Transcript: Obama Has Message Of Hard Work For Students

MELISSA BLOCK
NPR All Things Considered
09-08-2009
Obama Has Message Of Hard Work For Students

Host: MELISSA BLOCK
Time 21:00-22:00 PM


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MELISSA BLOCK, host:

From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.

NOAH ADAMS, host:

And I'm Noah Adams.

President Obama delivered his back to school speech today. He told children to study hard, stay in school, pursue their passions and wash their hands. It was a pep talk, not the political speech that some conservatives had predicted and protested.

BLOCK: We're going to hear from a principal, from some students and from presidents past, who also addressed schoolchildren nationwide.

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