Obama and Education

One of the things I was looking forward to as far as having  Barack Obama as our president was his ability to better relate to the aspect of education and relaying its importance to members of our society who do not take it seriously enough. Reform in education was one of Obama’s most important campaign promises. Upgrading schools and improving teacher’s abilities to better educate with better equipment and better schools was an aspect of his pledge.

I really thought that by stating the importance of this element of society, Obama would deliver speaches on how that would occur.  However, to this point I have not witnessed Obama or any members of his staff deliver any such speeches. I think Obama must use his position of power to change the direction of our troubled youth. He is a man who is looked up to by many (and with good cause;) he should therefore not take this opportunity for granted.

Without a doubt President Obama is a very busy man, and he has a great deal of responsibilities but his commitment to education is something I am going to hold him to. My proposals for improving education through mentoring are largely what my book is about. I would like to see policies put into place that will work. My concern is that Obama made all these pledges to improve education in order to help him get elected and he may not be taking them as seriously as he said he was going to. That will need to change in order for him to continue receving my support.

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