"By using what you have learned here, you can shorten the path perhaps for kids who may not see a path at all. And I was once one of those kids. Most of you were once one of those kids. I grew up just a few miles from the University of Chicago in my hometown. The university, like most institutions, was a major cultural, economic institution in my neighborhood.The ever grateful Michelle Obama is ticked off at the University of Chicago for not taking time to "reach out" to her! We'll bet Michelle Obama didn't have the grades to get into to University of Chicago(without being an affirmation action wonder).Does it bother Michelle that she was a ghostpayroller at the University of Chicago hospital? Usually,Chicago ghostpayrollers are grateful.
"My mother even worked as a secretary there for several years," said Mrs. Obama, highlighting a point of mother Marian Robinson's biography that is not well known.
"Yet that university never played a meaningful role in my academic development. The institution made no effort to reach out to me –- a bright and promising student in their midst –- and I had no reason to believe there was a place for me there. Therefore, when it came time for me to apply to college, I never for one second considered the university in my own backyard as a viable option.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Michelle Obama Slams University of Chicago at Commencement :"The institution made no effort to reach out to me"
Politics Daily reports on what Michelle Obama said: