Kids watching President Obama's speech - lots of pics

[Kadie]

Fourth grade student Tristan Wood, 9, writes down his thoughts as he listens to a nationwide back-to-school address by President Barack Obama at Hollywood Hills Elementary School in Hollywood, Fla. Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009.
(AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)


Fourth grade student Christopher Opitz, 7, writes down his thoughts as he listens to a nationwide back-to-school address by President Barack Obama at Hollywood Hills Elementary School in Hollywood, Fla. Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009.
(AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)


Fourth grade student Anthony Rosado, 9, listens to a nationwide back-to-school address by President Barack Obama at Hollywood Hills Elementary School in Hollywood, Fla. Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009.
(AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)


Students watch as U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks on education on the first day of classes at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia September 8, 2009.
REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES POLITICS EDUCATION)


Eighth grader Cristal Negron and others watch President Barack Obama's national broadcast address to students at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009.
(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)


Students watch President Barack Obama's national broadcast address to students, at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009.
(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)


Fourth grade teacher Amanda Hicks monitors her students as they listen to a nationwide address by President Barack Obama at Hollywood Hills Elementary School in Hollywood, Fla. Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009.
(AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)


Fourth grade students at Amqui Elementary School in Nashville, Tenn., watch the broadcast of President Barack Obama delivering a speech on the importance of education on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009.
(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)


Eighth-grader Samiyah Ellerbee and others watch President Barack Obama's national broadcast address to students at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009.
(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)


Third grader Jessica Linderman, 8, watches an education speech given by President Barack Obama, at Sequoia Elementary School in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009.
(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)


Third grader Bryce Rees, 7, watches the education speech given by President Barack Obama, at Sequoia Elementary School in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009.
(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)


Students react after meeting President Barack Obama at the end of his speech about education, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009, at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Va.
(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Wakefield High School students react as President Barack Obama arrives to give a speech about education, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009, at school in Arlington, Va.
(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)


Third grader Elizabeth Bahlhorn, 8, watches the education speech given by President Barack Obama, at Sequoia Elementary School in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009.
(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)



Third graders at Jane Addams Elementary School in Springfield, Ill., watch and listen to President Barack Obama deliver a televised address to classrooms across America challenging them to work hard, set educational goals, and take responsibility for their learning Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009.
(AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

[zanne]

1. That's so refreshing.

It's a sad day when the president of the United States is made to seem like the enemy of the nations' schoolchildren.

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[livetohike]

2. I have tears in my eyes

:-) Good tears. These pics are wonderful.

[GreenPartyVoter]

14. Me too!

[question everything]

3. Beautiful! (nt)

[Chulanowa]

4. So many new young communists!

It's almost time to start the revolution, comrades!

[Cha]

7. Smart ones who are going

to take it all the way to the top!

[Myrina]

11. I didn't get the secret manifesto decoder email ...

... can someone send it to me so I can tell when to put our master plans into action? ;-)

[Chulanowa]

17. D O N T F O R G E T T O D R I N K Y O U R O V A L T I N E

n/t

[Myrina]

20. Phew, thanks ... the one I had was 'the blue owl howls at midnight'

:rofl: I would have launched the wrong strategery!! :rofl:

[Parker CA]

18. HAHAHAHAA!! This made me laugh out loud when I read the title, Nice work! ;)

[generous ginger]

60. LOL

Be afraid. Be very afraid of evul commies! Asshats.

[lamp_shade]

5. Those are WONDERFUL photos. Thanks so much.

[Kadie]

10. I am adding more as I find them.

The kids look thrilled that their President took time to speak directly to them.

[deaniac21]

6. They love him, they truly do! I am crying at my desk right now.

[Kadie]

28. Some of the girls have that dreamy eyes look.

So cute...

[deaniac21]

33. D R E A M Y

[Kaylee]

8. I love his facial expression...

"You mean I have to do my homework!"

[Chulanowa]

12. Nyet! The photographer just caught him mid brainwa-... er, re-education!

[hileeopnyn8d]

16. I thought he was trying to fight the mind-control waves!

:)

[Thickasabrick]

40. I have a different take....his parents are RW nuts and had warned

him about the scary black man speech. He keeps waiting in anticipation for the scary part.

[malaise]

42. I love that one

He is totally focused.

[Lifelong Protester]

47. I thought that also when I saw this!!!!

So cute, but looking so busted!

[MrsBrady]

56. he's cute...

he looks very serious to me ;)

[no_hypocrisy]

9. The true audacity of Hope.

They love him.

[rurallib]

13. Little boy 3rd from bottom looks scared. Or trying to stay awake.

I still don't know why repugs were scared. It's not like kids listen to these things anyway.

[Cha]

15. Thanks for those pics, Kadie..

Having seen the speech I know why their little faces are so interested and shining!

[Schema Thing]

19. I love this one:

"oh shit, this growing up stuff is gonna be hard!"

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

23. And there it is. He's clearly hypnotized.

:evilgrin:

[Jennicut]

21. Love this pic

She looks so hopeful about the future.

As someone with 4 and 5 year old daughters, I am proud that this is a man my kids and other children can look up to.

