The sick irony of this whole thing is "politics". Globally Our children are falling farther behind. Promoting education and inspiring kids to stay in school is an honorable undertaking. But, because the speaker is a politician, the "other" side is automatically against it. If one of the Bushes were delivering the message, the response would be the same. We'd just be on different sides. Maybe our children should not hear the truth about the advantages of staying in school and getting an education. Maybe they'd be better off growing up to be bias like us.