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Obama's advice: study hard

Source: San Diego Union-Tribune

La Mesa : CA : USA | 2 months ago

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After all of the national uproar about President Barack Obama's back-to-school speech, San Marcos eighth-grader Jennifer Morales distilled his message into a simple statement: There's no excuse for not working hard in school. Public school districts across the country struggled...

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@whitehousewatch Just posted on HuffPost: A Turning Point For Obama. Last night's speech also tells us a lot about how he thinks. http://bit.ly/dVJXh
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@JohnAByrne "Obama: 'The Time for Bickering Is Over'" Our take on his speech is the top story at BW.com this morning. http://bit.ly/xH4xP
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