Here is an excerpt from President Obama's back-to-school speech to kids.
"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."
And then, there's this:
"And no matter what you want to do with your life - I guarantee that you'll need an education to do it. You want to be a doctor, or a teacher, or a police officer? You want to be a nurse or an architect, a lawyer or a member of our military? You're going to need a good education for every single one of those careers. You can't drop out of school and just drop into a good job. You've got to work for it and train for it and learn for it."
I can't wait for the Republican rebuttal. Maybe they can a certain former president to tell kids that you can coast through life, be a mediocre, at best, student, ride on you parents' coattails and still be president.
Read the entire speech here.
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