Day of Change

Today was a very important day in history. Barak Obama was inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States and the first African American president. At KW today we were able to watch live on the television. I was surprised by the students. Just like during the Martin Luther King Jr. video, they seemed uninterested and talked through the whole thing. I had to tell one group of girls more than three times to stop with the arts and crafts and pay attention. Actually, I shouldn’t generalize that all the students weren’t paying attention. A group of students did pay close attention and sang along to the songs. I wish in schools we were taught more about the presidents. We always learn about George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and a few others but that’s it. During the inauguration when George Bush Sr. and Bill Clinton were announced, the students didn’t know who they were. It’s so shocking because to me these presidents are important to the way we live our lives not. Social Studies is not a very big concentration in the curriculum because it is not on the test. Math and Reading are the main subjects covered. Hopefully with Obama as president, he will help change education and the way our schools are run.