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Sec. Duncan: Good afternoon.
Children: Good afternoon.
Sec. Duncan: I would like you to ask me to dance. We’re fighting the battle everyday
to save our children’s lives and if we don’t educate, we fail to educate, our children
have no good options out there. What we want to do at the start of the school year is to
celebrate the courage of teachers in classrooms. And we have to do so much more to elevate
the teaching profession to say thank you. To tell you how much we appreciate your hard
work and let you know how much we appreciate what you’re doing for children who don’t
really have a hope if we don’t give them that hope. We have to take the focus off of
athletes, take the focus off of movie stars, and put the focus on the classroom.
If they notch this you can be committed to education. I thank you for your commitment
to social justice, and I thank you for your commitment to giving our children a chance
to fulfill their tremendous academic and social potential. God bless and hope you have a good
school year.