Obama's inspirational speech: Why do we have to go to school

Obama speech: Why do we have to go to school

Time: September 8, 2019

Location: Arlington, Virginia

Hi, everyone! How are you doing today? I am currently with the students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. There are also many students from kindergarten to high school across the country who follow this TV. I am very happy that you can share this moment together.

I know that for many of you, today is the first day of school, and some of you have just entered kindergarten or graduated from junior high school. For you, this is the first day of the new school. If you feel a little nervous, it is normal. I think there will be many graduating students who are confidently preparing for the final year of the sprint. However, I think no matter how big you are or what grade you are reading, many people are worried that they are still on summer vacation, and they don’t have to get up so early today. I can understand this mood.

When I was a child, our family lived in Indonesia for a few years, and my mother didn't have the money to send me to other American children to go to school, so she decided to give me classes - time is 4:30 am every Monday to Friday. . Obviously, I don't like how to get up so early. Many times, I fell asleep at the kitchen table. Whenever I complain, my mom always looks at me with the same expression: "Little devil, do you think it would be easy to teach you?" So, I can understand that many of you need time to adjust to school. And adapt, but today I am standing here to talk to you about some important things. I want to talk to you about the education of each of you, and what you should do in the new school year.

Celebrities 11 I have done a lot of talk about education and often use the word "responsibility". I talked about the responsibility of teachers to motivate and enlighten you and urge you to learn. I talked about the responsibility of parents to take care of your hard work and finish your homework. Don't watch TV or play games all the time.

I have also talked about the government's responsibility to set high standards and requirements, assist teachers and principals, and change the status of students in some schools who do not have the learning opportunities they deserve. But even if it all achieves the best, even if we have the most dedicated teachers, the best parents, and the best schools, if you do not fulfill your responsibilities, then all these efforts will be in vain. - Unless you go to school on time every day, unless you listen to the teacher seriously, unless you put your parents, elders and other adults to mind, unless you are willing to put the effort necessary for success, it will lose its meaning. And this is the theme of my speech today: the responsibility of each of you for your own education.

First of all, I want to talk about what responsibility you have for yourself. Every one of you will have something that you are good at, everyone is a useful material, and discovering what your talents are is the responsibility you have to take on yourself. Education gives you the opportunity to discover your talents. Maybe you can write beautiful words - even one day you can make those words appear in books and newspapers - but if you don't practice writing often in English classes, you won't find yourself having such a talent; maybe you can be a Inventors, creators - even design products that are as popular as today's iPhone, or develop new drugs and vaccines - but if you don't do a few experiments on the natural sciences course, you won't know that you have this Talent; maybe you can become a member of parliament or a Supreme Court judge, but if you don't join any student union or participate in several debates, you will not find your talent. Moreover, I can assure you that no matter what you want to do in the future, you need education.

Celebrity 11 - Do you want to be a doctor, a famous teacher or a police officer? Do you want to be a nurse, an architect, a lawyer or a soldier? No matter which profession you choose, good education is essential. There is no dream of getting a good job without reading the book. Any work requires your sweat, training and learning. Not only is it important for your personal future, but how your education will have an important impact on the future of this country and the world. What you learn in school today will determine the performance of our entire country in the face of major challenges in the future.

You need the knowledge and skills you need to learn in mathematics science courses to treat diseases like cancer and AIDS, and to solve the energy and environmental problems we face; you need to develop the observation and judgment in the history and social science courses. To alleviate and eliminate homelessness and poverty, crime and all kinds of discrimination, to make the country more fair and free; you need to gradually accumulate and develop innovative consciousness and thinking in various courses, to start a business and establish New companies and companies to create jobs and drive economic growth. We need each of you to develop and develop your talents, skills and talents to solve the most difficult problems we face.

If you don't do this - if you give up learning - then you not only give up on yourself, but also give up your country. Of course, I understand that reading a good book is not always easy. I know that many of you are faced with various problems in your life, and it is difficult to concentrate on reading. I know how you feel. My father left the family when I was two years old. It was the mother who pulled us up. Sometimes she couldn’t pay the bills. Sometimes we didn’t get what other children had. Sometimes I would think, if How good the father is, sometimes I feel lonely and helpless, and I don't fit in with the surrounding environment. Therefore, I don't always concentrate on studying. I have done a lot of things that I feel embarrassed, and I have also caused many troubles that should not be provoked. My life is in jeopardy and I may turn down at any time. But I am very lucky. I got a chance to come back in many things. I got the opportunity to go to college to study law and realize my dreams.

Celebrity 11 my wife - now called her first lady Michel Oumama - also has a similar life story, her parents have not read college, there is no property, but they and her They all work hard, so that she has the opportunity to go to the best schools in the country.

Some of you may not have these advantages. Maybe there are no elders in your life who can help and support you. Maybe one of your parents has no job, financial constraints, maybe the community you live in is not so safe, maybe you know Some friends who will have an adverse effect on you, and so on. But in the final analysis, your life situation—your appearance, origin, economic conditions, family atmosphere—is not an excuse for neglecting academics and bad attitudes. These are not excuses for you to talk back to the teacher, skip classes, or drop out of school. These are not You are not an excuse to read.

Your future does not depend on how good or bad your life is now. No one has arranged your destiny for you. In the United States, your destiny is written by yourself, and your future is controlled by you. And in every place on this land, thousands of young people like you are writing their own destiny.

For example, Jasmin Perez in the city of Rome, Texas. When she first entered the school, she didn't speak English at all. She lived in almost no place in college. Her parents did not have higher education, but she worked hard and achieved excellent results. She entered Brown University by scholarship. He is currently pursuing a doctorate in public health.

I also remembered Andoni Schulz of Los Altos, California, who has been fighting brain cancer since he was three years old. He has undergone treatments and surgeries once – one of which affected him. The memory, so he has to spend hundreds of hours more than the average person to complete his studies, but he never left his homework. This autumn, he is going to start studying at university.

Another example is in my hometown, Chicago, Illinois, where the orphan's Xiangt Steve has changed many adoptive families and grew up in a very poor area, but she struggled to get a job at a local health station. The opportunity to launch a project to keep young people away from criminal gangs, and soon, she will graduate from high school with excellent results and go to university for further study. Jasmin, Andoni and Xiangtel are no different from you.

Like you, they also encounter various difficulties and problems in their lives, but they refuse to give up. They choose to take responsibility for their own education and set their own goals for struggle. I hope that everyone of you can do this. So today, I call on each of you to set a goal for your education – and then do everything in your power to achieve it.

Celebrities 11 Your goals can be as simple as completing assignments, listening carefully or reading everyday – perhaps you are planning to take part in extracurricular activities or doing volunteer work in the community; perhaps you decide for reasons such as looks or births, etc. Children who are ridiculed or bullied are the masters and defend their rights, because you and I believe that every child should have a safe learning environment; perhaps you think that learning to take better care of yourself for the future Learn to prepare...

Of course, in addition to this, I hope that when you wash your hands and feel uncomfortable, you should rest at home, so that you don't get the flu during the high season of fall and winter. No matter what you decide to do, I hope that you can stick to it and hope that you can really make up your mind. I know that sometimes the programs on TV will make you feel like this. It seems that you don’t have to work hard to get a lot of money and you will be famous – you will think that you can sing rap, play basketball or participate in real people. The show can be enjoyed, but the reality is that you can hardly take any of them. Because success is difficult.

You can't be interested in every course you want to read. You can't get along with every class teacher. You can't have any homework that seems to be related to real life every time. And, not everything, you can succeed on your first try. But that doesn't matter. Because in this world, the most successful people often experience the most failures.

JK Rowling's first "Harry Potter" was rejected by the publisher twelve times before it was finally published; Michael Jordan was brushed down by the school basketball team in high school, and in his career he Lost hundreds of games, missed thousands of shots, and know what he said? "I have been failing all my life, failing and failing. This is why I am successful now."

Their success stems from their understanding that people can't let failures affect themselves - but learn from them. From failure, you can understand what changes you can make next time; if you have trouble, it does not mean that you are a trick, but remind you that you have stricter requirements in the future. If you take a low score, it does not mean that you are stupid than others, but tell you that you have to spend more time on your studies. No one is good at doing things when they are born. Only efforts can develop skills.

No one is a representative of the school team when they first contact a sport. No one is looking for every sound when they sing a song for the first time. Everything needs to be familiar. The same is true for academics. You may have to repeat the calculations to solve the correct answer to a math problem. You may need to read a paragraph of text several times to understand its meaning. You may have to change the paper several times to meet the submitted criteria. This is very normal. Do not be afraid to ask questions. Don't dare to ask for help. - I am doing this every day. Help is not a sign of weakness. On the contrary, it shows that you have the courage to admit your deficiencies and are willing to learn new knowledge. So, if you don't understand, ask the adults for help - find someone you trust, such as parents, elders, teachers, coaches, or counselors - and let them help you move toward your goal.

Celebrities 11 You have to remember, even if you don't perform well, even if you lose confidence, even if you think that the people around you have given up on you - never give up on yourself. Because when you give up on yourself, you also give up your country.

The United States is not a country that people easily give up when they encounter difficulties. In this country, people persist in the end, people redouble their efforts, and for the country they love, everyone will do their best and will not leave any room for themselves.

250 years ago, there were a group of students like you. They worked hard and finally created this country with a revolution. 75 years ago, there were a group of students like you who defeated the Great Depression and won World War II. Twenty years ago, students like you, who later created Google, Twitter and Facebook, changed the way we communicate with each other. So today I want to ask you, what kind of contribution will you make? What kind of problems will you solve? What kind of things can you find? After twenty, fifty or one hundred years, if the US president at that time also To make a speech, how would he describe what you have done to this country? Your parents, your teachers and me, everyone is doing their best to ensure that you all get the education you deserve. these questions.

For example, I am trying to provide you with safer classrooms, more books, more advanced facilities and computers. But you also have to take responsibility for yourself. Therefore, I ask you to be serious this year. I ask you to do everything you can to do your best. I ask everyone to do something. Please don't let us down - don't let your family, your country and yourself disappoint. You have to be our pride, I know, you can do it. Thank you, God bless you, God bless America.