Obama to America - "Stop wallowing in ignorance. Educate yourselves you cretins!"

OK, I may have taken some liberties with that headline, and by liberties I mean completely made it up, but what does this sound like to you:

Obama plans to call on Americans to educate themselves as well as their children during his appearance Tuesday at the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

because we all just sit around scratching our asses and eating our boogers right?

And how are we supposed to achieve this? By setting goals of course:

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is promoting tighter standards for teachers and a reduced dropout rate for students as part of an education plan that, at least for now, lacks any new legislative component.

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officials say he plans neither to detail any requirements to achieve his goals nor to change President George W. Bush's No Child Left Behind program.

Instead, a senior administration official said, Obama would speak to the importance of increasing the rigor of the standards in place and challenge states to adopt world-class standards rather than a specific standard.

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White House aides characterized the president's speech on Tuesday as a first step in an agenda to change American schools. Aides say the president will again call for the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by the year 2020, as well as pre-kindergarten programs that would send children to classrooms prepared to learn.

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Don't get me wrong goals are an important part of any achievement, but like hope they are not a plan.

First thing to do is refine the goals - Highest proportion of college graduates in the world sounds good in a speech how about setting a specific target number. Same with world class standards. Something a little more concrete. Lets get some standards down on paper then start coming up with a specific plan to meet those standards.

See what I am saying?