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Obama recalling his need for "help" amongst student body

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Thursday, September 3. 2009
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The Obama administration is rethinking its course recommendations for students ahead of President Obama's address to the the nation's schoolchildren next week, rewriting its suggestions to teachers for student assignments on how to "help the president,"

The Washington Times reported Thursday that presidential aides acknowledged they helped the U.S. Education Department write the suggested assignments, which stirred criticism by many who say Obama is trying to indoctrinate the education system.

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#1 KI on 09/03/09 at 10:04 AM
I will apologize in advance if my son has to "write letters to themselves about what they can do to help the president."
Even my 10 year old has opinions about our new president.
#1.1 Kim on 09/03/09 at 10:24 AM
My child will take a big fat zero before she has to write a letter to this so called "President".
#2 Nuff Said on 09/03/09 at 02:12 PM
I do not remember the days when children were forced to quit school to help the family with income, but I know many of them did. Laws were written to help protect the children so they could get an unbiased education. My friends, the days of unbiased education (can you say brain washing(isn't that a form a torture?))are long gone. God help us all.
#3 Sheila Tolley on 09/03/09 at 04:24 PM
Somebody needs to give this goofball that purple suit that Barney wore on The Barney Show. How stupid is he? Are the Taliban kids writing also?
He is truly an insult to America.
#4 ggscocoa on 09/03/09 at 10:37 PM
The American people voted for "change" and change is coming. I hope that when all our rights and freedoms are taken away that the ones that voted for change are not shocked! Geiger better find another vocation as the news media will soon be ran by the government.
#4.1 elinan on 09/04/09 at 09:39 AM
Scary isn't it - he is already controlling main stream media. But somehow I don't see Geiger going down easily......Can't you just see the headlines:
Newsman Jailed for Printing Unapproved Truth
#5 confused adult on 09/04/09 at 11:02 AM
Has anyone heard if our schools will be showing this?
#6 rawdave on 09/04/09 at 11:30 AM
Please don't be upset about this it is of no consenquence. We are only begining the organizational efforts for the "Obama Youth" organization that will be used to teach your children useful skills such as: "How to inform on the people around you who are in disagreement with King Hussein.", "How to read and interpret bar-codes applied to those who disagree with the governement." and the ever popular short course "Why your parents must be put in concentration camps to protect the Reich."
#7 KI on 09/04/09 at 01:06 PM
from the school web site...
President Obama Set to Address Public School Students On September 8, 2009
The Pike County School District will not broadcast the President’s address live. Parents are encouraged to view the video with their child and discuss it as they deem appropriate. The President’s remarks will be available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/mediaresources/ after school hours on September 8, 2009.
#8 Questions on 09/04/09 at 09:33 PM
Why are Pike County schools choosing to not air the President of the United States speech that is mainly intended for school kids to see? Is it racism? Is it policy not to watch tv during lunch hours? What is the benifit not to air it? Shouldn't it at least be a choice for our kids to make? What if I said everyone in Pike County couldn't watch the Georgia Bulldogs game this weekend, would that stir the pot? Even if you do not agree the president, give the kids the choice!!
#8.1 Sheila Tolley on 09/05/09 at 07:59 AM
See #7 above. Third line...starting with the word Parents..............Perfect solution to the problem.
#9 Rob Jones on 09/04/09 at 09:40 PM
Being small-minded is a disease. Apparently in Pike County, it's catching.
#10 tom on 09/05/09 at 06:19 AM
The speech is not what im most worried about,,you see,,there is a second part to this.
After the speech our education department is send out packets to schools on what they want the teachers of our school systems to teach our kids about the president...Their packett,
their questions,,,their ideas,,,Thats the real problem.
#11 Sheila Tolley on 09/05/09 at 08:12 AM
He will be handing out candy in kindergarten next.
#12 KI on 09/05/09 at 09:34 AM
In all fairness I have no problem with my son seeing the presentation and being asked his opinion. I hope that his answer is more than "I don't like Obama becuz my parents don't like him". I hope that he can substantiate his own thoughts as to why... ok, gotta go take my meds for my "small minded" disease, they say it is terminal :{
#13 Sheila Tolley on 09/05/09 at 10:29 AM
Put Prayer in schools, leave obama out. He is doing enough damage right where he is.
#14 Questions on 09/05/09 at 01:51 PM
Tom...I understand concerns you may have but the point I want to make is about showing the message. The teachers will make the decisions on what to teach our kids about him but if we just block his message to them entirely then we have left out the one's who would like to have seen it. I know you can watch it later if you so choose and that's fine. When I was in school and a president wanted to present a short message to the school children it would have been no big deal. It is just my opinion that the school system should have given a choice to the kids. The text for the message is being released this weekend so everyone will know what he wants to say. I can think of worse things for our president to do than give a speech to my kids about the importance of staying in school and getting a higher education.
#14.1 Empty nest on 09/05/09 at 02:52 PM
Don't you think it's the parents who should decide what their kids see on tv. or do you allow them to watch anything they want in your own home?
#14.1.1 Questions on 09/05/09 at 09:31 PM
Of course I do not let my kids watch whatever they want, but I do give the choice on what they can watch. Again, this is an educational speech by the president to promote a healthy education!! I will not post again on this topic but I am disappointed in the decision.
#15 Former Pike County Student on 09/05/09 at 03:30 PM
This is probably the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard... Our schools are not allowing an educational message by the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES to be shown to students??

