How not to give a speech

No, I didn't listen to the whole speech Pres. Obama gave to the young skulls full of mush, but I did hear excerpts and read it, and it relates to something I've noticed about politicians speaking in the past few years. Specifically, Obama was giving a stern lecture--in some places more or less yelling--at kids. The best part was when he angrily tells kids that if they do get a bad grade, it doesn't mean they're stupid--his tone saying exactly the opposite thing to any sensitive soul.

Communicating the magic and wonder of learning? Not in there. Wisdom for its own sake? TOTUS apparently forgot to include that one. Grouchy lecture about struggling through boring classes to get a good job and be a good servant to the government? That you got.

If many classrooms heard many students sobbing quietly after that speech, I wouldn't be surprised. The speech belongs on those "demotivational" posters saying "despair".

Politicians need to learn what fundamental Baptist preachers have learned (too often the hard way) over the past few years, it seems; that increasing the volume doesn't mean that you're communicating effectively.