Obama uses teleprompter and podium in a sixth grade classroom

Sixth grade classrooms are pretty small. A teleprompter must take up a big percentage of the room.

President Barack Obama is facing criticism after using a podium and teleprompter to address the media in a sixth grade classroom.

President Obama, accompanied by Education Secretary Arne Duncan, spoke to the media after a discussion with sixth grade students at Graham Road Elementary School in Falls Church, Virginia.

Although Obama was not speaking to the students from the podium, questions are being asked as to why the president needed a teleprompter to address the media. . . . .