship" session to our leader. Are we next expected to bow to this man? He has elevated his importance close to that of God. No one should serve the President! He was elected to serve us, We the People. And to be asked what these students can do for him. How absurd! He should have asked them to be thinking about what they can do for their country and what they can do to sustain liberty and the freedom we've enjoyed in this great nation not what they can do for one man and what role are they going to play in the years to come after graduation, and what goals can they set for themselves and can they come up with a plan to meet those goals.
With Obama, there always seems to be a hidden agenda. I'm concerned about the subliminal message that may have come across to these students. We need to teach our children to THINK first, then they can follow with pride or they can lead with integrity.
Jackie..ask these questions of your readers:
How many of you decided to stay in school as the result of Pres. George H.W. Bush's speech all those years ago?
Do the statistics support that more kids graduated with diplomas following Mr. Bush's speech.
Why do we think schoolkids give a darn about what Obama says? They get the message from those who really influence their lives: parents, grandparents but mostly PEERS.
Mr. O is on a narcissistic trip again if he thinks he will change anybody's mind about staying in school or doing well in school. ssj.
David,
Great comments on the Anglican Church which has fallen "by the Wayside". Having a form of Godliness, but denying the power thereof, from such turn away.(2Tim 3:5)
It is unfortunate that this church does not have powerful
Godly men such as C.S. Lewis, Terry Fullham, and J.I. Packer.
Fight the "good Fight Of Faith" (2Tim 4:4)
Don Richard
Phil 1:6 Danvers, MA
Thank you for a great post. The speech was well done. Here's the big issue.......
Conservatives fell for a trap and lost ground when we were gaining. This well timed speech won some hearts of the wish washy uniformed Americans while it was a good message. Now he delivers a health care speech after conservatives sounded like idiots blasting a perfectly good speech on personal responsibility. Obama kept it clean and simple and made everyone look bad. His simplicity is what wins them over. The general groups opposed sounded paranoid. Sometimes the strategy is to shut up and listen. Then attack with real evidence.
Non commercial, let's say, conservatives need to learn how to explain their opinions to the general public. A public who doesn't understand American history,
thinks a little too much with their heart than their mind sometimes and is a Godless nation in many places.
Many conservatives who do not know how to explain their positions to the general public are further ruining our party. The real speech issue that should have been the focus of the rants was the original Menu of Activities wording. And many who mentioned that were typical voices. I worked my butt off explaining that to people. When I did explain it to my Obama friends, they were understanding of my non paranoid sounding explanation. Then I related well when I said that with the new changes, I am excited that my child will hear a speech vs do another school worksheet that day.
Of course what was widely heard were poorly explained reasons why we were opposed. Thank God Laura Bush did some damage control.
You all are falling into traps left and right. He set you up! You must outsmart these liberals.
Strategy for turning this country around must come from all sides and all levels of the party to communicate positive messages that speak to people who need it VERY SIMPLY said. The movie Idiocracy..watch it! That is where we are going and you have to stop it.
Obama is a smart man. Take a lesson from his communication style. It works. Find some folks off all races and genders who can speak that way to people and get them out there. We have a great opportunity right now to turn this around if we play and communicate well. Stop the inbreeding of typical conservative voices. Shake it up. It's not working. Infiltrate Twitter and facebook with leaders and good communicators that aren't from the top. I have an education based website for gifted girls and women. I am a part of many education related twitter groups. Your messages are not even there. Send social media soldiers out to gently stir it up in places that lack a conservative voice.
It is a touchy feely 60's flash back kind of world right now and conservatives are letting it happen. Work outside -in. Take some lessons from Dale Carnegie. If you don't know who he is, read "How to Win Friends and Influence People."
Just to sum it up quickly... It's a "do as I say and not what I do" policy. "Raising" kids with this kind of thinking is unrealistic, warped, ignorant and unhealthy.
Discussing WHERE and not IF only works if the follow up messaging is in place. EXAMPLE is the best leadership skills training. Motivation to accomplish is found in respecting those leading by example in LIVING what they "tell" others.
There is a BALANCE of controlling, leading, challenging, channeling, directing, and allowing children to learn from some failure that needs to take place for a child to succeed.
