Barack Obama

the presid __PUNCT__

hello nevada __PUNCT__ hello __PUNCT__ la_vega __PUNCT__ oh __PUNCT__ it is good to be back in nevada __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

four more year __PUNCT__ four more year __PUNCT__ four more year __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__ and i want to thank our host __PUNCT__ canyon spring high_school __PUNCT__

go pioneer __PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ go pioneer __PUNCT__ a coupl of peopl i want to acknowledg __PUNCT__ first of all __PUNCT__ can everybodi pleas give a big round of applaus to claritssa for the great introduct and the great job she do __PUNCT__ i want to acknowledg u. __PUNCT__ senat_candid __PUNCT__ your current congresswoman shellei berklei is in the hous __PUNCT__

we also have congression candid steven horsford and john oceguera __PUNCT__

and all of you ar here __PUNCT__ and i realli excit __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ first of all __PUNCT__ if you got a seat __PUNCT__ feel_free to take a seat __PUNCT__

if you don't have a seat __PUNCT__ make sure you bend your knee while you stand there __PUNCT__

we don't want you faint __PUNCT__

usual __PUNCT__ in these ralli __PUNCT__ on or two peopl kind of drop off right in the middl __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ so i want to make sure everybodi __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

we love you __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__

i love you back __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ the first thing i want to sai is __PUNCT__ i didn't know it rain in la_vega __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ i have never seen it rain here __PUNCT__ and we got a nice littl rain out there __PUNCT__

so that good __PUNCT__

that kind of keep the plant aliv and cool thing off a littl bit __PUNCT__

thi is a busi time of year __PUNCT__

sport team ar alreadi practic __PUNCT__ teacher ar finish up and fine __PUNCT__ tune their lesson_plan __PUNCT__ and next week __PUNCT__ here in clark counti __PUNCT__ class begin __PUNCT__

and __PUNCT__ at thi point __PUNCT__ an audienc member scream __PUNCT__

the presid __PUNCT__

good __PUNCT__

thi young ladi is veri excit about go to school __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and i want all the young_peopl to feel that same_kind of excit __PUNCT__

and although __PUNCT__ i have to sai __PUNCT__ as a father __PUNCT__ i know that not everi student is alwai as excit as thi young ladi about school start back up again __PUNCT__ even though their parent ar alwai veri excit __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ get them back in school __PUNCT__

but i come to canyon spring high_school todai becaus we all understand there is noth more import to our countri futur than the educ we give our children __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ noth more import __PUNCT__

it is central to the veri idea of america __PUNCT__ that if you will to studi hard and you will to work_hard __PUNCT__ no matter who you ar __PUNCT__ no matter what you look like __PUNCT__ no matter where you came from __PUNCT__ no matter what your last name is __PUNCT__ here in america you can make it if you try __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ i a big believ that educ start at home __PUNCT__

it start with parent who ar read to their kid and turn off the tv sometim __PUNCT__ instil a lifelong love of learn __PUNCT__

you can't replac that kind of attitud that you get at home __PUNCT__ and so parent have to make sure that thei stai on top of their kid __PUNCT__ educ __PUNCT__

it also mean __PUNCT__ student __PUNCT__ you got to have a lifelong love of learn __PUNCT__

sometim when i talk to young_peopl __PUNCT__ i try to explain to them __PUNCT__ you know what __PUNCT__ an educ is not someth you receiv passiv __PUNCT__

we don't just tip your head over and pour educ in your ear __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ you got to want it __PUNCT__

you got to be engag and curiou and interest and be will to ask question and push yourself __PUNCT__

and especi when subject ar hard __PUNCT__ you got to be will to work at it __PUNCT__

it doesn't come easi __PUNCT__

that the natur of a good educ __PUNCT__ and that will last you your whole life __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ that will last you your whole life __PUNCT__

but as import as parent ar __PUNCT__ as import as the attitud of student ar __PUNCT__ what happen at school like thi will shape the futur of the vast_major of our kid __PUNCT__

