Mo Rocca has appeared on a bunch of shows, including 'The Daily Show,' 'I Love the 80s,'...
Posted Nov 21st 2008 9:30AM by Mo Rocca
With all the hubbub surrounding the selection process for Sasha and Malia's next school (Sidwell Friends? Georgetown Day?), it's worth remembering that a school is only as good as its teachers. So perhaps we should be focused on the individuals who will be shaping the minds of the adorable First Kids.
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Mo Rocca appears on a bunch of shows, including CBS News Sunday Morning (with the indescribably wonderful Charles Osgood), The Tonight Show on NBC, and NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! He's a sometime judge on Iron Chef and was featured on Telemundo's Amore Descarado. Last year he starred on Broadway in the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. His expose "All the President's Pets" was published by Crown in 2004.
Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 7)
1. Parents are the first teachers, as it should be.
It is fortunate for the Obama family that they can afford to send their children to the school of their choice, at the cost of $25,000.00 per year per child. (Talk about being OUT OF TOUCH with the average American).
I don't blame them for putting their child's education first. That is what any responsible parent would do.
Too bad they would deny school choice for the poor families in the Washington, DC public schools.
JillJG at 12:29PM on Nov 21st 2008
2. Mary Poppins may not have a teaching credential but she would be my pick.
Mary at 1:00PM on Nov 21st 2008
3. Why not let Barry's good friend William Ayers teach them? That way they can grow up to hate America and be bent on its destruction, just like their parents.
frydog1987 at 1:07PM on Nov 21st 2008
4. they should attend public school, maybe obama hussien can go there also
prete ryback at 1:19PM on Nov 21st 2008
5. You all should get a life, talking bad about our new president. before you make bad comments about them see what they have in stored.
Shadow at 1:30PM on Nov 21st 2008
6. so funny thing is, some of you assume that private schools are "out of touch" with average america. i went to private school my whole life and am now attending texas a&m on academic scholarships. my family is definitely not rich, we're middle class. but the thing is, my parents chose to SAVE money for my education since i was born. im also working to pay for some of my own needs. if the Obama's want to send their daughters to private school, then whats it to you? they were going to private school in chicago anyways, its a parents choice, not americas.
regardless, i laughed very hard at the picture of severus snape. i would love to have been taught by him! chemistry would have been much more interesting if potions was involved!
luci at 1:32PM on Nov 21st 2008
7. Mo Rocca should be their teacher, or maybe Mr. T. Give them a real life experience and send them down on 14th street.
nick at 1:34PM on Nov 21st 2008
8. Lets see he was good enough for the Obama family before he ran for office for twenty years Rev. Wright is my pick.
Louis Ricciardi at 1:38PM on Nov 21st 2008
9. JillJG---stop hating! It's not Obama's fault that you (or the poor families in DC) cannot afford a private school education for your kids. Were your kids getting a private school education under any of the previous administrations? Then don't wake up and expect them to get handed one now! You want your kids to go to private school??? Then CHOOSE for them to go, and while you're at it, CHOOSE to pay for it, too. Because you best believe WE aren't! Other than that, send your kids to public school and be glad you live in a country where you can.
GotTheGift at 1:40PM on Nov 21st 2008
10. Annie Sullivan is my choice. She was stern and very loving at the same time. (I miss Ms. Bancroft too.)
Malia and Sasha would wind up teaching Mr. Belding a thing or two. BTW, Lisa looked WAY better with Zach than boring Kelly.
Also Happy Friday smooches to my ColOmbian/Italian Yum Yum man!!!!
giftedgirl at 1:58PM on Nov 21st 2008
11. GotTheGift, shove it up your azz!!! Anyone can say anything they CHOOSE!!!! YOU STOP HATING!!!
will at 1:58PM on Nov 21st 2008
12. What hypocrites. Obama was so supportive of public schools and public education while wooing the NEA and teacher union support. Now, having been further elevated to the ranks of the governing elite, the public school system is not adequate for his little darlings. An attempt to make the case that it's because of security concerns would be even more condemning. Typical of the liberal elitists, he views himself to be far superior to the masses he rules. How arrogant. How condescending.
Opinionated at 2:08PM on Nov 21st 2008
13. I thought they were looking for a teacher for the"Obama Girl"
That would be a tough job.
zaphod at 2:08PM on Nov 21st 2008
14. Since we're all being taught that multi culturalism is good, let's see these girls go to a real public school, where kids of all backgrounds would be. They need to see how everyone else lives, not just the politically and economically elite. They need to see how white kids, Indian kids, and Hispanics live and view the world, not just their mother's narrow view.
Rick at 2:11PM on Nov 21st 2008
15. Teachers should be Bill Ayers, Bill Bigelow,Saul Alinsky, Wade Rathke, Karl Marx, Malcolm X. Like father like daughters. Warp their minds in the USSA educational system, then they grow up to be easily influenced blind sheep as adults.Make sure they never learn world history or read books, a little intelligence can be dangerous. See Planet of the Apes.
jimzo903 at 2:17PM on Nov 21st 2008