During President Obama's Address he stated many different issues and spoke to many different groups. In particular, I'd like to highlight his hopes and requests of high school students. These things are building blocks of your life after education.
He says "dropping out of high school is no longer an option, it's not just quitting on yourself, its quitting on your country, and this country needs and values the talents of every American". Now this I can only partially agree with. It seems like he's saying that anyone who drops out of high school has no motivation to work or progress. I had a friend who dropped out of high school so he could work more. He was content with the amount of pay he was getting so he decided to get a GED and be done with it. I think he should make an exception for the certain people that do work without a high school education. They take care of the simple jobs, or like my friend, do just fine without a full high school education.
Obama also promised that the youth of today would be able to pay for a higher education. This is very good news. Some people, no matter how smart they are, sometimes can't come up with money for college. Obama's plan that enables everyone to pay for college solves that. The President also asks us to attend at least 1 year of higher education. I'm not sure about his reasoning, but I would hate spending a year in college while the guys who started working before me will be making more. Maybe if he gave me a motive like you have an 100% chance to make more then someone who started working right out of high school. However without that guarantee, I can't promise him I will attend that 1 year of higher education.
The last thing he asks us is to prepare our children for education. He says we should start thinking now about how we are going to help our children of the future graduate from high school and go on to college. I believe that this is a reasonable request, as anyone would hope their child has the most secure and safe financial future after they leave home. On top of that, this will help bring down the 50% drop-out rate of kids attending college currently and be overall best for our country. However, one thing we have to consider is that maybe some of these kids that don't finish college and decide to go off and do something else realized that college just isn't for them. Maybe they found something they like doing and makes them enough money to feel good about their future.
All in all, I think the President's requests are all in good faith. They are just a little to general for my taste. Can only expect so much in-depth detail when he is giving such a broad speech.
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