Ignorance as an American- response to state of union address

Not being extremely involved in politics, I see the president speak as a politically uneducated American. I absorb what he says, listening, trying to understand but still find myself trying to disagree with what the president says. I sound ridiculous; trying to disagree with the president? Who am I? I am, like many Americans, a person who feels to take a stand on a topic, one must disagree. Due to this reaction of attempted disagreement, I find myself ignorant. Then I look deeper; is it wrong for me to take a stand on topics which I know nothing about? Is watching this speech pointless, and am I merely trying to fulfill a nights home work by attempting to understand the foreign language called politics? No. The issues President Obama discussed may not mean as much to me as a member of the congress, but I am able to apply these concepts to my own personal life. Obama tells us as Americans, we must do not what is popular, but what is right. While I may not completely understand how this statement connects to our foreign relation with the Middle East, I can take the words from our President and apply it to my life, and issues which I face everyday. After all, isn't that the real position of the President of the United States? To make Americans think? Watching our President (by the way, I totally don't know if I should be capitalizing the word 'president') made me think about what I can to help America thrive. I must stop thinking about myself, and begin to attempt to be something bigger then myself as to more fully help paint the portrait of America.