Atlas Pages - Civil War and Reconstruction

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President Obama's Speech to Students Upsets Conservatives

President Obama will give a speech on Tuesday and has asked that students around the country tune in to the Internet streams or C-Span cable network to watch. His message is that students need to take responsibility for their educations and stay in school. Conservatives around the country became upset when they heard about this and looked at the activities the White House planned for students who watch the speech.

Teachers were not required to show the speech and students were not required to follow the lessons offered by Obama's administration, however that did not stop conservatives from claiming that the President was trying to "indoctrinate" our nations youth with his "socialist ideology."

Many people who dislike Obama or fear that his ideas are dangerous have told their children not to watch or are willing to keep them home from school. A good account of the controversy can be found in this article from cnn.com. Presidents such as Ronald Reagan and George Bush Sr. have addressed students in the past and you can watch what they said here.

Some questions for you to consider and discuss on the blog:

1. Should the President address students in school directly? Is this the right/wrong thing for a President to do? Why?


2. As students what is your reaction to the way people are responding to Obama's speech to students?