What do you think about what President Obama said on Univision?

4/3/2011

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Last week on Univision, President Obama answered questions about education and urged Latinos to redirect their attention on issues concerning the education of its youth. This special  program on Univision came as a result of the last census which places the Latino population in the US at over 50 million. That's huge....approximately, one out of every six students in America are of Latino heritage. 

What were some of the concerns you had regarding his comments? Do you think he did a good job addressing the questions? If you could ask President Obama a question, what would you ask?
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Angel Perez, P2
4/8/2011 12:54:45 am

Some of the concerns that I had regarding president Obama's comments were that most of the things that he said are true. But there are many people that are not going to do or believe in what he's trying to say, because in many schools, teachers stopped believing in students. When students see that teachers just give up on them, they start doubting themselves and their dreams.
I believe that Mr. Obama did an outstanding job on addressing all of the question that were asked to him. He addressed every question with reasoning and support. I agree with what he said about how "the latino community would be a key to our future success". It is our job to show the people around the world that we can be those who are the key to our future. We can show them by lifting our graduation records, because most of the people who drop out are usually Latino. We can also continue our education after high school.

If I had an opportunity to ask President Obama a question it would be "what would you do as the president, who is so big on education, about the low performing schools around the country?" This is one of the questions I would just have to ask, because low performing schools are plenty in our society nowadays. This needs to change ASAP!!!

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Fabiola Chorro, P2
4/13/2011 02:49:01 am

Some of the concerns regarding Obama's comments were that we should all work togther, this is a community project. President Obama is right about the "latin community" being tomorrow's future. And education is our guide towards a better life. But many people don't realize that teachers don't take the time to actually let the student comprehend the lessons. Instead, they move on not wondering if all their students captured the lecture. That has also been a problem in our community. People need to let kids understand it so students can find it interesting. And we students should also put in our part. We all need to work together. What I mean is TOGETHER! Parents are a big role in this also. They need to get invole in thier children's education. We don't need more drop outs. We need kids that will be that future tomorrow.

A question that I would ask our President Obama is " why do we have so many teachers laid off, that will only cause that classes to become bigger and it will make teachers harder to understand their student learning".

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Angel Perez P.2
4/17/2011 11:27:20 am

Some of the concerns that I had regarding president Obama's comments was that most of the things that he said is true, But there is a lot of the people that are not gonna do or believe on what he's trying to say ,Because in many schools teachers stopped believing in the students. When the students see that the teachers just gave up on them, then they start doubting on themselves and on their dreams that they had in stored.
I believe that Mr. Obama did an outstanding job on addressing all of the question that was asked to him. He stated every question with reasoning and support. I agreed to what he said that “the Latino community would be a key to our future success" and it is our job to show the people around the world that we can be those who are the key to our future. We can show them by lifting our graduation records, because most of the people who drop out are usually part of the Latino heritage, and also by getting further education after high school.
If I had an opportunity to ask President Obama a question it would be "what would you do as the president who is so big on education about the low performing schools around the country?" This is one of the question's I would just have to ask because low performing schools are pretty big in our society now in days, and it needs to change ASAP!!!

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Arturo Pena P6
4/28/2011 02:57:27 pm

Some of the concerns I have regarding President Obama's speech is that he said that Latinos should let our voices be heard but not all of Latinos do that. There are many Latinos in the country but our voice is not really heard because many of them just do not care. We need to start focusing on our education and make our voice be heard in the country.
Obama did a good job addressing the questions and he believes that the Latino community could be successful. Obama also said that we should not give up and fight hard like others in the past have.
I would ask Obama what could he do to support the Latino community. He said what we could do to be successful but I want to know how he can help.

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Maria, Martinez
9/5/2011 07:44:28 am

While analyzing Obama’s response to crucial education enforcement issues, my thoughts were; he manages to address his remarks to the audience. Also encourage the Latino communities to get involve in their child’s education and to be demanding as well as insisting to acquire their future success as students; which raised a concern in me; because we as a community tend to lack quality teaching with high expectations and early childhood education that are vital to succeed in this competitive world. My question for President Obama is:
How will the government ensure support for struggling schools?

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Liliana Cervantes Per.6
1/29/2012 08:53:38 am

I agree with president Obama. Young people shouldn't give up. If people in the past gave up, we wouldn't have women's rights or the civil rights. Giving up in is not the answer, is just an easy way out. Life is not easy but trying is what makes life an adventure. Education is the key to success, young people should not let that opportunity go to waste. We are the new generation and we have to make the change now!

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W Rios period 2
4/4/2012 07:07:52 am

I agree with President Obama because he said that “the Latino community would be a key to our future success." We can them lift our graduation records, because most of the people who drop out are usually part of the Latino heritage, and also by getting further education after high school. Latinos are strong because we can do anything that we put our mind to it.

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