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hello, everybody! thank you. thank you. thank you, everybody. all right, everybody go ahead and have a seat. how is everybody doing today? (applause.) how about tim spicer? (applause.) i am here with students at wakefield high school in arlington, virginia. and weve got students tuning in from all across america, from kindergarten through 12th grade. and i am just so glad that all could join us today. and i want to thank wakefield for being such an outstanding host. give yourselves a big round of applause. (applause.)tim spicer12i know that for many of you, today is the first day of school. and for those of you in kindergarten, or starting middle or high school, its your first day in a new school, so its understandable if youre a little nervous. i imagine there are some seniors out there who are feeling pretty good right now - (applause) - with just one more year to go. and no matter what grade youre in, some of you are probably wishing it were still summer and you couldve stayed in bed just a little bit longer this morning.i know that feeling. when i was young, my family lived overseas. i lived in indonesia for a few years. and my mother, she didnt have the money to send me where all the american kids went to school, but she thought it was important for me to keep up with an american education. so she decided to teach me extra lessons herself, monday through friday. but because she had to go to work, the only time she could do it was at 4:30 in the morning.so i know that some of you are still adjusting to being back at school. but im here today because i have something important to discuss with you. im here because i want to talk with you about your education and whats expected of all of you in this new school year.now, ive given a lot of speeches about education. and ive talked about responsibility a lot.ive talked about teachers responsibility for inspiring students and pushing you to learn.ive talked about your parents responsibility for making sure you stay on track, and you get your homework done, and dont spend every waking hour in front of the tv or with the xbox.xboxive talked a lot about your governments responsibility for setting high standards, and supporting teachers and principals, and turning around schools that arent working, where students arent getting the opportunities that they deserve.but at the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, the best schools in the world - and none of it will make a difference, none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities, unless you show up to those schools, unless you pay attention to those teachers, unless you listen to your parents and grandparents and other adults and put in the hard work it takes to succeed. thats what i want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for your education.i want to start with the responsibility you have to yourself. every single one of you has something that youre good at. every single one of you has something to offer. and you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is. thats the opportunity an education can provide.iphoneand no matter what you want to do with your life, i guarantee that youll need an education to do it. you want to be a doctor, or a teacher, or a police officer? you want to be a nurse or an architect, a lawyer or a member of our military? youre going to need a good education for every single one of those careers. you cannot drop out of school and just drop into a good job. youve got to train for it and work for it and learn for it.and this isnt just important for your own life and your own future. what you make of your education will decide nothing less than the future of this country. the future of america depends on you. what youre learning in school today will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest challenges in the future.we need every single one of you to develop your talents and your skills and your intellect so you can help us old folks solve our most difficult problems. if you dont do that - if you quit on school - youre not just quitting on yourself, youre quitting on your country.now, i know its not always easy to do well in school. i know a lot of you have challenges in your lives right now that can make it hard to focus on your schoolwork.i get it. i know what its like. my father left my family when i was two years old, and i was raised by a single mom who had to work and who struggled at times to pay the bills and wasnt always able to give us the things that other kids had. there were times when i missed having a father in my life. there were times when i was lonely and i felt like i didnt fit in. so i wasnt always as focused as i should have been on school, and i did some things im not proud of, and i got in more trouble than i should have. and my life could have easily taken a turn for the worse.but i was - i was lucky. i got a lot of second chances, and i had the opportunity to go to college and law school and follow my dreams. my wife, our first lady michelle obama, she has a similar story. neither of her parents had gone to college, and they didnt have a lot of money. but they worked hard, and she worked hard, so that she could go to the best schools in this country.? some of you might not have those advantages. maybe you dont have adults in your life who give you the support that you