While there are plenty of you that are probably still not allowing your children to watch the Presidential speech to school children tomorrow (which is fine, because you have the right to do that), I decided to list some of the main talking points of the speech below. You can decide for yourself if it is appropriate for your child.

1. Intro includes the story about his mother teaching him extra lessons at 4:30 in the morning, because they couldn’t afford to go to school where the American kids went to school (they were living in Indonesia).

2. “I’m here because I want to talk with you about your education and what’s expected of all of you in this new school year.”

3.  “I’ve talked about your teachers’ responsibility for inspiring you, and pushing you to learn.”

4. “I’ve talked about your parents’ responsibility for making sure you stay on track, and get your homework done, and don’t spend every waking hour in front of the TV or with that Xbox.” (nice plug for Microsoft there….bet Sony and Nintendo are pissed)

5. “Unless you show up to those schools; pay attention to those teachers; listen to your parents, grandparents and other adults; and put in the hard work it takes to succeed.”

6.  Next couple of paragraphs talk about how “you’re all good at something, but you have to figure out what it is through hard work, and that you’ll need a good education to succeed, etc.”

7. “You’ll need the insights and critical thinking skills you gain in history and social studies to fight poverty and homelessness, crime and discrimination, and make our nation more fair and more free.” (I knew the community organizer part was coming out at some point)

8. Talks about how he didn’t have a father growing up and then says, “So I wasn’t always as focused as I should have been. I did some things I’m not proud of, and got in more trouble than I should have. And my life could have easily taken a turn for the worse.”

9. “But at the end of the day, the circumstances of your life — what you look like, where you come from, how much money you have, what you’ve got going on at home — that’s no excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude.”

10. Next several paragraphs highlight individual stories of children who faced challenges of varying degrees, and overcame them.

11. “That’s why today, I’m calling on each of you to set your own goals for your education — and to do everything you can to meet them.”

12. “Maybe you’ll decide to get involved in an extracurricular activity, or volunteer in your community.” (THERE IT IS! Haha!)

13. “I hope you’ll all wash your hands a lot, and stay home from school when you don’t feel well, so we can keep people from getting the flu this fall and winter.”

14. “No one’s born being good at things, you become good at things through hard work.”

15. “Because when you give up on yourself, you give up on your country.”

16. “Students who sat where you sit 20 years ago who founded Google, Twitter and Facebook and changed the way we communicate with each other” (really, Twitter and Facebook are 20 years old, eh Mr. Pres?)

17. “So today, I want to ask you, what’s your contribution going to be? What problems are you going to solve? What discoveries will you make? What will a president who comes here in twenty or fifty or one hundred years say about what all of you did for this country.”

18. “I’m working hard to fix up your classrooms and get you the books, equipment and computers you need to learn. But you’ve got to do your part too. So I expect you to get serious this year.”

So in all honesty, assuming he sticks to that script, the speech isn’t bad at all. Nothing in there that will turn your children into little Obamites. To read the script in full, you can see it here.

Are you letting your child or children listen to the speech? If not, why not? Let us know in the comments below!