State of the Union

If I were the President of the United States and I had to give the State of the Union Address I would cover many things.  Our country is working its way back to the way it used to be.  The economy is improving from what it was a few years ago and even though some people are still getting laid off from their jobs, there are people that are going back to work as well.  We have already hit the bottom with our economy and we are slowly working our way back up to the way it used to be. 
As for our school systems they could use some improvement.  In the United States we used to have the best school systems, but now other countries have improved their school systems and they have become better than ours.  There is no doubt in my mind that the United States is the best place to live, but our school systems need to be improved.  We want our children to have the best education that is possible.  In order to have the best education possible we need to have the best teachers.  I think we should get rid of the way teachers get tenure because as teachers get older some teachers begin to slow down and they are not as good as they used to be, but the school system cannot replace that old teacher with a fresh new teacher because that teacher has tenure.  This system should be revamped bacuse these older teachers who are just slacking off because they know they cannot get fired are not giving our children the best education.  Also, with technology becoming a huge part of education now, new and younger teachers are going to be more equipped to using computers and other technology than other older teachers.
The environment is another big topic in the United States.  If the environment is not protected we could find ourselves in a lot of trouble in the near future.  We have started to recycle more and have become more conscious of how we are really hurting our environment.  It has definitely improved in the past year, but helping the environment has to improve more in order to make sure the Earth will last a long time.  If we continue to abuse the Earth like we have in the past we will destroy our environment and ourselves.  Now that we are conscious of the damage we had done to our world in the past it has definitely gotten better because more and more people realize that we have to take action.  We need to continue recycling and doing good things for our environment to make sure we keep it in good shape.  
The United States is one of the best places in the world to live, but it does have its faults.  They are definitely things that can be fixed in the near future to make the United States an even better place to live.