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President Obama gave a speech to encourage students to take responsibility for their education at
Wakefield High School in Arlington Virginia. The speech was broadcast to schools National TV around the US.
Arlington Virginia Network were also there to record the historic event.
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It
was
a
special
day
of
Wakefield
high
school
when
President
Barack
Obama
visited
to
address
the
students
in
a
packed
gymnasium
with
millions
of
other
students
watching
around
the
country.
Of
course,
the
media
were
there
in
force,
along
with
many
local
dignitaries
and
politicians,
including
chair
of
the
Arlington
County
Board
Barbara
hvala.
This.
B
Is
a
fantastic
opportunity.
Wait
field
is
one
of
these
extraordinary
schools
where
we
have
a
high
high
percentage
in
the
90s
of
children
from
ethnic
or
racial
minority
groups.
We
have
a
high
percentage
of
children
on
free
or
reduced
lunch
in
this
school
manages
to
to
give
us
a
student
outcomes
where
the
kids
are
motivated.
They
go
on
to
college
after
high
school
I'm
so
proud
that
President
Obama
is
going
to
be
here.
C
With
the
inspiration
I
have
taken
from
President,
Obama
I
would
not
be
standing
here
before
you
to
introduce
the
President
of
the
United
States.
If
I
had
not
been
here
at
Wakefield
High
School
in
Arlington
Virginia
pursuing
my
education
gesture,
we
are
fortunate
to
have
President
Obama
come
here
to
Wakefield
today
to
speak
to
us.
We
are
also
fortunate
that
after
he
leaves
we
will
continue
to
have
the
opportunities
and
support
that
Wakefield
gives
to
all
of
us
at
this
time.
C
C
E
E
Am
here
with
students
at
Wakefield,
High
School
in
Arlington
Virginia,
and
we've
got
students
tuning
in
from
all
across
America
from
kindergarten
through
twelfth
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.
E
E
Imagine
there's
some
seniors
out
there
who
are
feeling
pretty
good
right
now,
we've
just
one
more
year
to
go
and
no
matter
what
grade
you're
in
and
some
of
you
are
probably
wishing
it
was
still
summer
and
you
could
have
stayed
in
bed
just
a
little
bit
longer
this
morning.
I
know
that
feel
when
I
was
young.
E
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.
E
Given
a
lot
of
speeches
about
education
and
I've
talked
about
responsibilities,
a
lot
I've
talked
about
teachers,
responsibility
for
inspiring
students
and
pushing
you
to
learn.
I
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.
E
But
at
the
end
of
the
day,
we
can
have
the
most
dedicated
teachers,
the
most
supportive
parents,
the
best
schools
in
the
world,
and
none
of
it
will
make
a
difference.
None
of
it
will
matter
unless
all
of
you
fulfill
your
responsibilities,
unless
you
show
up
to
those
schools,
unless
you
pay
attention
to
those
teachers,
unless
you
listen
to
your
parents
and
grandparents
and
other
adults
and
put
in
the
hard
work
it
takes
to
succeed,
that's
what
I
want
to
focus
on
today.
The
responsibility
each
of
you
has
for
your
education.
E
E
Maybe
you
could
be
a
great
writer,
maybe
even
good
enough
to
write
a
book
or
articles
in
a
newspaper,
but
you
might
not
know
it
until
you
write
that
English
paper
that
English
class
paper
that's
a
sign
to
you.
Maybe
you
could
be
an
innovator
or
an
inventor,
maybe
even
good
enough
to
come
up
with
the
next
iPhone
or
the
new
medicine
or
vaccine,
but
you
might
not
know
it
until
you
do
your
project
for
your
science
class.
E
Maybe
you
could
be
a
mayor
or
a
senator
or
a
Supreme
Court
justice,
but
you
might
not
know
that
until
you
join
student
government
or
the
debate
team
and
no
matter
what
you
want
to
do
with
your
life,
I
guarantee
that
you'll
need
an
education
to
do
it.
You
want
to
be
a
doctor
or
a
teacher
or
a
police
officer.
You
want
to
be
a
nurse
or
an
architect,
a
lawyer
or
a
member
of
our
military
you're,
going
to
need
a
good
education
for
every
single
one
of
those
careers.
E
You
cannot
drop
out
of
school
and
just
drop
into
a
good
job.
You've
got
to
train
for
it
and
work
for
it
and
learn
for
it,
and
this
isn't
just
important
for
your
own
life
in
your
own
future.
What
you
make
of
your
education
will
decide
nothing
less
than
the
future
of
this
country.
The
future
of
America
depends
on
you.
E
What
you're
learning
in
school
today
will
determine
whether
we
as
a
nation
can
meet
our
greatest
challenges
in
the
future.
You'll
need
the
knowledge
and
problem-solving
skills
you
learn
in
science
and
math
to
cure
diseases
like
cancer
and
AIDS
and
to
develop
new
energy
technologies
and
protect
our
environment.
