Obama Speech to Children

On Tuesday, we watched the speech for children given by President Obama.  Mrs. Perkins mentioned it in the school newsletter, and we only had a handful of students who had written notes from home about not watching it.  Before the speech I talked to the class about how it is perfectly fine to have different opinions and ideas.  I told them that our great country was founded by people who disagreed with the ideas of others.  We discussed that our President deserves some level of respect, but that as individuals, we should think for ourselves. 

After the speech, we talked about what he meant and what the main idea of his speech was.  The students pretty much thought that the President was just trying to tell them to work hard in school.  Overall, it was a good discussion and a good teaching moment.