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Learn English with Michelle OBAMA Uplifting Life Story 🌟 | Learn English Through Story 📖 | Level 3 🎧
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Feb 15, 2025
Welcome to the Podcast Academy Series! 🌍 Learn English Through Stories About Visionary Leaders 🎙️ Join us as we learn English with Michelle Obama's uplifting life story in this full-length audiobook podcast. Improve your English skills through this inspiring tale! Her story isn’t just about achieving fame but about staying true to herself, believing in her dreams, and making a difference in the world. Learn valuable lessons about determination, kindness, and the power of education. Join us as we learn English with the uplifting life story of Michelle Obama. This audiobook podcast will help you improve your English through a captivating story. This podcast is specially designed for English learners at Level 3 (A2-B1). Practice listening with a clear, engaging story that inspires and teaches. 📖 What You’ll Learn: - Michelle Obama’s journey from Chicago to the White House. - How her upbringing shaped her values and dreams. - The challenges she faced as a student and professional. - Her role as First Lady, including key initiatives like “Let’s Move!” and “Reach Higher.” - Life lessons about self-belief, education, and helping others. 💡 Why Listen to This Podcast? - Practice listening to engaging English storytelling. - Expand your vocabulary with inspiring, real-life content. - Be motivated by Michelle’s story of hard work and determination. - Learn practical lessons to apply in your own life.
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welcome
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everyone today I want to share a story
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with you that is both inspiring and
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heartwarming it will not only touch your
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heart but also help you improve your
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English listening
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skills this is the story of Michelle
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Obama she grew up in a small house in
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Chicago and worked hard to become a
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leader a role model and a source of Hope
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for Millions around the
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world her journey isn't just about
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becoming the first lady of the United
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States or achieving
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Fame it's about staying true to yourself
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believing in your dreams and making a
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difference in the world no matter where
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you come
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from stay with me until the end because
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this story isn't just about
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Michelle it's about the lessons we all
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can learn
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are you
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ready let's
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begin Michelle Obama was born on January
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17th
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1964 on the south side of
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Chicago she lived in a small apartment
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on the second floor of a house owned by
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her great
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aunt Michelle shared this home with her
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parents Fraser and Maran Robinson and
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her older brother
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Craig their apartment was small but it
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was filled with love laughter and a
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sense of
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togetherness life wasn't always easy for
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the Robinson
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family Michelle's father Fraser Robinson
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III worked at the city's water
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plant his job was hard and tiring
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especially because he had a disease
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called multiple
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sclerosis this illness made it difficult
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for him to walk or move but Fraser never
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complained he woke up early every day
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got ready and went to
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work Fraser often told Michelle and
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Craig you can't always control what
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happens to you but you can control how
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hard you
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work his strength and determination left
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a lasting impression on his
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children Fraser was not only hardworking
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but also kind and
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respectful he t Michelle and Craig that
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true strength comes from
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within watching their father face
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challenges with courage taught them to
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never give up no matter how difficult
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life might
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seem Michelle's Mother Maran Robinson
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stayed home to take care of the
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family she was gentle but firm always
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teaching her children important lessons
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about
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life Maran often said treat everyone
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with respect ECT no matter who they
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are she believed education was the key
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to a brighter future and spent hours
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helping Michelle and Craig with their
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homework Maran encouraged them to dream
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big stay curious and always ask
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questions although the Robinson didn't
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have much money they made the most of
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what they
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had they enjoyed simple Joys like
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playing games of Monopoly reading books
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and visiting
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family Michelle also learned to play the
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piano from her great aunt who lived
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downstairs on weekends the family went
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to church or took trips to a small cabin
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in
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Michigan these moments brought them
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closer and created happy
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memories Fraser and Maran valued
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learning and growth above all
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else they didn't give their children
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fancy toys or expensive vacations but
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they gave them something even more
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valuable lessons about kindness hard
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work and the importance of helping
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others Michelle grew up knowing that
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success wasn't about what you owned it
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was about being a good person and making
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the world better for
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others Michelle Obama showed a love for
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learning from a young
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age she enjoyed school and was curious
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about the
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world she liked reading books solving
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problems and asking
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questions her teachers noticed her focus
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and strong desire to
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learn they often said she was a bright
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student with great
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potential growing up on the south side
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of Chicago came with
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challenges many of Michelle's classmates
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came from families with more money and
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resources
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some had private tutors expensive
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supplies and extra
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lessons Michelle didn't have those
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things but she didn't let it hold her
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back her parents always encouraged her
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to work
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hard they told her it doesn't matter
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where you
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start what matters is how hard you
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work Michelle followed their advice and
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stayed determined to achieve her goals
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when it was time for high school
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Michelle was accepted into Whitney Young
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High School a selective school for
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talented
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students this was a big accomplishment
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but it wasn't
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easy the school was far from her home
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and Michelle had to wake up early every
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day to catch the
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bus many of her classmates came from
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wealthier
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neighborhoods at times Michelle felt
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like she didn't belong
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still she focused on her studies and
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worked hard to
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succeed at Whitney Young Michelle's
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efforts paid
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off she excelled in her classes joined
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the student council and became a leader
