obamarama

as some of you may know, obama spoke to congress yesterday (tuesday) about the economy, his focuses during his term, and some important goals.

one goal is to cut his country's deficit by half at the end of his first term - that's quite ambitious.

obama's other goal is that by 2020, America will (once again) have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world. that is, despite obama acknowledging that America has one of the highest high school dropout rates of any industrialized nation, and half of the students who begin college never finish. he also requested that "every American to commit to at least one year or more of higher education or career training."

"we know the countries that out-teach us today will out-compete us tomorrow.. (and) I speak to you not just as a president, but as a father, when I say that responsibility for our children's education must begin at home. That is not a Democratic issue or a Republican issue. That's an American issue." i don't think it gets much truer than that.

obama may have a lot of lofty goals, high expectations, and overly-optimistic views of the future,
but you know what?

"we are not quitters."

obama's placed his faith in the american people, and i think that now it's time for that to be reciprocated. feel free to comment/bash this!

obama's full speech