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Why do some parents oppose President Obama telling kids to take responsibility, study, and get an education?

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By Dory Devlin, Shine staff, on Tue Sep 8, 2009 7:45am PDT

After the White House released President Barack Obama’s address to school children, there remain schools that will not air the president’s educational pep talk because of pressure from parents who don’t like the president’s political positions.

Even if you are aghast at the vitriol spilling at public meetings about health care reform proposals, you can understand that many people are worried about what changes to our current health care system will mean for those currently insured as we attempt to insure the 46 million Americans who have no coverage. But to oppose an address by the president to students about taking their studies seriously at the start of a school year--why? At best, it’s “silly,” as Education Secretary Arne Duncan put it. At worst, it’s downright frightening, uninformed, and terribly, unnecessarily alarmist and disrespectful. Read More »

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