need. maybe someone in your family has lost their job and theres not enough money to go around. maybe you live in a neighborhood where you dont feel safe, or have friends who are pressuring you to do things you know arent right.remarks of president barack obamaweekly addresssan diego, californiasaturday, november 19, 2011today, im speaking to you from indonesia as i finish up my trip to the asia pacific C the regionwhere we do most of our trade and sell most of our exports. and over the past week, theprogress weve made in opening markets and boosting exports here will help create more jobs andmore growth in the united states.C a goal wereon pace to meet. and theyre powerful examples of how we can rebuild an economy thatsfocused on what our country has always done best C making and selling products all over theworld that are stamped with three proud words: made in america.this is important, because over the last decade, we became a country that relied too much onwhat we bought and consumed. we racked up a lot of debt, but we didnt create many jobs atall.but building an economy that lasts isnt just about making things C its about opening new marketsfor people to buy them. after all,95% of the worlds consumers live outside our borders. and asthe fastest-growing region in the world, no market is more important to our economic future thanthe asia pacific region C a region where our exports already support five million american jobs.us trade agreement yet C a partnership withpacific nations that holds the potential for more exports and more jobs in a region of nearly threebillion consumers. 2010 2009 thank you!hello!(applause.)thank you.thank you.well, hello,philadelphia! (applause.) and hello, masterman. (applause.) done that. be here.it is wonderful to see all of you.what a terrific introduction by kelly. give kelly a big round of applause. i was saying backstage that when i was in high school, i could not have (laughter.) i would have muffed it up somehow. so we are so proud and to all the students here, i thrilled to mof you and everything that you done. ve kelly kelly kelly kelly backstage n. muff v. thrilled a. weve got a couple introductions i want to make. mayor of philadelphia, michael nutter, is here. fattah is here. (applause.) (applause.) first of all, youve got the (applause.) theoutstanding governor of pennsylvania, ed rendell, in the house.(applause.) congressman chaka (applause.) the school 1congresswoman allyson schwartz is here. (applause.) andyour own principal, marge neff, is here.superintendent, arlene ackerman, is here and doing a great job. the secretary of education, arne duncan, is here. (applause.) ed rendell michael nutter fattah allyson schwartz marge neff arlene ackerman arne duncanoutstanding a. congressman n. principal n. superintendent n. and i am here. excited. (applause.) and i am thrilled to be here. i am just soive heard such great things about what all of you are doing, both the students and the teachers and th elementary school n. figure out fit in afford to do and beyond all those concerns, i know a lot of you are also feeling the strain of some difficult times. afghanistan. you know whats going on in the news and you also know youve read about the war in and3whats going on in some of your own families.you hear about the recession that we ve been through.sometimes maybe you seeing the worries in your parents faces or sense it in their re voice. strain n. so a lot of you as a consequence, because were going through a tough time a country, are having to act a lot older than you are. you got to be strong for your or maybe some of family while your brother or sister is serving overseas, or youve got to look after younger siblings while your mom is working that second shift. work. you who are little bit older, youre taking on a part-time job while your dads out of as a consequence tough time tough a. sibling n. shift n. and thats a lot to handle. its more than you should have to handle. and it may make you wonder at times what your own future will look like, whether youre going to be able to succeed in school, whether you should maybe set your sights a little lower, scale back your dreams. handle v. scale back but i came to masterman to tell all of you what i think youre hearing from your principal and your superintendent, and from your parents and your teachers: nobody gets to write your destiny but you. your future is in your hands. your life4is what you make of it.and weekly address: ensuring equal pay for equal workremarks of president barack obamaweekly addressthe white houseapril 12, 2014hi, everybody. earlier this week was equal pay day. it marks the extra time the average woman has to work into a new year to earn what a man earned the year before. you see, the average woman who works full-time in america earns less than a man C even when shes in the same profession and has the same education.thats wrong. in 2014, its an embarrassment. women deserve equal pay for equal work.this is an economic issue that affects all of us. women make up about half our workforce. and more and more, theyre our families main breadwinners. so its good for everyone when women are paid fairly. thats why, this week, i took action to prohibit more businesses from punishing workers who discuss their salaries C because more pay transparency makes it easier to spot pay discrimination. and i hope more business leaders w