President Barack Obama made a speech directed toward public schools. The speech included how the youth of America should be spending more time in schools, and I quote, "if they're going to have any chance of competing for jobs and paychecks against foreign kids." He insists that grades are dropping across the country, and that more hours in school is the solution.
In my opinion, Obama has the right idea in mind. He is trying to help our country succeed, and while trying to compete with other countries isn't exactly the best idea, he's attempting to raise our grades in general, and help make our country better for the future generations. The only thing is that he's going about it the wrong way. In his speech, he mentions how the idea of more time in school is not appealing in most families, including his. He's right about that, but it's not just that kids don't want to spend more time in school. It's about how our nation has been struggling with this idea for years. Obama's attempts at changing our nation are pure in essence, but change isn't going to happen so quickly and smoothly. More time in school should mean longer vacation time. It's also not a secret kids skip classes. By increasing school hours for unnecessary reasons, it's going to cause for a more public student protest, and even the teachers are going to join in. It's not possible that teachers are going to receive enough pay or work benefits once the school hours are extended. Basically, Obama has the right idea, but he's not thinking realistically. Our country is large, and we're not just going to change right away. Baby steps, Barack. Baby steps.
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