Message to students totally appropriate

Regarding the Sept. 9 editorial cartoon:

Here are the guts of what President Obama had to say to children on Sept. 8: “At the end of the day, the circumstances of your life — what you look like, where you come from, how much money you have, what you’ve got going on at home — that’s no excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude. That’s no excuse for talking back to your teacher, or cutting class, or dropping out of school. That’s no excuse for not trying.”

I’m startled to find the cartoonist Mr. Dalvit is opposed to such a message.

I assume that the editorial board does not support Mr. Dalvit in his opposition. Perhaps an editorial explaining where the Enterprise editors stand on this issue would be appropriate. Perhaps by way of clarification, you might print in full President Obama’s full comments.

Nick Maxwell

Mill Creek