Obama Drama: Sometimes i'm not so much a fan of UTAH...

*This is political, you might not like what I'm going to say. If you don't please think before you comment. Disagree with me if you like but don't do it in a hostile manner please. Thanks.

So Obama is going to be speaking to the children across the country. It's a good thing for the president to talk to our children right? Seems like it can't hurt to me. I'm pretty sure he's not going to brainwash them into hounding their parents about health care until the parents give in. I'm pretty sure he's not going to try and sway them over into the "evil liberal arena". How do i know this? well the US department of education has said that he will speak about, "'persisting and succeeding in school.' The president will also "challenge students to work hard, set educational goals, and take responsibility for their learning." The Dept. of Education invites "students of all ages, teachers, and administrators" to watch the President's address and encourages "educators to help students get focused and inspired to begin the new academic year." Sounds pretty harmless to me. He just seems like he wants to get involved in all aspects. And since when is encourage our children to "persist... work hard, set educational goals, and take responsibility for their learning" ever been a bad thing?

Well it is in Utah.

Today the news website that i follow for the Utah area ran an article entitled: School districts cautious ahead of Obama speech to students. Some quotes from the article:

"Some parents are concerned what will be said may be offensive or too liberal for their children and are even vowing to keep their kids away."

"Salt Lake City School District is advising schools to have teachers notify parents if they plan on airing the address in class, and then allowing an opt-out."

"The Davis School District is sending out letters to parents, giving them the option to have their child opt out of watching the speech. Alpine and Uintah are among the other school districts mulling options or putting into place guidelines ahead of the speech. Granite District says principals will be sending home notices if their schools plan to show the speech."

Wow. Just Wow. Believe what you want about Obama and his politics but really you're afraid that he's going to brainwash your children? You think he's going to lobby for abortion, health care, gay marriage and ending the war in an address to children about succeeding in education? Well I'm glad I'm not as paranoid as you are then.

Note: There were also quotes in the article of people supporting the address or being indifferent to it. I know that this is not the way all of Utah feels or acts. However i think it is uncalled for that even a portion of our population doesn't want our children to hear from the president.

Question for the readers: Is this as big an issue in your community/state as it is here?