President Obama's Speech

1. Parents in the United States have had mixed opinions about President Obama speaking to students all across the nation today. Do you think that it is a positive or negative thing? Why?

I think that giving this speech was really positive, because parents need to encourage their kids to succeed at school, and kids need to know that they are being encouraged by the government and by their parents. It is also positive, because if there are people watching it and they are people who dropped out of school, they might realize what did they do wrong. The speech is really positive, because it tells us that people that had been raised by a single mother or were from a foster home, have succeeded. For example I am a daughter of a single mother, and she has tried, and has succeeded to get me to the best schools there are, and has given me all the things I want, so I really appreciate that.

2. What is the purpose of President Obama's speech?

I think that the purpose of the speech, is to encourage the students all over USA and the world, to succeed in their school work, and to be able to get through High School, and college, and do something good for the world. I also think that it might be for all parents and students to not quit on their school, because they might regret it someday, because some friends might succeed and do a big discovery, and that person might be at home sitting around just watching TV or getting in trouble with everybody. As the President said, we are all good at something, we might not be Varsity players, but we might be really great artists, or vice-versa. Or we might have a great musical talent, and we are afraid to use it, because your friends tell you that you are not worth it, even thought they say so, just be yourself, and do it no matter what they say.

3. What impact does the speech have on you?

The impact this speech has on me, is that it inspires me, because my dream is to be able to work at NASA, as an astronaut, and it really takes a lot of work. The college I want to go to is MIT and to be able to get there I have to earn it, because that kind of colleges are really expensive, so I really need to earn it, by earning a scholarship, or having the money, but it is really hard to get scholarships, and if you finish your college years you need to have a bachelors degree and then get accepted on NASA, and NASA receives thousands of applications per year, so if you want to be selected you need to have studied and to get the best grades you can get.