Take a look at the man who is ELECTED to run (should be serve) our country. He is living and doing as he was trained. His politics are a direct reflection of that training.
As average citizens, our lives are lived in the hectic pace of daily challenges. Then we choose believing the ad campaigns or the slanderous reports put out by the other side...never knowing the true mind of those we are choosing from.
The current administration is a reality check for America, as the last administration, and the one before that should've been.
Who do we blame? We did it ourselves. He was elected by majority choice.
and a good example of the impact. A student blog.
http://genghiskhanir.blogspot.com/
Trust is the issue here, and the past presidential addresses to schools were NOT nationwide to an entire school. Because he has such an extreme track record, because he listened to a pastor preaching hate the white people for 20 years and he chose to bring his children up in that environment: No I don't trust him to encourage my children to finish school and never stop trying. Because I couldn't view it first, I wouldn't allow my child to view it. It boils down to lack of trust.
Personal responsiblity and working hard are important. We teach that in our home as well. I'm glad the speech came out that way, but I still wouldn't trust his intentions in the future given who he's brought with him to his cabinet. I would trust Newt to talk to my children.
As Santayana said "Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it" I have only one comment regarding the Obama cult of personality. Please NEVER FORGET that Hitler was ELECTED! WE are not far from that now. We must keep the voices of reason and sanity ringing loud and clear in the faces of all our representatives and Senators and the President of the United States. I am fairly sure that Speaker Gingrich would agree with me that we are facing the most dangerous challenge to our Republic that has ever occurred. Fight the good fight.
"The only requirement for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing".
FDB
http://blogs.palmbeachpost.com/opinionzone/2009/09/08/presidents-speech-welcome-and-appropriate/
see link above...Yet another example of the negative impact my fellow conservatives had on our messages.
You fell for it and they are turning it on you.
Yes, there is a major threat to our Republic. People don't get that yet. We're talking about a population as a whole who don't understand why we are AMERICA. HEck they probably don't know their own state capitol.
Here's an analogy:
It's hard to evangelize a non Christian who can't agree to believe and trust in a book called the Bible. You can't say to those people, believe because the Bible says so. You have to speak in terms of common ground.
Same as it is hard to convince a typical American that Obama's ideas are socialist or anti American, if that person can't relate to or understand our Founding Father's intentions for our country. That's not a good enough argument for most people. Our founding fathers are a bunch of old dead white guys. It hurts for me to say that, yes, but it's the reality we must address. We love Newt, I love Newt. Met him years ago when I was in college and attended a Georgia Convention. I love his messages, but he unfortunately can't connect with a wide audience. He's preaching to the choir.
Then we have Ann Coulter. Brilliant woman if you're smart enough to understand her! Wow, does she have a way with words! Love her! But her messages preach to the choir.
If you want to fight this fight, and I hope all of you do, we must learn how to communicate well and play the game well.
We have illegal aliens and legal immigrants that don't relate to that story of America as well. They're here because they know it's better, but they don't necessarily know the real reasons why. We must explain why their country doesn't function well and how Obama's policies are replicating what doesn't work in other countries. We have to explain to our new European Americans that what works for a little European country, can't be implemented in a large country with a more diverse population. That's fact, not political opinion.
If you explain these things well and in a positive manner, you can have a tremendous impact one by one.
We have to reteach American history before the left reinvents it's own America.
Audrey,
The issue revolves around our educational system, which is what started this discussion. Have you read any of the so called texts which are being used in our grade schools and middle schools. I have, (courtesy of my grandchildren). I am appalled at the watered down, leftist pablum that is being perpetrated in the name of education. The reason that people don't "get it" is that they have no frame of reference. When I was in high school we MEMORIZED the Constitution. And like the other gentleman on this discussion who still holds himself true to his oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic, I hold myself to the same oath. It is stunning to me to see the eyes of people bug out when you tell them what the Constitution really says. We are now the society of the brainwashed, and the cities of this nation are three meals away from a total meltdown because we have raised two consecutive generations of slaves. People on welfare who don't want to contribute, people on welfare who WANT to contribute but can't get off welfare because they can't afford to (fact), our veterans starving and homeless, and a Congress filled with sycophants who do not get it (and that applies to both sides of the aisle). I would like to think that Obama and his ilk have finally awakened the silent majority by their overt attempt to destroy America. I only hope it is not too late.
