Invite Obama to Atlanta, we already did

[Nawaid Ladak]

I actually thought of this sometime last year after the election,

This idea would be perfect, President Obama want s new generation of teachers teaching our future engineers and scientists. WE ARE THAT FUTURE. It would be a perfect fit in a perfect manner. not to mention all the positive PR he would receive from a visit to students such as this

Originally Posted by Bongle

I could see Obama attending. A stadium half-full of high school students would not be so hard to lock down compared to a stadium full of political nuts (nomination) or a few million members of the public (inauguration). I completely agree that it seems right up his alley. It's a fairly innovative, merit-based approach to education that provably gets results.

I agree that a pre-recorded video (or live video) is far more likely though. Which is unfortunate, because I think the greatest benefit of Obama being at champs would be him getting to see FIRST in action (and thus perhaps supporting it as part of an education initiative), rather than the kids getting to see a speech by Obama.

This is entirely true. You need him there live for this to work, He needs to see the game being played in first person to see all the work that goes into these robots and al of what the students learn. ie: he could possibly walk around the pits escorted by the Secret Service. He would be able to talk to some of the students as to why they like FIRST, what they have learned in FIRST. and maybe teach Mr. Obama a few things.

President Obama wants to see our future students succeed, WE ARE THAT FUTURE.

P.S. To those of you who say that we aren't that big. please explain this http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/lo...ade-Class.html