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Historic Speech by President Obama to America's Students with English Subtitles
Experience President Obama's impactful speech to students across America, from kindergarten to 12th grade, at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. Watch with English subtitles for added accessibility and engagement.
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The President Hello, everybody.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you, everybody.
All right, everybody go ahead and have a seat.
How's everybody doing today?
How about Tim Spicer?
I am here with students at Wakefield High School in
Arlington, Virginia.
And we've got students tuning in from all across America,
America from kindergarten through 12th grade.
And I am just so glad that all could join us today.
And I want to thank Wakefield for being such an outstanding host.
Give yourselves a big round of applause.
Now, I know that for many of you, today is the first day of school.
And for those of you in kindergarten or starting middle or high school, it's your first day
in a new school, so it's understandable if you're a little nervous.
I imagine there are some seniors out there who are feeling pretty good right now.
You've just one more year to go.
And no matter what grade you're in, some of you are probably wishing it were still summer,
and you could have stayed in bed just a little bit longer this morning. I know that feeling.
When I was young, my family lived overseas. I lived in Indonesia for a few years.
And my mother, she didn't have the money to send me where all the American kids went to school.
But she thought it was important for me to keep up with an American education.
So she decided to teach me extra lessons herself,
Monday through Friday.
But because she had to go to work,
the only time she could do it was at 4.30 in the morning.
Now, as you might imagine, I wasn't too happy about getting
up that early.
A lot of times I'd fall asleep right there at the kitchen
table.
But whenever I'd complain, my mother would just give me one
of those looks and she'd say,
this is no picnic for me either, Buster.
So I know that some of you are still adjusting to being back at school.
But I'm here today because I have something important to discuss with you.
I'm here because I want to talk with you about your education and what's expected of all of you in this new school year.
I've given a lot of speeches about education, and I've talked about responsibility a lot.
I've talked about teachers' responsibility for inspiring
students and pushing you to learn.
I've talked about your parents' responsibility for making sure
you stay on track and you get your homework done and don't
spend every waking hour in front of the TV or with the Xbox.
I've talked a lot about your government's responsibility for
setting high standards and supporting teachers and
principals, and turning around schools that aren't working,
where students aren't getting the opportunities that they deserve.
But at the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated
