2/19/10: Arrogance, High Schools, Obama, Failure
President Obama has made himself the prize in his very own sweepstakes aimed at high school students:
President Obama has a challenge for the nation’s public high schools: Prove your school is the best, and he’ll come speak to your graduation this year.
"I’m excited to announce the first annual race to the top high school commencement challenge," President Obama says in the video message, "Just go to whitehouse.gov/commencement, and fill out an application by march 15th telling us why your school is special and why it should be a model for other schools around the country working to boost attendance and increase the number of graduates prepared for college or a career.”
High schools are instructed to complete four essay questions focused “on demonstrating how the school is helping prepare students to meet the President’s 2020 goal of having the highest proportion of college graduates in the world,” the White House says.
"This spring I’ll visit the winning school to speak at commencement," the president promises, "Good luck and thank you for doing your part to help make our students the best and brightest in the world."
Source: Jake Tapper via HotAir
