The President's School Speech

So, in case you didn't hear the speech, it went something like...

"Do good, stay good, I had it bad, but I did good, so can you."

Pretty boring if you ask me...i don't think that he "brainwashed" America's youth. Video games do that...so does MTV.

About a week ago, I had a kid ask me "do you like baseball?"

"Of course, I do, in fact I played in high school."

That's all I said to him. I asked "what position do you play?" He said, "Ohhhh, I was talking about baseball on X-Box."

I nearly lost my mind. I am only a little older than teenagers...is there that great of a disconnect and distance between my "generation?"

In our office, there is one person in my generation. The rest are all in their 30's and 40's. No big deal. I'm glad we have old people around here...they keep me and Nikki balanced.

I'm 26...a lot of my friends are just a couple of years younger than me. Every friend I have that is more than two years younger than me does the following that I do not:
Uses an iPod
Has a website
Eats hotpockets 2 meals a day
Rarely exercises
Does not like to travel
Does not eat hummus

Conversely, I don't use an iPod, I don't have a website, I detest hotpockets, I exercise, travel, and enjoy a little hummus. My college professors actually taught (lectured) so I couldn't use an iPod, and they graded our work, not our websites (websites are now used for students to post homework papers). How did I miss this boat?. I feel older than I am. I hate iPods.

Whoever invented the internet is probably a smart lady or man. People can use the internet to catchup on the news, talk about how they agree and disagree with viewpoints (like the President's speech), shop for clothes, read other customer reviews, maybe buy clothes (or toys, food, iPods, and other goods). If you don't have a website and you peddle a ware of some type, your basically out of the loop. AND - if you have bad website, your not even considerable! If the images load slow, or information is unavailable, people will find another place that is ready to sell something.

Barry Obama gave a speech to school kids. Dubya gave a speech to kids, too. A lot of the internet blogs mentioned that Barry Obama's speech was very inspiring, one even said that the President "taught kids how to learn." I listened to the speech...I didn't learn to learn, nor did anybody else. That wasn't the goal of the speech. Kids should hear from the most important man in the world that education is important. They should also hear it from their parents, teachers, friends, relatives, and their pets (if it talks). Dubya and Ronnie Reagan gave speeches to kids, too. They just didn't do it using the internet, youtube, and iTunes. Barry Obama is really smart...he went to Harvard, and has a law degree! He got an education. Dubya went to Yale. He got an MBA...all Presidents are smart. If you were offended by the thought of a speech - relax. It was what needed to be done. Every President should do it. Every year. And half of the population will always be upset. If you are not the president, you should talk to kids about the importance of an education, too. All of you.

Enjoy the day...