President Obama's Speech to School Children

I found out today that President Obama plans to give a speech to school children K-12. He plans on talking to them about "persisting and succeeding in school. The president will challenge students to work hard, set educational goals, and take responsibility for their learning." Now that sounds wonderful and I do agree with helping children to succeed. Absolutely! In addition to this, there are also lesson plan ideas for teachers to help with follow-up discussions on President Obama's speech. For more details, please visit the following link: http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/academic/bts.html

This is just a snippet of the page that is in the link above:

"We also encourage educators to use this moment to help students get focused and inspired to begin the new academic year. The Department of Education offers educators a menu of classroom activities—created by its teachers-in-residence, the Teaching Ambassador Fellows—to help engage students in the address and stimulate classroom discussions about the importance of education."

Here are the "Classroom Activities" that are being suggested for teachers of children in grades Kindergarten to 6th Grade.

Here are the "Classroom Activities" that are being suggested for teachers of children in grades 7th to High School Seniors.

Now personally I think it's great that the President wants to encourage school children to do well in school but I don't agree with the policies that are being passed in our country right now, so how do I know that some of these things or issues are not going to make their way in to this speech. I am just leery of this. Anyway, thanks for listening to my rant.