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Everything should be in the proper place and time. I will say if he was addressing only academic issues I might be for it, but this as stated already could be done in the presence of parents. This smell s of improper influence without a parent their for guidance.
The speech should have been submitted by to the school boards and then submitted to parents for approval. But to be honest if that is done why not just do it prime time? Why does he want to shut parents out? Would anybody be OK with Coca Cola providing free soft drinks to children in class?
Working in a school, I'm going to take a guess:
Not every family has a television at home, but nearly every classroom has one with basic local channel access. If you do it prime time, students who want to see it would miss out.
Having it done in the classroom leaves space for discussion. There are classroom activities suggested, and your child's teacher is there to help guide conversation afterwards. If you don't trust your child's teacher to be reasonable and impartial, you may want to look into homeschooling your child.
The reason why it wasn't submitted for approval? Look at this thread. The majority of responses are AGAINST this speech. Not because it contains anything bad, not because it isn't a good use of classroom time, but because it's Obama. That's the long and the short of it and everyone here knows it. It it was Bush, there wouldn't be such an uproar. If it were Clinton? There wouldn't be such an uproar. But it's Obama, and there is, simply because it's Obama.
Sorry to disappoint you but I was just as opposed to Clinton ... and her husband.
