President Obama’s National Address to America’s Schoolchildren
President Barack Obama
2009
Passage Summary:
In “President Obama’s National Address to America’s Schoolchildren,” President Obama discusses the importance of education and the responsibility of students to commit to their education.
When and How to Pair: Introduce this text after chapter nine when Sahara realizes she’s not living up to her potential and failing herself. President Obama believes that students have an obligation to themselves to find what they’re good at. How might this advice apply to Sahara’s life? President Obama also states that “Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who’ve had the most failures.” How do his remarks relate to Sahara?