A big deal?

To follow up on class discussion on whether or not it is right for President Obama to make his speech to the school children tomorrow. Today I found an interesting article with Laura Bush(click link for article) backing the President and his choice to make the speech to the countries school children. She states that he has the right to talk to the children and that it is important for everyone to respect the President of the United States. I agree with her and her views that we are divided between the left and right and are blind of the viewpoints of the other side, no matter what they are. In our democratic process we have elected our leader of the nation, and we as a nation should have respect for our leader. If our President wants to talk to our school children he has the right too and as a country we should be open minded. Of course you have the right to not send your kid, however it seems to be ridiculous. President Obama is talking to kids about staying in school and there responsibilities as students, is that not something you would like your kids to hear? Even if you do not have respect for our President, is it not a good thing to teach your children to respect and look up to our leader, even if his viewpoints are different than yours? In a democratic country we have elected a man, who as our leader has decided to talk to the next generation of our country, and it is shocking that people are getting so upset about this speech. Obama is not trying to control the country and if he was it wouldnt be a bad thing, is it awful that hes telling kids to stay in school and be the best student and most succesful person they can be? If not then why is our country so upset about this speech?

Do todays athletes have class?

Watching ESPN today I saw somehing that struck me as immature and classless, a perfect description of todays atheletes. Of course I'm reffering to the punch throw by Oregons LeGaratte Blount following their 19-8 defeat to Boise St in football. As the Boise St. player turned to leave after an argument at the end of the game, Blount sucker punched the player in the jaw, in front of the entire country. This leads me to discuss the class in sports nowadays, or lack of class. With such players as Michael Vick and Pacman Jones dominating the headlines as they disrespect their organizations and teammates they give an awful example to kids. The majority of athletes nowadays have forgotten about what makes athletes different and how they can utilize there talents. Todays athletes are disrespectful and rowdy people who are constantly getting in trouble with the law, instead of the old time athlete who was a good teammate and a respectable person who knew there talents and showed up everyday to do there job without complaints. Nowadays athletes think of it as their destiny to play the sports and that they are better than everyone else, so they dont have to work as hard, instead of using there positions of power to help the world and be a positive role model to others. Where has the class from sports gone? Why do todays athletes have such different attitudes than before?