At high noon today, EDT, Barack Obama issued a challenge to
America’s schoolchildren. In his much anticipated back-to-school
speech, he appealed to students to stay in school, work hard, set
goals, and not use personal crosses as an excuse to fail.
It was, by and large, a message so positive that critics could find
it disarming; and casual, middle-of-the-road observers could wonder why
there was so much fuss over the event in the first place.
Among other things, Obama said:
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