心在刀刃上選擇優(yōu)秀作文

　　THE PRESIDENT: Hello. My name is Shelly Ortiz -- oh, wrong page. (Laughter.) I was justteasing. I knew I wasn’tShelly Ortiz. (Laughter.) Everybody give Shelly a big round ofapplausefor the great work. (Applause.) Thank you so much. Thanks for not only theintroduction, but forthe beautiful video that you made about your dad. Us dads, we get prettytouched by stuff likethat.

　　And I am thrilled that all of youare with us for our first-ever White House Student FilmFestival. And I know we’re running a little bitlate. It’s not because the projector wasnotworking. It was because of me. But I appreciate all of you guys being hereand your patience.

　　The Academy Awards are not untilSunday, but, as you can see, we’ve brought the Oscars tothe White House alittle bit early. And I want to thankour partners: Fox, National Geographic,andthe American Film Institute. We’vegot the red carpet, we’ve got the big screens, the openingmonologue. The only difference is nobody asks what you’rewearing. (Laughter.)

　　And we’ve got Bill Nye, theScience Guy -- (applause) -- and Neil deGrasse Tyson from theHaydenPlanetarium -- (applause) -- who might even give you a sneak peak of his newshow,COSMOS, if everybody behaves themselves. (Applause.) I saw the originalversion -- I’m a littleolder than all of you -- and it was spectacular andwonderful, and I know this is going to be notjust as good but evenbetter. And so we’re thrilled withthat. And we’re putting on a bigshowhere because we’re honoring some remarkable filmmakers.

　　I’ve said before, I believe, andI hope all of us believe, that every child in America deserves aworld-classeducation -- especially in science and technology and engineering and math --because it’s skills like these that made us an economic superpower and builtour middle class.We also need folks whoare studying the arts because our film industry is a huge generator ofjobs andeconomic power here in the United States, and it tells us our story and helpsus to findwhat’s -- our common humanity.

　　And it’s skills like these thatallowed NASA to announce the other day that we’ve discoveredmore than 700 newplanets. (Applause.) That’s cool. I mean, we didn’t make the planets, but we-- (laughter) -- we found outthat they were there. And one of theways that we deliver the besteducation in the world is by empowering ourstudents with the best technology in the world.

　　To help inspire us, we invitedstudents from across the country to send their videos abouthow their schoolsuse technology today, how they might use it in the future. So kids got theircameras out and went towork. And we received about 2,500 videos-- 2,500. And we watchedthem all. I did not personally watch them all, but theWhite House watched them all.

　　And today, the Oscar goes to --all of you. Because among all theincredible videos wereceived, yours stood out.And in my official capacity as President,let me just say these moviesare awesome. Like all great movies, yours do something special -- they tell astory. They help usunderstand, in thiscase, the amazing things that are going on in classrooms and howtechnology isempowering our students and broadening their imaginations and challengingthemto dream bigger and reach further.

　　Now, here is the spoileralert: There is some wonderful stuffgoing on out there. So evenbefore youhave seen some of these films, you need to know that what these filmmakershavedisplayed is the incredible innovation and creativity of this generation comingup.

　　You’ve got Gabrielle Nafie andMiles Pilchik from SciTech Kids in New York. (Applause.) Theyshowed us thattheir class isn’t just dreaming about going into space, they’re actually goingintospace. They designed densityexperiments and used a 3-D printer to build tiny satellites to holdthem. And then they actually launched a giantballoon that carried their satellites up to the edgeof space -- very cool --

　　MS. NAFIE: Thank you. (Laughter.)

　　THE PRESIDENT: -- so they could collect the data. When I was in elementary school, Iwas notlaunching satellites into space.

　　You’ve got Alex Emerson, whoshowed how his 8th grade class at Brookwood School inMassachusetts changed thedefinition of “pen-pals” by video-chatting with students in Uganda.And one of the things they did wascollaborate on cook stoves that help families in rural areascook safer andwith cleaner energy.

　　And it doesn’t stop with what’spossible today. These videos show howstudents areimagining the future -- classrooms that are fully accessible toclassmates with disabilities;individualized learning platforms that you cancarry around in your pocket. And that’sthe kindof creativity and imagination we want all our young people to embrace.

