Thoughts from a teacher:

Our school district has chosen not to show the President's webcast to our younger students not yet in High School. It makes me sad that politics and opinions are influencing the general respect we should be giving to the office of the President of the United States of America. Even if you do not like Barack Obama as a leader, he is still our leader and he is still our President. Bad mouthing him to America's children only breeds distrust and fear in our country, when what we should be doing is teaching them respect for our country, it's offices, and what we personally as citizens can do to help our country become better and how we can support it. This may include teaching them to follow issues, writing letters to representatives or even our President, teaching them to be thinkers and decide for themselves what is good and right. Political differences set aside, the American people still love their country. God bless America, because we are going to need it.