In Obama's speech on education I agree with him on understanding that sometimes kids don't feel like being in school "wishing it were still summer, and you could’ve stayed in bed just a little longer this morning". He identified with that feeling of just blowing school off but that it's solely up to us to decide what kind of an education we want and how hard are we going to work as individual to get it. I think it's interesting when he mentions that an education can open the doors to self discovery, like an education can help us create goals for ourselves and help us discover what we want out of life. He's saying that a good education is out there for us we just have to want it and push ourselves to do better. We also won't get anywhere in life without an education which is what makes having one so important.
While reading the article "Where the Bar Ought to Be " I agree that teachers should have/want the desire to inspire their students to want to learn and get an education since the students are in their classrooms everyday. It seems that good teachers are hard to come by because most of them are just average educators who might not really care about their students. To have good teachers and understand the value of them in students lives will make for a much richer educational experience.
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