E
You'll
need
the
insights
and
critical
thinking
skills
you
gained
in
history
and
social
studies
to
fight
poverty
and
homelessness,
crime
and
discrimination
and
make
our
nation
more
fair
and
more
free
you'll
need
the
creativity
and
ingenuity
you
develop
in
all
your
classes
to
build
new
companies
that
will
create
new
jobs
and
boost
our
economy.
We
need
every
single
one
of
you
to
develop
your
talents
and
your
skills
and
your
intellect,
so
you
can
help
us
old
folks
solve
our
most
difficult
problems.
E
I
know
a
lot
of
you
have
challenges
in
your
lives
right
now.
That
can
make
it
hard
to
focus
on
your
schoolwork
I.
Get
it
I
know
what
it's
like.
My
father
left
my
family.
When
I
was
2
years
old
now,
I
was
raised
by
a
single
mom
who
had
to
work
and
has
struggled
at
times
to
pay
the
bills
and
wasn't
always
able
to
give
us
the
things
that
other
kids
had.
There
were
times
when
I
missed
having
a
father.
E
In
my
life
there
were
times
when
I
was
lonely
and
I
felt
like
I
didn't
fit
in
so
I
wasn't
always
as
focused
as
I
should
have
been
on
school
and
I
did
some
things
that
I'm
not
proud
of
and
I
got
in,
more
trouble
than
I
should
have,
and
my
life
could
have
easily
taken
a
turn
for
the
worse,
but
I
was
I
was
lucky.
I
got
a
lot
of
second
chances
and
I
had
the
opportunity
to
go
to
college
in
law
school
and
follow
my
dreams,
my
wife,
our
First
Lady
Michelle
Obama.
E
She
has
a
similar
story,
neither
of
her
parents
had
gone
to
college
and
they
didn't
have
a
lot
of
money,
but
they
worked
hard
and
she
worked
hard
so
that
she
could
go
to
the
best
schools
in
this
country.
But
some
of
you
might
not
have
those
advantages.
Maybe
you
don't
have
adults
in
your
life
who
give
you
the
support
that
you
need?
Maybe
someone
in
your
family
has
lost
their
job
and
there's
not
enough
money
to
go
around.
E
Maybe
you
live
in
a
neighborhood
where
you
don't
feel
safe
or
have
friends
who
are
pressuring
you
to
do
things.
You
know
aren't
right,
but
at
the
end
of
the
day,
the
circumstances
of
your
life.
What
you
look
like,
where
you
come
from,
how
much
money
you
have
what
you've
got
going
on
at
home?
None
of
that
is
an
excuse
for
neglecting
your
homework
or
having
a
bad
attitude
in
school.
That's
no
excuse
for
talking
back
to
your
teacher
or
cutting
class
or
dropping
out
of
school.
E
There
is
no
excuse
for
not
trying
where
you
are
right
now
doesn't
have
to
determine
where
you'll
end
up
no
one's
written
your
destiny.
For
you,
because
here
in
America,
you
write
your
own
destiny,
you
make
your
own
future,
that's
what
young
people
like
you
are
doing.
Every
day,
all
across
America
young
people
like
Jazmin
Perez
from
Roma,
Texas
Jazmin,
didn't
speak
English
when
she
first
started
school.
Neither
of
her
parents
had
gone
to
college,
but
she
worked
hard
earned
good
grades
and
got
a
scholarship
to
Brown
University.
E
As
now
in
graduate
school,
studying
public
health
on
her
way
to
becoming
dr.
Jazmin,
Perez
I'm
thinking
about
and
don't
ISIL
--ts
from
Los
Altos
California
who's
fought
brain
cancer,
since
he
was
three
he's
had
to
endure
all
sorts
of
treatments
and
surgeries,
one
of
which
affected
his
memory.
So
it
took
him
much
longer
hundreds
of
extra
hours
to
do
his
score,
but
he
never
fell
behind
he's
headed
to
college.
This
fall
and
then
there's
Chantel
Steve
from
my
hometown
of
Chicago
Illinois.
E
Even
when
bouncing
from
foster
home
to
foster
home
in
the
toughest
neighborhoods
in
the
city,
she
managed
to
get
a
job
at
a
local
health
care
center,
start
a
program
to
keep
young
people
out
of
gangs
and
she's
on
track
to
graduate
high
school
with
honors
and
go
on
to
college
and
jasmine
and
Dhoni
and
Chantal
aren't
any
different
from
any
of
you.
They
face
challenges
in
their
lives.
Just
like
you
do
in
some
cases,
they've
got
it
a
lot
worse
off
than
many
of
you,
but
they
refuse
to
give
up.
E
They
chose
to
take
responsibility
for
their
lives,
for
their
education
and
set
goals
for
themselves
and
I
expect
all
of
you
to
do
the
same.
That's
why
today
I'm
calling
on
each
of
you
to
set
your
own
goals
for
your
education
and
do
everything
you
can
to
meet
them.
Your
goal
can
be
something
as
simple
as
doing
all
your
homework,
paying
attention
in
class
or
spending
some
time
each
day.
