PHOTO: Teacher's Note

Caption: President Barack Obama hands out a hand written excuse to a school girl for her teacher during a town hall meeting at the Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on June 11, 2009. The girl's father said she was missing class at school today and Obama obliged by writing a note of absence.

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One 10-year-old Wisconsin girl has a rock-solid excuse for missing the last day of school: a personal note to her teacher from President Barack Obama. John Corpus of Green Bay stood to ask Obama a question about health care during his town hall-style meeting at Southwest High School. He told Obama his daughter Kennedy missed school to attend the event and he hoped she didn't get in trouble.

"Do you need me to write a note?" Obama said. The crowd laughed, but the president was serious. On a piece of paper, he wrote: "To Kennedy's teacher: Please excuse Kennedy's absence. She's with me. Barack Obama." He stepped off the stage to hand-deliver the note -- to the girl's great surprise.

"I thought he was joking until he started walking down," Kennedy said after the event, showing off the note in front of a bank of television cameras. "It was like the best thing ever." The fourth-grader at Aldo Leopold elementary in Green Bay already knew exactly what she was going to do with the note: get it framed along with her ticket to Thursday's event. She said she'd make a copy to give to her teacher. Kennedy said Thursday was the first time she's seen Obama. "He's really nice," she said.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-wi-obamanote-bright,0,7556379.story

I'd keep the note, framed! And gladly do the detention for playing hooky:)

A real live human being in the WH... I'm still pinching myself.

Thanks for the link! Awesome.

Dang, I'm tired though. How'd you get that pic Jakeens??

The photo is from daylife.com

Lots more here: http://www.daylife.com/search/photos/1/grid?q=Obama+june+11+wisconsin

Prez Obama has to the people! Did msnbc get that or had they already cut it off?

I don't even care about fauxsn00ze.

It's little moments like this that will awaken a new, younger generation to civics, public service and politics!

Our President is a pretty cool guy.

:rofl:

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

:fistbump:

:hi:

President makes me smile.

...him.

I thought the same of Hillary even when she was pissin me off.

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Yeah?

:blush:

some time in the future - maybe not as President, but hey, why not?

What an inspiration is My President! What heart! What intelligence! What CARING!