Arne Duncan says that Obama wants to motivate students to do well with his back-to-school speech and if Obama accomplishes that for just one student, then all the hoopla would have been worth it. The 18-minute speech is not getting canceled. The speech will be posted tomorrow.
The wingnuts escalated their hoopla after the media turned its attention on them. Wingnuts were powdering their noses and preparing for their inevitable closeup. Wingnuts love a camera. They know exactly what to do to get attention. They're behaving like highly disruptive school children. The media needs to learn to ignore them. Seriously.
Wingnuts are always saying stupid stuff about Obama and we're getting a skewed view. The media should've reported on how many schools will be showing the speech. The media should've checked in with a teacher who planned to use the speech in the classroom. I haven't seen a single interview with one parent or one teacher who is looking forward to the speech. Not one.
The media makes It look like this country is ruled by wingnuts.
Duncan says we have an education crisis in this country. I'll say. Just look at the wingnuts and all the irrational thinking going on. Duncan says 30% of our students don't graduate from high school.
2,000 schools create 50% of America's dropouts.
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