The President's hypocrisy

Is it odd for a President to address a high school graduating class and advise them to take responsibility for their successes as well as failures? Only when he's the President who lays blame everywhere but with himself, as noted in the Washington Examiner:

In a speech to high schoolers he said: "Don't make excuses. Take responsibility not just for your successes. Take responsibility where you fall short as well."

While still in Kalamazoo, Obama sat down with NBC's Matt Lauer for the journalistic equivalent of heavy petting and blamed everybody but himself.