This story on bbc makes me both roll my eyes and feel uncomfortable at the same time. A few questions come to mind: Are the conservatives concerned about a) the message itself or b) the fact that the president is delivering it? If a), does this mean conservatives are against people getting an education? if b) why would it matter *who* delivers an awesome message, as long as it is good? Shoudn't both "sides" have the same goal, work for a better future, and thus embrace what the other side does, as long as it is good? Isn't in fact the president a perfect person to deliver such a message?
I do realise that a newspaper rarely delivers a full version of a story, but generally, bbc does a very good job at being rather unbiased, compared to all other media I follow. So far, the ideology of Obama seems to be sane, fair, and balanced, in my opinion (still based on newspaper reports of course) (and then again, I was once called a communist by an american while discussing health care! good memory :)). When a call for doing a good job in learning and educating oneself is seen as a step in a socialistic agenda, it seems to me that the paranoia is going a little bit too far.
The day has apparently come when I start writing about politics. I think the day is near when I will start writing about faith as well :)
update: there's a link to the actual talk in the article, and I just read it. I really fail to see what is bothersome in that talk. It's a good peptalk for not giving up, for working hard, for repenting when having done badly "... you can’t let your failures define you – you have to let them teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently next time.", and not expecting anything to come for free. It might even help me doing a better job today!
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That reminds me of something a speaker said at a teaching workshop I attended last week. He kept re-iterating that we DO fail, and that's okay - as long as we fail BETTER the next time. That made me happy :)
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