My daughter (6th grade) thought the speech was good.... and too long. She thought that it would be good for any to hear, but couldn't imagine even a 4th grader managing to sit and actually *hear* the whole of it... much less any younger.
And they skipped the intro by the student - so only heard about 15 minutes worth.
No, a younger child wouldn't *hear* the whole of it; but could be quiet for the whole of it. And much of the message was repetition with different emphasis, so one part *thought about* is probably as useful as any other part *thought about*.
I think *my* attention span is about 3 minutes now.
Mine's not much better... I admit to deleting stuff from my phone and adding stuff to it while listening to the speech in the background (only had to back up a few minutes once... so obviously more of my attention was *really* on the speech, but...).
And with the multiple messages mostly (we hope) backing up what teachers, principals, and many parents should be making sure the students know... even if only *some* of those individual messages got across a bit more firmly, it was definitely not a bad thing.
I think I only caught one, *maybe* two, spots in the whole speech that could be seen as "political"... though those looking for "socialist" could probably pick out many bits... something about how most of them are those objecting to paying any taxes for education at all...
Hey, if nothing else, it might have caught a *few* more kids than were caught on trying to make it through before (and hey, if even one more does, it wasn't a complete waste of time IMHO)... and might have inspired a few more to aim higher... and it *did* get many more people talking about the importance of the presidency, whether or not elected officials should be given any respect, and how many different viewpoints the nation has. So something "interesting" and probably good managed to come out of it.
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And they skipped the intro by the student - so only heard about 15 minutes worth.
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I think *my* attention span is about 3 minutes now.
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And with the multiple messages mostly (we hope) backing up what teachers, principals, and many parents should be making sure the students know... even if only *some* of those individual messages got across a bit more firmly, it was definitely not a bad thing.
I think I only caught one, *maybe* two, spots in the whole speech that could be seen as "political"... though those looking for "socialist" could probably pick out many bits... something about how most of them are those objecting to paying any taxes for education at all...
Hey, if nothing else, it might have caught a *few* more kids than were caught on trying to make it through before (and hey, if even one more does, it wasn't a complete waste of time IMHO)... and might have inspired a few more to aim higher... and it *did* get many more people talking about the importance of the presidency, whether or not elected officials should be given any respect, and how many different viewpoints the nation has. So something "interesting" and probably good managed to come out of it.
Can't say that about *every* speech :-)