Presidential Report Card

Name of President: ___Jimmy Carter________________________

Number of Presidency:_________________________

Years in Office: ____1977-1981______________________________

In the following ten categories, grade your president from an A to an F. (You may “acknowledge” border-line grades with a – or a +).  You will need to give a 50 word justification as to why your candidate scored as they did. 

Category	Grade	Comments
Ability to handle and deal with a crisis	F	He didn’t commit to fixing anything when a crisis arouse.
Ability to work with Congress and Cabinet	D	He was a rebel in many issues and there was insults and dropped calls within the office.
Character and Integrity	B	He was a very religious and strove for the best for the people.
Education	A-	He started many educational programs such as Head Start and Education and Welfare programs.
Empathy	B	He felt like he knew the American peoples’ view and what they were going through.
Foreign Policy	D	Many crisis occurred overseas during his presidency and he didn’t do much except sometimes sending ambassadors.
Relates to the common man	A	As his policies and legislation stopped gaining momentum he understood the lack of confidence in the government and delivered a speech about it.
Persuasiveness	C	Although he knew mostly what was going on he never did persuade the American people that he was doing anything about it.
Political Experience	B	He was a common man but studied hard and entered his home state’s  political system and become governor and felt a taste of political power and what changes he could bring about.
Public speaking & Communication	B	His public speaking was adequate enough to have his topic be understood, especially in the malaise essay of American confidence in their government.

Many people argue that Jimmy Carter was a useless president that just hid behind walls of his rebellious cabinet, which in many foreign affairs he did, but he was driven to help the common American people by implementing educational and welfare programs as well as the exploration of new sources of energy.