Ok, for those of you that know me, this post may be a shock. I, like many others, have heard that next Tuesday, President Obama is going to speak to students. He plans to do this at 12:00 p.m. eastern time. Parents immediately started raising all kins of Hell because they did not want their children subjected to having to listen to the President speak. Why?
Well, I think there are a number of reasons. But, I don't particularly care what the reasons are, I say the man was elected President of the United States. He has a message he wants to give our children about staying in school. His target audience should be in class at that time all across the country. Let the man give his speech to the kids.
Now, as a parent, I am not offended by my children being "subjected" to the President's message at all. I know my kids will talk to me about it when they get home and tell me their thoughts. We will have an intelligent and informed discussion. Quite frankly, I think this may be the only issue that the President and I agree on. Kids need to stay in school.
Now, if a parent has a severe objection to having their child hear the President speak, then I guess they should take their child out of the class for that speech. But, what kind of a message are we sending our kids by doing that? If I disagree with you on an issue, then we will disagree. I will not dodge seeing you or hearing your speeches. That is completely childesh. I think it sends the wrong message.
A better message to send our children is hear what everyone has to say. Educate yourself by reading media from various sources. I rarely trust just the news sources. I also read periodicals, listen to talk radio, read articles on the Internet, all in an effort to ensure I at least have an educated opinion.
Sometimes, I am still wrong.....
What do you think?
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