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The point of school is to make personal achievement easier. It is meant to give you the basic skills and work ethic to succeed in the modern society. Because of this though school is, or should be, a personal experience. The opportunity is given and it is up to the individual student to take it. Obama's speech empathizes this. He says "That’s why today, I’m calling on each of you to set your own goals for your education – and to do everything you can to meet them.". He doesn't talk about what he is going to do for the student, or how the system is brining the student down. He is holding the students responsible for their own education.  A school isnt a magical building that beams education into your head. You need to want the education and you have to work for it.