Reading
a
book,
maybe
you'll
decide
to
get
involved
in
an
extracurricular
activity
or
volunteer
in
your
community.
E
Maybe
you'll
decide
to
take
better
care
of
yourself,
so
you
could
be
more
ready
to
learn
and
along
those
lines
by
the
way.
I
hope
all
of
you
are
washing
your
hands
a
lot
and
that
you
stay
home
from
school
when
you
don't
feel
well,
so
we
can
keep
people
from
getting
the
flu
this
fall
in
winter,
but
whatever
you
resolve
to
do
I
want
you
to
commit
to
it.
I
want
you
to
really
work
at
it.
E
E
You
won't
love
every
subject
that
you
study,
you
won't
click
with.
Every
teacher
that
you
have
not
every
homework
assignment
will
seem
completely
relevant
to
your
life
right
at
this
minute
and
you
won't
necessarily
succeed
at
everything.
The
first
time
you
try.
That's
okay,
some
of
the
most
successful
people
in
the
world
are
the
ones
who've
had
the
most
failures,
JK
Rowling's,
who
wrote
Harry
Potter
her
first
Harry
Potter
book
was
rejected.
12
times
before
was
finally
published.
E
E
These
people
succeeded
because
they
understood
that
you
can't
let
your
failures
define
you.
You
have
to
let
your
failures
teach
you
you
have
to.
Let
them
show
you
what
to
do
differently
the
next
time.
So,
if
you
get
into
trouble
that
doesn't
mean
you're
a
troublemaker,
it
means
you
need
to
try
harder
to
act
right.
E
If
you
get
a
bad
grade
that
doesn't
mean
you're
stupid.
It
just
means
you
need
to
spend
more
time,
studying
no
one's
born
being
good
at
all
things.
You
become
good
at
things
through
hard
work,
you're,
not
a
varsity
athlete
the
first
time
you
play
a
new
sport.
You
don't
hit
every
note
the
first
time
you
sing
a
song.
You've
got
to
practice.
The
same
principle
applies
to
your
schoolwork.
You
might
have
to
do
a
math
problem
a
few
times
before
you
get
it
right.
E
You
might
have
to
read
something
a
few
times
before
you
understand
it.
You
definitely
have
to
do
a
few
drafts
of
a
paper
before
it's
good
enough
to
hand
in
don't
be
afraid
to
ask
questions,
don't
be
afraid
to
ask
for
help
when
you
need
it.
I
do
that
every
day
asking
for
help
isn't
a
sign
of
weakness.
E
You
stay
on
track
to
meet
your
goals
and
even
when
you're
struggling,
even
when
you're
discouraged,
and
you
feel
like
other
people
have
given
up
on
you,
don't
ever
give
up
on
yourself,
because
when
you
give
up
on
yourself,
you
give
up
on
your
country
the
story
of
America,
isn't
about
people
who
quit
when
things
got
tough.
It's
about
people
who
kept
going,
who
tried
harder,
who
loved
their
country
too
much
to
do
anything
less
than
their
best.
E
It's
the
story
of
students
who
sat
where
you
sit
250
years
ago
and
went
on
to
wage
a
revolution,
and
they
founded
this
nation,
young
people,
students
who
sat
where
you
sit
75
years
ago,
who
overcame
a
depression
and
won
a
world
war
who
fought
for
civil
rights
and
put
a
man
on
the
moon
students
who
sat
where
you
sit
20
years
ago,
who
founded
Google
and
Twitter
and
Facebook
and
changed
the
way
we
communicate
with
each
other.
So
today,
I
want
to
ask
all
of
you.
What's
your
contribution
going
to
be?
E
E
E
So
I
expect
all
of
you
to
get
serious.
This
year,
I
expect
you
to
put
your
best
effort
into
everything.
You
do.
I
expect
great
things
from
each
of
you.
So
don't
let
us
down
don't
lay
your
family
down
or
your
country
down.
Most
of
all,
don't
let
yourself
down
make
us
all
proud.
Thank
you
very
much.
Everybody!
God
bless
you.
God
bless
america.
F
G
H
I
D
J
Excellent
in
this
is
a
great
historic
moment
for
Arlington
he's
following
the
tradition,
the
right,
Ram,
Reagan
and
George
Bush
Senior
olds
to
talk
to
students
and
he's
scaring
a
non-challenging
to
a
higher
level
for
all
students
to
the
wealth.
So
you
know
I
think
it
was
fantastic.
We
proud
that
he
came
to
Arlington
and
here
in
Wakefield,
when
in
serum
with
the
intention
well
done.
F
I,
like
20
quarter,
Michael
Jordan,
you
say
as
many
times
I
just
feel.
That's
the
reason
he's
successful,
which
is
great
because
a
lot
of
high
school
students
they
feel
like
they
can't
do
much
because
they
fail
so
often
in
certain
things,
but
as
long
as
they
keep
pushing
themselves
they'll
succeed,
even
more
I
shook.