[pnorman]

35. Me too!

n/t

pnorman

[me b zola]

22. I can't wait for my grandchildren to get home from school today

I told them all this morning that they would have a very special speaker deliver a message to all of the children on their first day of school. "Who, who" they all wanted to know, but I wouldn't tell them, just that they should pay close attention.

I can't wait until they come home so that I can ask them what they thought about the speech.

[LuckyLib]

24. The looks on the faces of those two beautiful Arlington high school students

defines the word "ecstatic" -- The President. At their school. Speaking to the nation with them as the audience. Priceless.

[WillieW]

Thanks for sharing.

[WillieW]

25. Thanks for sharing.

[ejpoeta]

26. LOL at that bryce kid's face...

[Kajsa]

27. Beautiful, it's just beautiful!

Grateful teacher with tears in her eyes here.

:)

Thanks so much for posting this.

[Froward69]

29. I think this kid

has conservative republican parents.


(oh crap my parents lied to me! How do I return them to reality!)

[moggie]

30. "OMG they were right! He IS black!"

[Sheltiemama]

37. I love that one!

"Mr. President, you just blew my mind."

[JDPriestly]

39. No. He just has writer's block. The page in front of him has

a circle and some lines, but no writing. Maybe he is a visual kid.

He seems to be focusing very hard. His mind is not straying. He is trying to think what to say about the speech. That's great.

It's great whether the kids reject or adore Obama or his ideas. They are being challenged to think.

My husband was horrified to discover that in a first year English class in a community college, quite a few of his students could not write a critical essay.

I loved Obama's speech, but I think it would be great to hear the comments of the kids-- positive and negative about it. It struck me as the kind of universally accepted truisms that no one could possibly disagree with much, but I will bet that some of the kids thought it was way too optimistic about what they can achieve in life.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

31. Inspired young minds. Beautiful.

Thank you Kadie! :yourock:

[SweepPicker]

32. This Is Great!

Thank you so much for the wonderful photos! Those kids look like they are so happy and attentive as well watching OUR President speak! Go O and best of luck to our childrens future!

[goclark]

43. This gives me faith in the future nt

[Kadie]

45. .

:hi:

[Sheltiemama]

36. I love the little freckle-faced girl!

And the little boy in the picture after hers looks like Obama just blew his mind!

[Qutzupalotl]

38. This guy's just beaming:

after meeting the president.

I also like this one, because I can imagine what it must mean to them to have an African-American president, who also happens to be brilliant:

[malaise]

41. Seriously beautiful

Thanks Kadie.

[Kadie]

46. .

:hi:

[midnight]

44. A wonderful teaching moment.

[InfiniteThoughts]

48. President - can you please make this a yearly excercise?

As a president you are responsible for the welfare of the country and what better than to invest a few hours every year in addressing the next generation.

[Historic NY]

49. It would be interesting to follow a group to track their progress in school...

with & w/o the speech.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

50. Thanks for these heart-warming pictures

I believe even the youngest kids will always remember this day.

:fistbump:

[A R S]

51. I'd Squeal, Too

If I met the President.

[no1dolo]

59. You and me both. n/t

[BR_Parkway]

52. They look pretty "socialized" already. Sitting quietly, not being disruptive

[jeremyfive]

53. Proves Republicans are Nuts

When the Republicans cannot even muster an ounce of good conduct to support the duly elected President of the United States in his commendable outreach the schoolchildren of America to urge them to do their best, it is a sad, sad day.

This has been a lesson for us all. As if there was any doubt, we have been taught this lesson: Republicans are ignorant and racist, and we should pull the plug on them.

[Capt. America]

54. One presidential speech vs. hours and hours of commercial adveritsement. Who exactly is doing

the brainwashing?

[kmac3]

55. Thanks For Sharing

In response to jeremyfive:

Your statement that it only proves Republicans are IGNORANT and RACIST definitely describes the entire problem.
And . . . when it comes to brainwashing who is totally engaged in propaganda . . . does the nicknames TEABAGGERS, BIRTHERS AND DEATHERS give you a clue?

[HughBeaumont]

57. SING IT WITH ME KIDS!

Soyuz nerushimy respublik svobodnykh
Splotila naveki velikaya Rus'!
Da zdravstvuyet sozdanny voley narodov
Yediny, moguchy Sovetsky Soyuz!

PRIPEV:

Slav'sya, Otechestvo nashe svobodnoye,
Druzhby narodov nadyozhny oplot!
Partiya Lenina — sila narodnaya
Nas k torzhestvu kommunizma vedyot!


Skvoz' grozy siyalo nam solntse svobody,
I Lenin veliky nam put' ozaril,
Na pravoye delo on podnyal narody,
Na trud i na podvigi nas vdokhnovil!

PRIPEV

V pobede bessmertnykh idey kommunizma
My vidim gryadushcheye nashey strany,
I krasnomu znameni slavnoy otchizny
My budem vsegda bezzavetno verny!

PRIPEV

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Seriously, all of this uproar just exemplifies how hateful and bitter some people in this country are.

Thankfully, these kids don't care NOTHIN' bout that. Good photos.

[defendandprotect]

58. Wonderful pics -- thank you !

[Release The Hounds]

61. And here's an exterior shot...

[Swamp Rat]

62. Thank you Kadie!

:hug: