Oh my God! It's Socialism run amok!
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BB (aka jbuffett)
Sep 7 '09, 12:56
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Excerpts from the president's speech to school kids tomorrow:
Now I�ve given a lot of speeches about education. And I�ve talked a lot about responsibility.
I�ve talked about your teachers� responsibility for inspiring you, and pushing you to learn.
I�ve talked about your parents� responsibility for making sure you stay on track, and get your homework done, and don�t spend every waking hour in front of the TV or with that Xbox.
I�ve talked a lot about your government�s responsibility for setting high standards, supporting teachers and principals, and turning around schools that aren�t working where students aren�t getting the opportunities they deserve.
But at the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, and the best schools in the world � and none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities. Unless you show up to those schools; pay attention to those teachers; listen to your parents, grandparents and other adults; and put in the hard work it takes to succeed.
And that�s what I want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for your education. I want to start with the responsibility you have to yourself.
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I know that sometimes, you get the sense from TV that you can be rich and successful without any hard work -- that your ticket to success is through rapping or basketball or being a reality TV star, when chances are, you�re not going to be any of those things.
But the truth is, being successful is hard. You won�t love every subject you study. You won�t click with every teacher. Not every homework assignment will seem completely relevant to your life right this minute. And you won�t necessarily succeed at everything the first time you try.
That�s OK. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who�ve had the most failures. JK Rowling�s first Harry Potter book was rejected twelve times before it was finally published. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team, and he lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots during his career. But he once said, "I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
These people succeeded because they understand that you can�t let your failures define you � you have to let them teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently next time.
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