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Monday, September 14, 2009

Students react to the president’s school speech

MON, SEPTEMBER 14, 5:42 PM EST

Posted by Jesse Lee

The President's speech welcoming students back to school last week focused on a number of messages that all parents can get behind. He told them to take responsibility for their educations, to not only stay in school but to thrive, and to appreciate what they have. If the reactions of eight seniors at the School Without Walls in Washington, DC, were any indication, these messages got through to at least some of America’s students – watch the video from the Department of Education: