Mentor in Chief

Okay... so maybe someone can explain to me why it is so disgraceful for the President to address our children on the first day of school. Are you kidding me... parents actually pulled their kids from school just so they wouldn't have to watch the speech on TV? I sure wish I could have opted out of the horrible rendition of Hamlet I saw in High School...

What is this teaching our youth... that if you don't want to study something or listen to another point of view that you can just opt out of doing so? That is the most ridiculous thing and sends the wrong message in this day and age when role models are hard enough to find. And don't get me started on the parents of these children who opposed the schools showing our Commander in Chief speak to the youth of the nation. What is the big frikin deal and so what if he repeated the same message parents have been giving to their kids all summer long or at least in the last week or so. We all know that kids allow some things their parents say to go in one ear and out of the other... let someone else get through to them.

In my opinion if he turns just one child's life around or makes them think about a decision from a different viewpoint, then he has accomplished his goal. Kids need hope and a belief that what they think does matter and they should have a responsibility and say in what happens in their lives.

And I don't want to hear about the lesson plan anymore... there are plenty of local governments that have essay contests for your kids to enter where they can be Mayor for the day if they are chosen as the contest winner. What is so wrong with getting the youth involved in making the world (their world) a better place? We all know if you are invested in something then you cherish it more. What are conservative republicans so damn afraid of... that the youth of today will actually think for themselves and question authority... what is so wrong with that.

They really think the President was trying to indoctrinate the youth of today... they are giving the President a lot of credit all the while making themselves look unstable and closed-minded. How can you look your child in the eye and tell them the things that he spoke to them about today is a wrong message.

Parents should want their children to be individuals and think for themselves and not believe everything they are told or read on the internet. They should question why things are the way they are and "just because that is how it has always been" is not an acceptable answer to every question.

Boy I hope someone saves this for when our son gets older and questions authority (us). Children should be able to look at all the sides of a situation and decide for themselves what the correct approach to take is...