Mike Thomas: Will Obama follow through on education? -- OrlandoSentinel.com:
"So Tuesday they saw a black student-body president introduce a black president of the United States of America. He told them that there is value in education, that if they work hard, it can take them anywhere, including the White House.
Obama is a badly needed male role model in a culture that relies far too heavily on sports stars to fill that role.
That makes the symbolic value of his speech incalculable."
"So Tuesday they saw a black student-body president introduce a black president of the United States of America. He told them that there is value in education, that if they work hard, it can take them anywhere, including the White House.
Obama is a badly needed male role model in a culture that relies far too heavily on sports stars to fill that role.
That makes the symbolic value of his speech incalculable."