I've just got one comment, and it's this: students should be taught a healthy disrespect of power. You obey rules because they have good reasons, not because they are set up by people with power. Question authority ... wasn't that the hippy generation's call?
And what did Obama accomplish? Well, he created a fire-storm by his inept handling of the build-up, and especially his incredibly stupid "how can you help the president" guidance. He should never have been making a speech like this in the first place, but the only people really harmed are the president and his supporters. First, the kids learn that he's a boring windbag (from their point of view anyone who tells them to be good and work hard in school is an annoying windbag) ... and even more people start to think that "hey, maybe there really is something to all this anti-Obama stuff" and "gee, the media didn't report that very evenly now did they?"
So, summary? Obama sinks in the polls. MSM sinks in public confidence. What was the point? I mean, what exactly was it intended to do?