No shame - Obama seals own lousy transcripts from college but Uses manic Malia's Test Scores as a Teaching Example
MADISON, Wisconsin President Obama marked the first anniversary of his election ...
No shame - Obama seals own lousy transcripts from college but Uses manic Malia's Test Scores as a Teaching Example
MADISON, Wisconsin President Obama marked the first anniversary of his election on Wednesday by calling on states to toughen their education standards and wound up calling on parents to toughen theirs, too, as he confessed that his 11-year-old daughter, Malia, recently got a 73 on her science test.
(Note to parents: In Malias defense, the story has a happy ending: she studied hard and came home on Tuesday with a grade of 95.)
Mr. Obama campaigned for the White House on a promise of revamping No Child Left Behind, the signature education law put in place by his predecessor, George W. Bush. He came to Wisconsin to promote his own education agenda, including Race to the Top, a $4.35 billion grant program that requires states to compete for education money.
To be eligible for the money, states like Wisconsin, which currently have so-called firewall laws, will have to repeal them. The Wisconsin legislature is considering doing so.
I know that in the past people are concerned, Are we going to have our young people being taught to the test? Thats the last thing we want Mr. Obama said, speaking to an audience of parents, teachers and students at a middle school here. What we want to do is try and get testing right. Is not about more tests, its about being smarter about our assessments.
But toward the end of his speech, Mr. Obama diverted from his prepared text to talk about his daughters experience in school a rarity for a president who has tried his best to keep his childrens lives a private matter.
Malia and Sasha are just wonderful kids ,and Michelle is a wonderful mother, Mr. Obama said. But even in our own household, with all the privileges and opportunities we have there are times when the kids slack off. There are times when they would rather be watching TV or playing a computer game than hitting the books.
Then, to a chorus of oooohs from the crowd, he said that Malia, a sixth-grader at Sidwell Friends School in Washington, had come home with a 73 on her science test not long ago. He recounted how, a few years ago, she had come home with a grade in the 80s, believing that she had done pretty well. He and his wife corrected her, telling her that their goal was 90 percent and up.
So heres the interesting thing: she started internalizing that, the president said, adding that when she came home with a 73 on the science test she was depressed. He asked her what happened, and she said the study guide didnt match up with the test. So she vowed to study harder.
So she came home yesterday, she got a 95, Mr. Obama said. But here the point: She said, You know , I just like having knowledge.
The moral of the story, in the presidents view: Dont just expect teachers to set a high bar. Youve got to set a high bar.
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i hope you dont become a parent! you should LEARN from his words! and not always find a way to put down someone! get his message and stop finding a supposed 'secret' message!
do yourself a favor and don't use the media portrayal of the president to make a point against him.
also do yourself a favor, and stop going off on wild assumptions, creating possible scenarios with no proof or evidence in order to support your point of view.
the final favor you should do for yourself is learn some critical thinking. everything that Obama does is wrong, IF you only choose to see from one perspective. critical thinking requires you to first listen to what is being said
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also do yourself a favor, and stop going off on wild assumptions, creating possible scenarios with no proof or evidence in order to support your point of view.
the final favor you should do for yourself is learn some critical thinking. everything that Obama does is wrong, IF you only choose to see from one perspective. critical thinking requires you to first listen to what is being said
There was none. You are speaking nonsense.
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