Kathleen Sebelius & Arne Duncan Read to Students

(MUSIC) STUDENT: Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, and members of Sargent Shriver Terrapin family Please join me in welcoming the man responsible for ensuring that we learn and succeed and the woman responsible for keeping us healthy and fit United States Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and his guest today, United States Secretary of Health and Human Service Kathleen Sebelius SEBELIUS: I'm here to read because reading does two things for you. It not only helps to make you really smart, so you gotta read something every day, even if it's summer, read something every day. But it also, one of the things they've learned is when your brain works right, you're also healthier, and you feel better. So you get smarter and you get healthier. Pretty good deal. Okay? So this book is entitled "I'm Gonna Like Me." (Reading) I'm gonna like me when I'm sharing my lunch, (Reading) just 'cause like bananas, friends come in a bunch. So she's sharing with all her friends. (Reading) I'm gonna like me, I already do (Reading) but enough about me, how about you? And that is the end of the story. So who likes themselves? DUNCAN: It's called "The Giving Tree." And this is a really good one. Anyone know this book? And this is a really good one. Anyone know this book? Do you know this one? This is a good one. (Reading) And when he was tired, he would sleep in her shade. See him having a nap there, by the tree? (Reading) And the boy loved the tree, very much. And the tree was happy. (Reading) Well, an old stump is good for sitting and resting. (Reading) Come, boy, sit down. Sit down and rest. And the boy did. (Reading) And the tree was... KIDS: Happy. DUNCAN: ... happy. The End. You guys like that one? (APPLAUSE) DUNCAN: All right, well, thanks guys, I hope you had a great time. SEBELIUS: Have a great summer! Keep on reading!