Obama - Back to School
Prepared remarks of President Barack Obama: Back to School Event
The president Barack Obama held a speech called “Back to School” on September 8, 2009. The speech was about the responsibility that you have as a young individual - responsibility to yourself, your teachers, parents and your country. Obama mentions, among other things, that you have to attend school to find out what you are good at and thereby what you want to make out of your future. He says that, without any education you’re never going to get the job that you want the most. He claims that what you make of your education is going to determine the future of the country and if you quit school and quit on yourself, you’re giving up on your country. Through the speech, Obama makes references, not only to his own life-experiences, but also to the American dream. At the same time he refers to other students, who have struggled to achieve their goals and two famous people, the author J. K Rowling and the basketball player Michael Jordan. He ends his speech by saying, that it is hard to be successful and that you have to fight to achieve your goal in life. You have to practice, study hard and not be afraid of asking people for help. Furthermore he ends his speech by asking his audience questions and to say that he has great expectations for this new generation.
The President of the United States Barack Obama is the speaker of the text “Back to School”. His audience is not only the young people at Wakefield High School, but moreover young people attending school in all over America. P.1 l.1: “Hello everyone – how’s everybody doing today?” It is already indicated in the first line that he is trying to level with his audience, the young students, despite of his status. Furthermore he uses the words “I know”, and almost turns them into a phrase. With this phrase, which appears several times through the text, he indicates to the audience that he knows their feelings or thoughts. The first personal reference
The president Barack Obama held a speech called “Back to School” on September 8, 2009. The speech was about the responsibility that you have as a young individual - responsibility to yourself, your teachers, parents and your country. Obama mentions, among other things, that you have to attend school to find out what you are good at and thereby what you want to make out of your future. He says that, without any education you’re never going to get the job that you want the most. He claims that what you make of your education is going to determine the future of the country and if you quit school and quit on yourself, you’re giving up on your country. Through the speech, Obama makes references, not only to his own life-experiences, but also to the American dream. At the same time he refers to other students, who have struggled to achieve their goals and two famous people, the author J. K Rowling and the basketball player Michael Jordan. He ends his speech by saying, that it is hard to be successful and that you have to fight to achieve your goal in life. You have to practice, study hard and not be afraid of asking people for help. Furthermore he ends his speech by asking his audience questions and to say that he has great expectations for this new generation.
The President of the United States Barack Obama is the speaker of the text “Back to School”. His audience is not only the young people at Wakefield High School, but moreover young people attending school in all over America. P.1 l.1: “Hello everyone – how’s everybody doing today?” It is already indicated in the first line that he is trying to level with his audience, the young students, despite of his status. Furthermore he uses the words “I know”, and almost turns them into a phrase. With this phrase, which appears several times through the text, he indicates to the audience that he knows their feelings or thoughts. The first personal reference