[Shannon]

Was this speech read off the teleprompter? If they actually typed out those words and had time to review them yet saw nothing wrong with a US President telling kids he wasn't such a great student.....wow.

What a terrible message to send to kids. It'll inspire the kids alright; to do poorly in school. Way to go O.

[maggief]

Teleprompter ... video at link.

http://thehill.com/video/administration/184487-obamabasketball-was-my-favorite-subject

[Tallguy]

Obama’s allure to the youth culture is the “coolness factor”m. You aren’t ‘cool’ in high school if you take academics seriously (unless you have some tremendous athletic prowess besides). Obama understands this. He’s also irresponsible enough to exploit it.