"To those who have fought for it, freedom has a special taste the protected will never know" - found scrawled on the wall of a bunker at Khe Sanh 1968
FDB
Jason,
You might be thinking of Learn, Earn and Achieve
check out www.lmdfoundation.org
Thanks
Jackie
Audrey,
History is so very important, and I agree about your positive approach.
now let's get busy telling the truth.
Have a great day,
Jackie
Well said, I agree completely. I have one child in a private Christian school and one in public. Unreal the differences...
The public school is always trying to bring in some celebrity backed "program" O Ambassadors, some other one I forget supported by Madonna...yuck....
My private school refused to show the Obama speech.
It's unfortunate that many kids don't have parents at home taking a look at the texts. My kids benefit when we have the discussion about what is leftist and what we believe. So they get the full picture. That is a rare situation.
I taught the Constitution to HS students in depth but I taught at a private school.
Many of us run away to the private school without spending time to fight for what we are already supporting. Stinks. If you express your opinion to the liberals in the school, they look at you like you have two heads. I did. Last year they showed the celebrity video "I pledge." Very obama like stuff. I told the guidance counselor that I did not appreciate my child to be shown videos that show celebrities as leaders and something to model. THey had all kids come through and do the I pledge to..blah blah blah themselves.
I want us to fight this destruction, and we have to do it in a way that will get people to listen. That's my point. The have to work with what we are given here.
The speech the president delivered was well done, BUT it raises lots of suspicions for many people and the trust factor is low. It appears there should be no doubt from looking at the original White House lesson plans that it was changed from the original. It was about Obama. How many times were "I" and "me" and "my" used during the speech? It could be inspirational, but I am reminded, having worked for years in the legal system, that the technique of "grooming" is used most effectively on children. President Obama is a "Community Organizer". That clearly involves grooming the subject target group to have them trained and ready to act on whatever you need done down the road. I do not want Obama grooming my children or anyone else with platitudes and feel-good messages which later lend him credibility and "trust" to "remake America" at the cost of our Constitution, individual freedoms, liberties, and freedom from arbitrary federal control in all aspects of our daily lives. From those he chooses as advisors, it is clear that the President favors the views and proposals of the Van Jones, Jeremiah Wright, etc. influences over the historic American systems of constitutional law and individual responsibilities. Still would like to see that birth certificate! It is not going away. Lots more, but enough for now. Some of us still have to keep the economy moving! Thanks for your article.
Audrey,
Good point.
Jackie
It's slightly alarming to read some of the comments on this thread.
As the author of this article stated, who I might add is a noteworthy CONSERVATIVE writer,
"1) the speech is different from his policy. This makes it even more important for students to hear.
2) The message was personal responsibility - and to work hard.
Here is a link to the text
http://www.whitehouse.gov/MediaResources/PreparedSchoolRemarks/
Jackie"
Should anyone really need to ask permission to offer this advice to the youth? Would you scold someone for lecturing a child on these principles? NO! Of course not.
That's because valuing education and hard work are not "democratic" OR "republican" values - they're American values. These are the substantive reasons for human advancement - education and hard work.
So please, take a moment before you distort the meaning of our President's every last sentence. Perhaps it's possible that Americans across the political spectrum can appreciate our commonalities - and restrain from needless and tawdry bickering.
To agree with any aspect of our government and elected officials is a God-given right - but to cling to party politics to the point of dismissing EVERY idea of the other as completely wrong solely based on party alliance, is to attack the very foundations upon which our government was created.
Is it truly an act of evil that our President encouraged hard work and perseverance in education? Surely not.
Yes, it may be true that Obama's political ideology differs from yours - and that is perfectly fine. But this doesn't mean that any thing he advocates is wrong and evil.
I believe it was George Washington who once advised us to be wary of political parties. They want your vote. At all costs - so think about this some. Decide for yourself. Think.
Thanks for your time.
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Whitehouse, Sheldon - (D - RI) Class I
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Wicker, Roger F. - (R - MS) Class I
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Wyden, Ron - (D - OR) Class III
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Jackie,
Curiosity has me asking if there will be a Solutions Day this year? It was in September so it's looking negative. If not why?