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...would argue that now is exactly the time where we need more volunteerism, not only because needs are greater, more people are hungry, more people are out of work, more people are falling through the cracks, but when I talk to young people, for example, I say to them now is the time to get experience - since you may not be able to find a job right away - get some experience doing some good for your country, and that will not only be in the interest of the people you help, but it's going to be in your self...
...think that you're going to start seeing a lot of young people finding that that makes sense. We were talking the other day to some young lawyers who were still at law school, and they're not in a position now where it's easy for them to necessarily to get placed in these law firms, making $150,000 a year, so you're starting to see more of them now interested potentially in working in public service, working in government, Teach for America - those kinds of options suddenly look a lot more attractive. So I think that...
...much. That's why you see me taking the first week off so that I'm going to my kids' school. That's why you see the President going to parent/teacher conferences. And that's why you're going to see us working with military families and mentoring young girls in the community. Those are things that we can do today, tomorrow, no matter what our circumstances...
...science advisor, John Holdren, about how we can really tap into businesses to improve science and technology and math education. And I am willing to bet that there isn't a high-tech company out there - Google, Microsoft, what have you - that wouldn't love to sponsor young people - and young girls in particular, who oftentimes are left out of the conversation on math and science education - to really boost them...
...Speaking of that day, one of the things that, in our poll, that had enormous resonance - and I think more than 80 percent of people across all of these categories supported - was the idea of a year of national service for young people, either post-high school, between high school and college, or sometime during high school that would either be civilian service or military service in exchange for an educational grant or scholarship. Now, they didn't want government to make it mandatory; they wanted it to be voluntary. But I'm wondering, how do you feel about that...