Prepared Remarks of President Barack Obama: Back to School Event

On the 8th of September 2009, chairperson Barack Obama held a lecture at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia, in which he stressed the vastness of education. The speech was broadcasted nation completelyy and students were tuning in totally across America, kindergarten through 12th grade. His speech stupefys it very clear that you simply toiletnot quit school and skip over classes because youre not just quitting on yourself, youre quitting on your estate.President Obama would like to motivate all the students who were listening and that feeling of importance, which the sentence above is showing, qualification be the exact motivator for that to happen. This paper will analyse and comment on the speech and focus on the trend President Obama addresses his interview. The composition of the speech is pretty much straightforward and not problematic nor complex. It is started by a short presentation followed by the message of the speech, well-documented with different argu ments which stand out for each one interrupt of the message.It ends with a short summary which sums it all up. This is a necessity given the fact that the interview is as mentioned students of all age. His language is very easy to say and he doesnt use neither imagery language nor hypotactic sentence structure where he referrers to something that isnt mentioned. If this wasnt the case, large parts of the audience great power not understand the message the speech is trying to show, and the speech would be useless for them.Since the audience is a group of students large amount in a small age he tries to make himself likeable. This is seen in the anecdote about his feature childhood and hard upbringing. Throughout the speech, President Obama takes great use of pathos as a persuasion mean which means that he appeals to both emotions and feelings And even when youre struggling, even when youre discouraged, and you feel like other large number have given up on you shamt ever give up yourself. , President Obama is using pathos as the main way of persuasion since people are more likely to agree when theyre emotional. There are, however, several places where he appeals to ethos by expressing his own equality to the rest of the audience hows everybody doing today? , as he opens the speech in this way, he trains the scene and tries to get rid of his authority as the most powerful gentleman in the world since no one likes to be speeched down to. President Obama mentions all the different grades of the same reason he doesnt want to talk down to them.President Obamas main point is that all students have to prevail hard in order to reach success and get a good education. learning is the only real way out of poverty, unemployment and trouble. His argument for this statement is that without an education and hard influence, you screwt be something in life jobs and money doesnt come from nothing, even though several Hollywood-movies and TV-series might expr ess that. Furthermore, he stresses the importance of responsibility.Not only for your own actions, but in like manner for the responsibility your teachers should to inspire you, your family to support you and make sure you stay on track, and the governments responsibility for put inting high standards and provide whatever it takes to raise the bar for educational standards. However, all of this doesnt mean much if you dont take the responsibility of yourself and your education. He describes how every individual(a) one of us has something to contribute Every single one of you has something to offer.Hereafter he even gives several examples of opportunities which might occur for someone who has found her/his hidden talent. This also referrers to the dont quit, dont skip, stay in school message hes trying to embrace. The next part of the speech is once again used to make President Obama identifiable. He knows how hard life can be, since he himself had to break the negative heritage h is parents didnt have an college education and didnt have much, however, Thats no excuse for not trying. , he says. There is, in fact no real excuse for quitting school.He even mentions the American Dream in his speech which is found on the belief that everyone is their own happiness and future. He mentions 3 different people, who have been struggling nevertheless, their future seems to be b honorable after their hard work This is yet another motivator and proof for the people who think their background and personal issues sets them behind. Barack Obama uses a carve up of different rhetorical techniques in order to do an environment in which his young audience feels comfortable in furthermore, it makes his argumentation a lot more convincing.In lines 164-165 he keeps repeating I expect , which sets the bar for the upcoming year. I believe he does this because he has an authority. As much as he tries to hide it, he also uses it. If it was a general canful Doe who said I expect t his and that from you, what purpose would it have? The audience wouldnt listen You could say that Barack Obama is a role model for a lot of people if not a whole nation hes the first black president and worked his way up from nothing. President Obama is rying to make the standoffishness between him and his authority and the audience as small as possible by making a lot of comparisons and relations. The words I get it and I know is not put there for no reason. By decreasing the gap between him and the audience, his authority is more in the background, and he is now a person whom you can relate to, and not the most powerful man on the world. In America, national sentiment isnt very uncommon, and the responsibility which a lot of people feel toward their country is a mean to motivate people.Therefore, the argument youre not just quitting on yourself, youre quitting on your country is one powerful motivator. I feel that the speech is indeed influenced by American thinking, however, it all makes sense even in my head. He stresses the importance of education, and that is something each and every country has a necessity to do perhaps he has found the way to actually communicate the message? 