"Response to President Obama"

In a global economy where the most valuable skill you can sell is your knowledge, a good education is no longer just a pathway to opportunity – it is a prerequisite. It is our responsibility as lawmakers and as educators to make this system work. But it is the responsibility of every citizen to participate in it. So tonight, I ask every American to commit to at least one year or more of higher education or career training. . . . And dropping out of high school is no longer an option. It's not just quitting on yourself, it's quitting on your country – and this country needs and values the talents of every American. These education policies will open the doors of opportunity for our children. But it is up to us to ensure they walk through them. In the end, there is no program or policy that can substitute for a parent – a mother or father who will attend those parent/teacher conferences, or help with homework after dinner, or turn off the TV, put away the video games, and read to their child. I speak to you not just as a president, but as a father when I say that responsibility for our children's education must begin at home.” -President Barack Obama, 2/24/09

This quote applys to me and my fellow high school students, because we are the future and if we keep droping out of school, and no doing anything constructed with our life, then we will be affecting the future in a bad way, because like obama said they need our values and talent and if we keep doing bad and giving up in life, how would we help the economy, we wont be able to, because we wont know anything, we will be poor and some kids will start selling drugs, robbing people and much more uneducated illegal stuff. This quote inspires me because it is something we all need to take consideration in, because this is all of our community and we need to help it just like every one else on our community does. This quote also inspires me because now i know that quitting is not only affecting us and our lives but others and their lives. i would like to see my little brothers and sisters and other people littel brothers and sisters or kids grow up to a healthy community and not struggle because of our mistake of droping out of school.