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SAT Reading: Describing President Obama's Point of View in the Conclusion of His Speech 6 Views


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Obama's stance on the nation: We need to reform our economic opportunities. More resources need to be allocated to those at the bottom of the social ladder than to the top.


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here we go next question the stance the present Obama takes in the last week

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paragraphs can best be described as what so let's see let's go back to the last [text on screen]

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three paragraphs here and we're just gonna kind of cruise for keywords see if

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that helps at all distinguished Americans been tested I crises resolved

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it we're programmed to happen four times I mean to our tree let's go with D a

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reformer calling for equality in economic opportunities like everyone has [man making speech in public]

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an equal opportunity non equal free ride alright well last three paragraphs focus

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largely on economic issues with Obama discussing wages pride in work like I'm [text on screen]

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not just digging a hole and filling it up a thank you FDR and poverty [shovel digging hole]

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he meets each mention of an economic issue with a demand for equality of

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opportunity like if you work hard you ought to get rewarded for it right what

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a crazy idea the section begins with the idea that an economic recovery has begun [money falling]

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he's right about that and ends with but while the means will [text on screen]

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change our purpose endures a nation that rewards the effort and determination of

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every single American hmm all right well what if Americans have no determination

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and don't like making any effort and they're just lazy and they want to just [boy napping]

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sit around their couch all day and watch Real Housewives what do we do with them

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well he didn't address that all right Obama's talking economics in these last [text on screen]

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few lines more specifically he's talking economic reform Obama probably thinks

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things will go south if the nation can't get its economic act together a but [zombies advancing]

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these three paragraphs are more of a reinforcement of ideals versus a [text on screen]

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prediction of rough waters ahead the president doesn't mention grudges here

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so yeah get rid of beef no he does assert that America requires the broad

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shoulders of a rising middle class and water polo team yeah so get rid of C he

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puts the most stress on every citizen having the same chance to succeed

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alright well so let's go with D a reformer did it work did he reforms

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everything okay now yeah maybe not so much [Trump puppet]

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