1 . line 65 2 . line 147-149 3 . lines 36-37 4 . lines 92-107Prepared Remarks of President Barack Obama Back to school EventOne of the most important and discussed topics in politics has constantly been education because of its decisive role in society. Education is the key stone for the generations to come and well educated citizens are a necessity for a favored society in the 21st century. Politicians also make education a high priority because they know it is where votes can be drawn. A politician who also is concerned about the matter of education is President Barrack Obama. And in his speech Prepared Remarks of President Barack Obama Back to School Event held in Arlington, Virginia on September 8, 2009, he addresses to the Americans students the importance of educa tion and emphasizes that the responsibility to do well in school lies with the students themselves.This is a responsibility that they have to meet, not only for their own sake but for the sake of their country. President Obama emphasizes the importance of education and self-responsibility to children from kindergarten to 12th grade. Children at that age can be difficult to address to, especially with much(prenominal) a big size of group, so Obama must use various approaches to make it possible. He talks to them as an equal so young audience can identify with him and not only see him as the President. He uses a simple and informal language with many repetitions and examples they can relate to. He starts out by saying Hello everyone hows everybody doing today?(Page 1, line 1). He speaks directly to the audience to get their attention.He needs the attention from the children and hold on them to get through with his message. He does that by gaining their respect for him and shows that he sincerely cares about them. In the beginning of the speech Obama tells about his story from when he was young. How he was raised by his mother who did not had any money to take him to school, so she had to give him lessons at home at 430 in the morning. He also mentions things he did he is not proud of that got him in troubles. Then Obama shares and opens up about his personal stories, he uses ethos in his arguments to increase his dependableness with the audience. It makes it easier for Obama to get through with his message when the people he talks to have his respect.Obama starts stressing his message after he has achieved the audiences attention. Obama has two main messages in his speech. The first one is that the self-responsibility of the education lies with the student. Maybe theparents and the teachers also have some responsibility for the student, but it all comes the student none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities(Page 2, line 30). The st udents will not have everything served for them it is their turn to take action and take responsibility for their choices. The second one is that the students also have a responsibility for the nation. The nation depends on the students to get a well education.The future of the nation lies with the students to be a functional part of the US society so the nation can operate and compete What youre learning in school today will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest challenges in the future.(Page 2, lines 52-54). Obama is addressing to the students patriotic American inside them. Most American is raised to be patriotic and Obama knows hot to make use of it. Everybody wants to be a part of something that has an influence on the nation, and every student has the responsibility to their nation We need every single one of you to develop your talents, skills and intellect If you dont do that if you quit on school youre not just quitting on yourself, youre quitting on you r country.(Page 2, lines 62-64).Obama begins to speak about how hard work is the most important key to success. Everybody has the opportunity to succeed. Here he indirectly refers to the American Dream with hard work you can accomplish everything. Where you are right now doesnt have to determine where youll end up. No ones written your destiny for you. Here in America, you write your own destiny. You make your own future.(Page 3, lines 88-90).He uses himself and Michelle Obama, the first lady, while using pathos as examples of people who started from the button with bad conditions and build up to become successful. He comes up with 3 other cases than himselfJazmin, Andoni and Shantell arent any different from any of you. They faced challenges in their lives just like you do. But they refused to give up. They chose to take responsibility for their education and set goals for themselves. And i expect all of you to do the same(Page 4, lines 105-107)Obama uses the sponsorship effect t o create ethos. He also uses Michael Jordans and J. K. Rowlings story to get it out that you cannot succeed without failing. Obama uses persons who are idol to many so they get inspired to try to accomplish the same success. He wants the students to understand that if they want to be successful, they need to set goals for themselves and take responsibility for their education for that to happen. Throughout the speech, Obama uses a number of different strategies to affect the broad group of audience. By use concrete example they can relate to with a language everybody is able to understand, he inspires and motivates the young people who is the future of the USA.