Obama Speaks to School Kids

[2112]

Just looked at the opt-out letter from CRES. On the lighter side, is Obama going to be teaching sex-ed? I thought Clinton would be better in that department.

Very sad our public schools are so afraid of right-wing conservatives they need to send opt-out letters when the President speaks.

[RanchHQ]

Originally Posted by 2112

Just looked at the opt-out letter from CRES. On the lighter side, is Obama going to be teaching sex-ed? I thought Clinton would be better in that department.

Very sad our public schools are so afraid of right-wing conservatives they need to send opt-out letters when the President speaks.

Perhaps you just answered your own question as to why.

[Martha]

Originally Posted by Birdieman

Got me there. I may be speechless for, perhaps, the first time ever!

Well, kids, it appears my work here may be done!

Bwhahahahahahaha!!

Y'all might wanna print this page off and make a note on your calendar.

[Martha]

Originally Posted by 2112

Just looked at the opt-out letter from CRES. On the lighter side, is Obama going to be teaching sex-ed? I thought Clinton would be better in that department.

Very sad our public schools are so afraid of right-wing conservatives they need to send opt-out letters when the President speaks.

And speaking of obtuse...

If they don't have cable, how they gonna watch it? If they can't watch it, why do they need an opt-out letter?

I'd be more afraid of the person that made THAT decision (if in fact I've gotten correct info from this thread) than anything that Obama might have to say about anything.

[Birdieman]

Originally Posted by Martha

Well, kids, it appears my work here may be done!

Bwhahahahahahaha!!

Y'all might wanna print this page off and make a note on your calendar.

LMAO! But I don't think I'm done yet. At least, not as long as your buddy 2112 keeps making ridiculous post like the last one he made.

Dude, our extremely liberal public school system afraid of right wing conservatives?? Give me a break! What world do you live in man?? Thank God CRES doesn't have cable, I would have hated for my kids to miss a day on account of O-bum-a.

[Martha]

Originally Posted by Martha

And speaking of obtuse...

If they don't have cable, how they gonna watch it? If they can't watch it, why do they need an opt-out letter?

I'd be more afraid of the person that made THAT decision (if in fact I've gotten correct info from this thread) than anything that Obama might have to say about anything.

Nevermind.

I think I figured it out on my own...while I was busy patting myself on the back for shuttin' up the Bird , 2112 was looking at the opt-out letter that comes standard fare at the beginning of the year. I don't believe they (egusd) knew of the plans for 9/8 when that was printed and distributed district-wide and, most likely, could have never imagined so many people ACROSS THE COUNTRY are flipping out about something that NOBODY has seemed to be able to offer the content of. For all y'all know, he may be gonna talk about the merits of cherry tomatoes over cantaloupe. And ya got all atwitter.

(seriously, and I mean that in all seriousness, you need to pay close attention to what is going on in our local government, ie: RMA...THOSE people will impact your daily life in (potentially worse) ways than anything Obama might say on t.v. Ever. EVER!)

Just sayin'.

[Luke]

Instead of complaining about what you think is happening, ya'll should actually read what is happening. They don't need cable. Internet access works fine, and they even had that at CRES back when Luke, Jr. went there many ages ago.

by watching the president deliver the address, which will be broadcast live on the White House Web site (Streaming Video)

Letter From Secretary Arne Duncan to School Principals

[Martha]

Originally Posted by Birdieman

LMAO! But I don't think I'm done yet. At least, not as long as your buddy 2112 keeps making ridiculous post like the last one he made.

Dude, our extremely liberal public school system afraid of right wing conservatives?? Give me a break! What world do you live in man?? Thank God CRES doesn't have cable, I would have hated for my kids to miss a day on account of O-bum-a.

Crap.

Well, I slowed you down for a minute!

And 2112 really is a good guy even though you may think I'm wrong.

And I think you're a good guy even though 2112 may think I'm wrong.

So there!

[Martha]

Originally Posted by Luke

Instead of complaining about what you think is happening, ya'll should actually read what is happening. They don't need cable. Internet access works fine, and they even had that at CRES back when Luke, Jr. went there many ages ago.

Perfect! 34ish kids crowded around a 15" monitor! They'll get a LOT out of that...providing the school's internet provider can keep the stream going.

Woot!

Can't wait for the 8th!

Good times! Good times!!

[RanchHQ]

Obamateurism of the Day

posted at 8:05 am on September 4, 2009 by Ed Morrissey


Barack Obama decided to hold a mass indoctrination session national speech for schoolchildren — er, excuse me, “schoochildren“ - on the day after Labor Day, Tuesday, September 8th. The White House wanted all schools to carry the live address in order to use it as a teaching moment. Instead, Obama may have made this a learning moment for himself to do a little research before scheduling an event.

Baseball Crank (link mine):

But I’m from New York. When I mentioned this speech to my wife, her immediate reaction was that Obama wasn’t looking at the calendar: the New York City schools, public and private, aren’t even in session yet the day after Labor Day. Obama’s effort to roll this into a massive PR blitz with the following day’s health care speech to a joint session of Congress will fail in my neck of the woods because nobody paid attention to the school calendar.

Moe Lane discovers that Boston and Los Angeles won’t be in session, either:

In Boston, where the union contract does not allow teachers to report to work until after Labor Day, classes will not begin until Thursday, Sept. 10, which allows for two training days before students arrive.

Los Angeles USD has its students arriving on September 9th, presumably for the same reason. Seattle also starts school on the 9th. Same for Buffalo, NY and Arlington NY, too. Same for Eugene, OR. And all of this only took me an hour to check.

I guess Obama won’t be talking about the importance of research in his speech.

Researched From: Hot Air Blog Archive Obamateurism of the Day