what happen in the classroom matter __PUNCT__

and that begin with the person at the front of the classroom __PUNCT__

for week now __PUNCT__ teacher like claritssa across the countri have been work behind the scene __PUNCT__

thei been prepar their classroom __PUNCT__

thei been decor bulletin board __PUNCT__

thei been dig into their own pocket all too often to pai for school_suppli __PUNCT__

i know becaus my sister is a teacher __PUNCT__ and i know how much effort thei put into thi __PUNCT__

thei don't ask for a lot of recognit __PUNCT__

thei certainli not go into teach for the monei __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ thei do it becaus thei care about children __PUNCT__

thei care about their futur __PUNCT__

i wa just meet with anoth teacher backstag who said teach is the closest you can get to immort __PUNCT__

and in fact __PUNCT__ in a meet that i had with teacher __PUNCT__ i had a chanc to meet with on teacher who wa an advis to claritssa when she wa a student __PUNCT__ so he had the opportun to see hi own student now do what he been do for __NUM___year __PUNCT__

that __PUNCT__ what satisfact that must give you __PUNCT__

the right teacher can chang a child life forev __PUNCT__

and look __PUNCT__ i know thi from person_experi __PUNCT__

when i wa in fifth grade __PUNCT__ i had a teacher name mabel hefti __PUNCT__

that wa her name __PUNCT__ and she wa a great teacher __PUNCT__

she wa full of curios and she wa full of enthusiasm __PUNCT__

and most importantli __PUNCT__ she went that extra_mile __PUNCT__

fifth grade can be a tough_time for a kid __PUNCT__

and i wa differ and had a funni name __PUNCT__ and i had just come back from live a few year oversea with my mom and wasn't sure how i fit in __PUNCT__

and she notic that __PUNCT__ ms __PUNCT__ hefti __PUNCT__

and she took me under her wing __PUNCT__ and she made me feel like i had someth to sai and that i had some talent __PUNCT__

and she wasn't too obviou about it __PUNCT__ but she made sure that dure thi transit year __PUNCT__ i wa abl to steadi myself and start focus on my work __PUNCT__

i still rememb her all these year later __PUNCT__

she pass awai now __PUNCT__ but i still rememb her __PUNCT__

i onli stand here as presid becaus i had a bunch of great teacher like ms __PUNCT__ hefti __PUNCT__

teacher matter __PUNCT__

a good_teacher can increas the lifetim incom of a classroom by more than a quarter million_dollar __PUNCT__

a great teacher can chang the trajectori of a child life __PUNCT__

thei can offer an escap from poverti to a child who dream beyond hi or her circumst __PUNCT__

sometim a teacher can fill in where the parent isn't alwai there __PUNCT__

so thei on the front_line of our countri futur __PUNCT__

but here the thing __PUNCT__ thi year __PUNCT__ fewer teacher ar go back to school __PUNCT__

sinc __DATE__ of __NUM__ even as we creat million of new job in the privat_sector __PUNCT__ we lost more than __NUM___teacher __PUNCT__ aid __PUNCT__ and staff in our school __PUNCT__ larg becaus of budget_cut at the state and local_level __PUNCT__

think about what that mean for our kid __PUNCT__

claritssa mention it __PUNCT__ crowd classroom __PUNCT__ cancel program for preschool __PUNCT__ less learn time __PUNCT__

here in clark counti __PUNCT__ the averag class_size wa alreadi the largest in the countri last year __PUNCT__ thi year __PUNCT__ it get even bigger __PUNCT__

cut_back on teacher is the last thing we should be do as a countri __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

four more year __PUNCT__ four more year __PUNCT__ four more year __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

we should be hire more teacher __PUNCT__ especi in area like math and scienc where we need to be at the cut edg __PUNCT__

