Posted by
Katie Favazza on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 2:30:02 PM
Oh good.
When 9-year-old Aleshia Glastetter got her turn to ask U.S. Sen. Barack
Obama a question Tuesday, she was a little nervous about how he would
answer.
"What are you going to do for the public schools?" the fourth-grade student at Blanchard Elementary School asked.
Before
answering, Obama asked her age, and noted that he has a daughter, Malia
Ann, who is also 9. He then began describing a plan for lifelong
learning, expanded early childhood education, higher pay for teachers,
more after-school programs and college tuition credits earned through
community service work.
That all sounded pretty good, Aleshia said afterward. She was worried, she said, that he would prescribe more homework.
"I
was worried because when my whole fourth grade got to go to Jefferson
City to meet Sen. Crowell, he asked us a question if the whole fourth
grade wants to do five hours of homework," she said.
For more on Obama's education ideas, click
here.