George Bush Sr. gave the same such message when he was in office, did we not allow students to see it then either?

This school board has kept making the most disappointing decisions. It's allowing personal biases and views to interfere with the education of our students. I don't care if you don't like him or not, he's our President and you should give him the respect he deserves.

Hopefully one day soon, the imbeciles that hold positions on the school board will be replaced by people who actually care about our students' education.
#15.1 Clear Thinker on 09/05/09 at 10:44 PM
AMEN !!!!!!!!!!!! And hopefully, the narrow-minded bigotry shown on this blog will cease......
#15.2 UGA Grad on 09/07/09 at 07:07 PM
One should expect this decision from the school board. If you notice from their bio only one of the board members have education beyond an associate degree. It takes people who understand education and who have educated themselves to make informed educational decisions.
#16 AB on 09/05/09 at 09:24 PM
Hmmm....Interesting.
#17 ggscocoa on 09/06/09 at 12:10 AM
I, for one think that Pike County did the right thing. Let parents decide if they want to let their children see the message....Do not force it on everyone.
#17.1 resident on 09/06/09 at 09:04 AM
But they are.

If I want my child to watch in the school setting where I think it is most applicable, he/she is not allowed to. So this parent doesn't get to choose; a decision is being forced on me.
#18 AFRICAN AMERICAN PARENT FED UP on 09/06/09 at 06:49 AM
For you all that are saying you feel like they should have shown this at the schools may want to go to the Whitehouse website and view what was going to be showed and if you are in agreement with your children watching this then you have MAJOR problems. "I vow not to flush after urine", "I vow not to give anyone the finger" "I vow to pledge alliegence to Obama". There is nothing educational about the video. The schools not showing it has nothing to do with bigotry. I am black and the video is ridiculous and I emailed my childrens teachers and advised them that my children would not participate. So you might want to research what you are commenting about before you do. IT IS NOT A GOOD THING FOR OUR CHILDREN TO WATCH THIS VIDEO. PIKE COUNTY DID THE RIGHT THING! IF YOU WANT YOUR CHILDREN TO VIEW IT, THEN VIEW IT IN THE PRIVACY OF YOUR OWN HOME.
#18.1 questions on 09/06/09 at 05:10 PM
If it is a live speech, how do you know what is being said? I went to Whitehouse.gov (the official site), and there is nothing on there like that. Where did you get your information? If it is so important to you, then post your source, please.
#19 Empty nest on 09/06/09 at 07:30 AM
For those who think this speech is educational and not political, Lord help us all!
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