Charlevoix High School students will listen to the State of the Union Address
CHARLEVOIX, MI -- Several people will be tuning in tonight to watch President Barack Obama's second State of the Union speech.
That includes some students in government class at Charlevoix High School.
Government teacher Anne Marie Conway has asked her class to put down the X-box and Playstation controllers, put their phone on silent, and watch the State of the Union Address.
It is part of her curriculum, but it's a speech that Mrs. Conway says will affect each and every one of them.
President Barack Obama will be in the nation's spotlight, discussing his plan for the nation to "win the future" and become competitive in the global marketplace once again. Among other topics, nobody is sure how the speech will go, but one thing's certain, Anne Marie Conway's government class at Charlevoix High School will have their eyes glued to the TV.
"It really reinforces what we're studying out of the textbook, which is awesome, but it also touches every one of their lives, so it becomes much more pertinent," said Conway.
The class will break-down the President's speech in class Wednesday, but some of the self-proclaimed "governmental junkies" already know what they want to hear, and it runs hand-in-hand with the future of the United States.
"I think what's really important being a senior and heading off to college in the fall is jobs, because, I'm preparing to go out in the world myself, and I want to hear more jobs are going to be made," said Lacey Greene, a senior in the class.
"Actually have something there that I can go to, and actually depend on instead of worrying about if I am going to be unemployed or not," said John Shea, a senior in the class.
Mrs. Conway says overall the issue of jobs and if there will be some is important for the students in her class, and in a recent paper she assigned, students said things like the environment, abortion, healthcare, war on terror, and education also play a major role.
“It's just good to have the Freedom of Speech to be able to talk about these issues," said Shea.
And another thing they'd like to see is more bipartisan actions.
“Maybe it doesn't have to be more separate, either pick one or the other," said Greene.
A few of the students say they think tonight could be an indication of whether or not President Obama will be reelected.
You can catch the State of the Union Address on 7&4 Tuesday night. The speech begins at 9.