if we want america to lead in the __NUM___centuri __PUNCT__ we got to give all our children the best educ possibl __PUNCT__ from the dai thei start in preschool to the dai thei start their career __PUNCT__ becaus other countri ar race __PUNCT__ thei ar do everyth thei can to out __PUNCT__ educ us becaus thei know that mean thei be abl to out __PUNCT__ compet us __PUNCT__

thei know that new busi and new industri will take root and creat_job wherev the best educ __PUNCT__ most highli_skill skill_worker ar __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ inaud __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

four more year __PUNCT__ four more year __PUNCT__ four more year __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

so that young_man probabl need a good_teacher __PUNCT__

we all need it __PUNCT__

so busi ar go to locat where thei got the best worker __PUNCT__ the best educ __PUNCT__ the most highli_skill skill_worker __PUNCT__

and i want that place to be nevada __PUNCT__

i want that place to be clark counti __PUNCT__

i want that place to be the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

and that why even as we face the worst econom_crisi of our lifetim __PUNCT__ i fought to keep teacher in the classroom __PUNCT__

the action that we took dure the first __NUM___year of my administr help save the job of __NUM___educ __PUNCT__

that made a differ for our kid __PUNCT__ it made a differ in our commun __PUNCT__

part of the job bill that i sent to the new congress last __DATE__ would have help state like nevada prevent further layoff __PUNCT__ would allow them to rehir teacher who have lost their job __PUNCT__

but republican in congress led __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ no __PUNCT__ no __PUNCT__ don't boo __PUNCT__ vote __PUNCT__

that right __PUNCT__

vote __PUNCT__

the republican in congress __PUNCT__ led by congressman ryan __PUNCT__ join togeth to block the bill that would have help state hire and retain more teacher __PUNCT__

and as a result __PUNCT__ ten of thousand of teacher ar not come back to school thi fall __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ not onli is that unfair to our kid __PUNCT__ it foolish for our futur __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ my oppon in thi elect doesn't seem to understand thi __PUNCT__

governor romnei sai we got enough teacher __PUNCT__ we don't need anymor __PUNCT__

the wai he talk about them __PUNCT__ it seem as if he think these ar a bunch of nameless govern_bureaucrat that we need to cut_back on __PUNCT__ those ar hi word __PUNCT__

and hi econom_plan certainli would do that __PUNCT__

the plan governor romnei ha put_forward would cut america invest in educ by nearli __NUM__ percent __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

and here the thing __PUNCT__ he not make these cut becaus he want to creat_job or pai down the deficit __PUNCT__

he do it to pai for a new __MONEY___trillion tax_cut that weight toward the wealthiest american __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

so i got a question for governor romnei __PUNCT__ how mani teacher __PUNCT__ job ar worth anoth tax cut for millionair and billionair __PUNCT__ how mani kid in head_start ar worth a tax_cut for somebodi like me who doesn't need it __PUNCT__ how mani grant and loan for colleg_student ar worth a tax_cut for governor romnei __PUNCT__ who certainli doesn't need it __PUNCT__ we ar a better countri than on that short chang the next gener just so we can shower tax cut on folk who ar alreadi do realli well __PUNCT__

we a better countri than on that pull the rug out from under young_peopl peopl_work so hard to make it just to give more to folk who alreadi got a lot __PUNCT__

that not who we ar __PUNCT__

that not how we built the greatest economi and the strongest middl_class in the world __PUNCT__

that not a plan for our futur __PUNCT__

that not where i want to take thi countri __PUNCT__

that why i run for reelect as presid of the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

four more year __PUNCT__ four more year __PUNCT__ four more year __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

governor romnei ha made hi time as an investor the basi for hi candidaci __PUNCT__

and hi econom_plan make_clear he doesn't think our children_educ is worth invest in __PUNCT__

i do __PUNCT__

and that the choic thi __DATE__ __PUNCT__

when a teacher in west philadelphia __PUNCT__ somebodi on the front_line of our educ_system __PUNCT__ told governor romnei that have too mani kid in hi class made it harder for him to do hi job __PUNCT__ governor romnei told him that class_size don't matter __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ there ar a lot of studi that sai that class size do matter __PUNCT__ especi in the earli grade __PUNCT__

