THE WHITE HOUSE Prepared Remarks of President Barack Obama 1st Draft - Back to School Event Arlington, Virginia August 8, 2009 President: âÂÂNow IâÂÂve given a lot of speeches about education. And IâÂÂve just talked and talked and talked until nobodyâÂÂs really listening anymore, and the only audience IâÂÂve got left is you little kids. ItâÂÂs called âÂÂoverexposure.â IâÂÂve talked about taking power away from our 57 states and making a Federal Curriculum and have the federal government be in charge of teaching you, or what we call, indoctrinating (thatâÂÂs a big word) â indoctrinating you into our socialist way of thinking. WeâÂÂre bypassing your parents this way. But at the end of the day, if we can make your school like the largest 50 high schools in urban areas, weâÂÂll have graduation rates less than 50 percent. Remember 50/50 - and all that because of government intervention. (continued)
