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Secretary Salazar Participates in Teach for America

February 26, 2010

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{LOTS OF CHILDREN TALKING AT ONCE}

WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

DANIEL.

DANIEL!SO DANIEL WHAT TO LIKE TO SEE WHEN YOU GO OUTSIDE?

I LIKE TO SEE TREES.TREES?      

SO TREES.

{INAUDIBLE}

WHAT'S THAT?

GRASS AND FLOWERS

GRASS AND FLOWERS ... HOW ABOUT YOU?

{INAUDIBLE}   THE BUILDINGS OUTSIDE,YES!

HOW ABOUT YOU?

I LIKE TO PLAY SOCCER

YOU LIKE TO PLAY SOCCER OUTSIDE

HEY THAT'S REALLY COOL.  HOW ABOUT YOU OUTSIDE?

I LIKE TO GO OUTSIDE AND HAVE SNOWBALL FIGHTS.

SNOWBALL FIGHTS!!  HOW MANY OF YOU HAD SNOWBALL FIGHTS NOW THAT THE SNOWSTORM HIT.

YOU HAD SNOWBALL FIGHTS, ARE YOU A GOOD SNOWBALL FIGHTER?  YOU HIT SOMEBODY WITH A SNOWBALL, THAT'S REALLY COOL

THAT'S A REALLY GOOD ACTIVITY TO DO OUTDOORS
WHAT ELSE, WHAT ELSE DO YOU DO OUTDOORS?

RIDING YOUR BIKE?

SO RIDING YOUR BIKE, SEEING THE FLOWERS, SEEING THE TREES

THROWING SNOWBALLS, THAT'S A LOT OF THINGS TO DO IN THE OUTDOORS.

YES

PLAYING SOCCER?

PLAYING SOCCER. GOOD.

THE FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES MICHELLE OBAMA HAS SAID THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE CAN DO

AS YOUNG PEOPLE AND AS A COUNTRY IS TO GET OUTDOORS AND TO DO SOME EXERCISE

BECAUSE WHEN YOU ARE OUTSIDE AND YOU'RE GETTING EXERCISE YOU ARE GOING TO BE HEALTHIER, OKAY?

THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE IN THE OUTDOORS.

I WANNA JUST SAY THIS TO ALL OF YOU

YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL SCHOOL YOU ALL ARE WONDERFUL AND EAGER MINDS

AND YO LOS QUERO MUCHO

I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH, YOUR TEACHER LOVES YOU VERY MUCH THIS COMMUNITY LOVES YOU VERY MUCH

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY

WANT YOU ALL TO BE VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL.  OKAY?
WE WANT YOU ALL TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL.

IN THE SAME WAY THAT I HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH ME HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN WHATEVER THEY DO

WE WANT THE VERY SAME THING FOR YOU.