but more importantli __PUNCT__ why wouldn't we be listen to the teacher who ar actual in the classroom __PUNCT__ have you ever met a teacher who said __PUNCT__ you know what __PUNCT__ i have too few kid in my class __PUNCT__ i want a lot more kid __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ would ani parent want their kid to go to a school with much bigger class size __PUNCT__ claritssa wa tell me that in the first coupl of week of school __PUNCT__ she might have __NUM___student in a class __PUNCT__

thei don't have enough desk __PUNCT__ so thei got some kid sit on the floor get assign __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ eventu __PUNCT__ the school_district tri to work to level thing out __PUNCT__ but she sai even at that point __PUNCT__ she mai have __NUM__ __PUNCT__

anybodi ever try to be with __NUM__ __PUNCT__ or __NUM__ __PUNCT__ year __PUNCT__ old __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and some of them mai not be read at grade_level __PUNCT__ some of them __PUNCT__ english mai be a second languag __PUNCT__

imagin how difficult that is __PUNCT__

so instead of listen to teacher or work with teacher __PUNCT__ governor romnei said the onli reason he would keep the depart of educ around is to push_back against teacher __PUNCT__

he think that teacher need to have somebodi polic them and check them and that the main purpos of the depart of educ __PUNCT__

that like sai you keep the depart of agricultur around so you can push around farmer __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and the sad thing is __PUNCT__ educ should not be a democrat or a republican issu __PUNCT__

it an american issu __PUNCT__

it about what best for our kid __PUNCT__

and i haven't just talk the talk __PUNCT__ i walk the walk on thi __PUNCT__

over the past___NUM___year __PUNCT__ we broken through the tradit stalem that us to exist between the left and the right __PUNCT__ between conserv and liber __PUNCT__

we launch a nation competit to improv all our school __PUNCT__

we put more monei into it __PUNCT__ but we also demand reform __PUNCT__

we want teacher to be paid better and treat like the profession that thei ar __PUNCT__

but we also demand more account __PUNCT__ includ the abil of school_district to replac teacher that aren't cut it __PUNCT__

for less than __NUM__ percent of what our nation spend on educ each year __PUNCT__ almost everi state ha now agre to rais standard for teach and learn __PUNCT__ and that the first time it happen in a gener __PUNCT__

and then __PUNCT__ we work with democrat and republican to fix no child_left behind __PUNCT__

so here in nevada __PUNCT__ a waiver ha been grant becaus we want high_standard __PUNCT__ but we don't want teacher teach to the test __PUNCT__

we told governor and their state that if you will to set higher __PUNCT__ more honest standard for our kid __PUNCT__ we go to give you more flexibl to meet them __PUNCT__ becaus what work best in new york might not work as well in nevada and vice_versa __PUNCT__

we know that when student aren't allow to walk awai from their educ __PUNCT__ more of them walk on that stage to get their diploma __PUNCT__

and that why i call on everi state to requir that their student stai in high_school until thei graduat or turn___NUM__ __PUNCT__

and when kid do graduat __PUNCT__ the most daunt challeng can be the cost of colleg __PUNCT__

and that why we help over __NUM___million more student afford a colleg_educ with grant that go farther than befor __PUNCT__

we fought to make sure the interest_rate on feder student_loan didn't go up over the summer __PUNCT__

we won that fight __PUNCT__

we stood up to special_interest and fix a student_loan system that gave ten of billion of taxpay_dollar to big_bank __PUNCT__ and we us that monei to doubl grant aid to student __PUNCT__

governor romnei is on the wrong_side of each of these issu __PUNCT__

hi plan would cut aid to __NUM___million student __PUNCT__ turn student_loan back over to big_bank __PUNCT__ wast billion of dollar of taxpay_monei __PUNCT__

