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On the recordDecember 12, 2007
We have to turn off the TV set, we have got to put away the video game and we have to tell our children that education is not a passive activity. It is something that you have to be actively engaged in.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Barack Obama emphasizes the importance of active engagement in education.

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