I just watched the live broadcast from my office here at school and it seemed to me that the speech was a pretty generic contribution to how we as parents and educators want our kids to be. He said all the right things. I decided to write my favorites here because these are quotes that I have found myself saying to students in my office ... over and over again ...
"Find something you are good at. It is your responsibility to find out what that is."
"There is no excuse for not trying." --- (this is my favorite)
""You write your own destiny."
"Take responsiblity for your goals -- set them, and then go out and get them."
"Being successful is hard."
"Some of the most successful people in the world have the most failures."
"Let your failures teach you ... not define you."
"Asking for help isn't a sign of weakness ... its a sign of strength."
If anyone is interested in watching the speech I'm sure it will be on youtube.com or here are a couple of links listed from the original government email I received on Thursday:
Downloadable video of the speech will be made available on the White House Web site as well as on http://www.ed.gov/ / www.whitehouse.gov/mediaresources/
Very good quotations you pulled from the speech. Not only are those good things for students to consider, but for anyone at any age.
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