when he wa ask __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ what ar you go to do about the rise_cost of tuition __PUNCT__ he wa ask thi by a student __PUNCT__ he just said __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ you need to go borrow_monei from your parent __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

that not a plan __PUNCT__

that the choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

so let me just sai thi __PUNCT__

over the next __NUM___month __PUNCT__ it actual less than __NUM__ month __PUNCT__ it less than __NUM___week __PUNCT__ not that i count __PUNCT__ but __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ we will see the other side spend more monei than we ever seen on ad __PUNCT__

and these aren't __PUNCT__ like __PUNCT__ posit ad where thei put out their plan __PUNCT__ becaus thei don't realli have a plan __PUNCT__

and the plan thei got won't work __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ so what thei do is thei will run these ad over and over again just sai the economi is not where it should be and it all obama fault __PUNCT__

and that the onli argument thei have becaus thei know their econom_plan is not popular __PUNCT__

thei know that gut educ to pai for massiv new tax_cut for millionair and billionair __PUNCT__ that not go to be popular among voter __PUNCT__

so thei count on the fact that __PUNCT__ after watch so mani of these ad everi dai __PUNCT__ you will get so discourag that you decid your vote doesn't matter __PUNCT__

you decid you can't compet with some rich gui write a __MONEY___million check __PUNCT__

but __PUNCT__ vega __PUNCT__ i count on someth differ __PUNCT__

claritssa is count on someth differ __PUNCT__

the student at thi school ar count on someth differ __PUNCT__

we need your help __PUNCT__

we need you __PUNCT__

we need you to regist to vote __PUNCT__

we got staff and volunt who can help you do that on your wai out todai __PUNCT__

thei grab you if you not regist __PUNCT__

here in nevada you can regist onlin __PUNCT__

you can go to the web_site __URL__

now __PUNCT__ that __PUNCT__ gotta __PUNCT__ g __PUNCT__ o __PUNCT__ t __PUNCT__ t __PUNCT__ a __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__

for the teacher in the audienc __PUNCT__ i know that not how you suppos to spell it __PUNCT__ but that how it is __PUNCT__ gotta __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ so that mean you can grab your friend __PUNCT__ grab your neighbor __PUNCT__ grab your aunt __PUNCT__ grab your uncl __PUNCT__ cousin __PUNCT__ and you can regist __PUNCT__ you can help them get regist onlin __PUNCT__

but here the thing __PUNCT__ we come too far to turn_back now __PUNCT__

we been through a tough 3½ year __PUNCT__ and nevada ha been through tougher time than most state __PUNCT__

but the fact is that everyth i done ha been focus on how we rebuild that strong middl_class __PUNCT__ how we make sure everybodi is get a fair shot __PUNCT__ everybodi is do their fair_share __PUNCT__ everybodi is plai by the same set of rule __PUNCT__

that how we save an auto_industri __PUNCT__

that how we seen 4½ million_job creat __PUNCT__

that how we end the war in iraq __PUNCT__

that how we ar creat_job in clean_energi __PUNCT__

we got more work to do __PUNCT__

we got more good_teacher to hire __PUNCT__

we got more good school to build __PUNCT__

we got more young_peopl to send to colleg __PUNCT__

we got more good_job to creat __PUNCT__

we got more solar_panel we got to creat __PUNCT__

we got more troop we got to bring_home __PUNCT__

we got more veteran we got to help __PUNCT__

we got more door of opportun we got to open up to everi singl american __PUNCT__

that why i ask for a second term __PUNCT__

and if you will to stand with me and knock on some door with me and make some phone_call with me __PUNCT__ thi __DATE__ __PUNCT__ we will win nevada __PUNCT__

we will win thi elect __PUNCT__

and we remind the world why the unit_state of america is the greatest nation on earth __PUNCT__

god_bless you __PUNCT__ and god bless the unit_state __PUNCT__