　　We cannot wait to see more ofthat innovative spirit later this year when we host our firstever White HouseMaker Faire. (Applause.) We already have a White House ScienceFair. This newevent is going tohighlight how Americans young and old -— tinkerers and inventors —-areimagining and designing and building tools and machines that will open ourminds and powerour economy.

　　We want to bring this spirit --including more technology --into the classroom. And that’swhy I launched something we’re calling ConnectED -- ourinitiative to close the technology gapin our schools and connect 99 percent ofAmerica’s students to high-speed broadband Internetwithin five years. Because when the average American school hasabout the same Internetbandwidth as the average American home but serves 200times as many people, that means ourstudents are at a disadvantage. And when less than 30 percent of our studentshave access totrue high-speed Internet in their classroom, while in SouthKorea students have 100 percent,that’s like waving the white flag when itcomes to our global competition. Buthere’s what Ithink: In a country wherewe expect free Wi-Fi at our coffee shops, then we should demand it inourschools and in our libraries. (Applause.)

　　This is not thing we can doalone. And as a consequence, I picked upthe phone and startedasking business leaders to help bring our schools andlibraries into the 21st century. Theydid notjust answer the call, they came up huge. So, earlier this month, some of our biggesttechnologycompanies committed to more than $750 million in computers and softwareand broadbandaccess to put our kids and classrooms on the cutting edge oftechnology.

　　Today, I’m proud to announce thatmore companies are getting on board. Prezi will provideover $100 million in presentation products to helpstudents develop ready-to-work skills inslideshows and creative communication. So give them a big round of applause. We’re veryproud of them for that. (Applause.)

　　And Adobe will make available,for free, more than $300 million in creative and teachingsoftware so that kidscan turn their ideas into films and graphics, and teachers can deliverlessonselectronically. So give Adobe a biground of applause. (Applause.)

　　If you’re quick at math, which Iknow you are, then you’ll see that this means we’vedelivered over $1 billionin technology commitments to our schools, which isn’t too shabby forone month.But there’s still more to do, and we need even more companies to get onboard.Because, thanks to innovativeschools and teachers and students like all of you, we know whatschool mightlook like in the century ahead: Classrooms wired to space; students who are fluentin coding and webdesign; teachers collaborating on projects with peers around the world. We’vealways imagined giving every child thechance to learn like that. And withthese private sectorpartners, we’re helping to make it a reality.

　　So let me leave you with awonderful example of the difference that technology can make.Kyle Weintraub is a 7th grader at DavidPosnak Jewish Day School in Florida. Andlast year, hewas diagnosed with lymphoma, had to move to Pennsylvania fortreatment. In the past, thatmeant Kylewould have had to leave his school and his friends behind. But every day, Kyle putson his schooluniform and, without even leaving his room in Pennsylvania, he goes to schoolinFlorida because he has a special robot with a high-tech video feed that goesto class for him. Andeven as he’sgetting medical treatment and fights to get better, Kyle can keep up withhisstudies -- controlling his robot from his computer at home. And through a video feed, Kylecan see hisclassmates; they can see him. So therobot doesn’t just have a name -- they just say, “Hey, Kyle.”

　　And he can look around theclassroom, move down the hallways, even sit with his friends atlunch. And I know the teachers think this is justextraordinary as well, because if there’s onething you don’t want to do, isstart a food fight with a robot. (Laughter.) So everybody kindofseems to be better behaved when Kyle’s robot is around. Kyle is here today. He did not bringhisrobot, but everybody give Kyle a big round of applause. (Applause.)

　　Kyle’s story is just one exampleof what’s possible when we put our extraordinarytechnologies to work for ourstudents and our schools. And that’swhat this film festival is about.So toall the young filmmakers out there, remember you’re much better at this thanall thatadults. (Laughter.) It’s your imagination and your creativity andyour innovation and yourdreams that are going to help this country moveforward.

　　Keep up the great work. We could not be prouder of you. Your parents are proud of you, Iknow that,but I am, too. And America is countingon you.

　　So with that, let’s start theshow. Thank you, guys. (Applause.)

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