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in her
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school she helped plan events and worked
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on projects that benefited the school
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Community her teachers and classmates
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admired her dedication and Leadership
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skills Michelle's experiences at Whitney
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Young taught her that hard work and
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determination could overcome
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challenges they also prepared her for
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the future where she would continue to
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face new obstacles and
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opportunities in
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1981 Michelle Obama began her studies at
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Princeton
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University her older brother Craig was
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already a student there and she looked
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up to him she wanted to follow in his
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footsteps and Achieve great
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things but getting into Princeton was
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not
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easy some of her High School teachers
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told her she should not try for such a
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big
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dream they said maybe Princeton is not
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the right place for you their words hurt
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but Michelle didn't listen to
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them she was determined to prove that
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she belonged
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at Princeton Michelle studied sociology
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and African-American
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studies she wanted to understand how
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communities worked and how to help
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people in
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1985 she graduated with
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honors as part of her studies she wrote
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a long paper called a
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thesis in it she studied the lives of
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African-American students at
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Princeton she wanted to know if they
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stayed connected to their Community
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after
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graduating her research helped her think
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deeply about race identity and
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belonging when Michelle first arrived at
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Princeton she felt out of
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place many of her classmates were rich
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and had gone to private
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schools they drove fancy cars like
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BMWs which Michelle had never seen
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before
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she sometimes felt like a visitor on
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campus one painful moment came when the
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mother of her white roommate tried to
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move her daughter to another room
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because Michelle was
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black experiences like these made her
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feel lonely but they also made her
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stronger Michelle didn't let these
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challenges stop
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her she joined a group called The Third
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World Center which helped minority
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students feel
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welcome she worked hard to help others
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running a daycare for children and
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tutoring
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students she also spoke up in class even
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challenging how her French teacher
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taught
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lessons Michelle believed that education
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should work for
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everyone after Princeton Michelle went
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to Harvard Law
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School by this time her confidence had
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grown she know longer wondered if she
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belonged she knew she had earned her
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place at Harvard Michelle worked hard in
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her classes but she also stood up for
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others she joined protests asking
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Harvard to hire more minority professors
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and helped poor families with legal
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problems through the Harvard legal aid
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Bureau Michelle graduated from Harvard
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in
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1988 looking back she often said that
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her education gave her opportunities she
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never
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imagined it also taught her an important
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lesson you can stay true to yourself and
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Achieve great
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things you can be both brilliant and
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black she
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said after finishing law school Michelle
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Obama went back to Chicago and started
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working at a big law firm called sidley
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in
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Austin she worked in marketing and
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intellectual property
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law Michelle was smart and worked very
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hard and people respected her at the
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firm at sidley and Austin Michelle met
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Barack
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Obama he was a law student working at
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the firm as an
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intern Michelle was asked to be his
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mentor At first she saw him as just
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another
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colleague but as they spent more time
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together Mich saw how kind and
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passionate he
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was Barack cared deeply about helping
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people and making the world a better
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place his ideas inspired Michelle and
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soon they fell in
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love they got married in
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1992 although Michelle was doing well in
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her job she felt that something was
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missing the work did not make her happy
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she thought a lot about what her parents
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had taught her real success is not about
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making a lot of
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money it's about helping others and
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doing meaningful
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work Michelle realized she wanted to
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make a difference in her
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community in
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1991 Michelle left the law firm to work
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for the city of
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Chicago she became an assistant to the
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mayor and helped with Planning and
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Development projects
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she worked hard to improve the city and
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create better opportunities for its
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people in
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1993 Michelle started working for a
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group called public
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allies this nonprofit organization
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helped young people get involved in
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their communities and work on social
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issues Michelle loved this job and later
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said it was one of the happiest times in
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her
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life she raised a lot of money for the
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group and inspired many young people to
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become
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leaders in
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1996 Michelle joined the University of
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Chicago as the associate dean of student
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services she created a program to help
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students volunteer in the
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community later she worked for the
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University of Chicago hospitals helping
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improve health care for the people in
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the
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city through these jobs Michelle found
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her
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purpose she believed that real success
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was about serving others and making life
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better for families and
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communities she felt proud knowing that
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her work was making a real
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difference before meeting Barack Obama
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Michelle Robinson planned to focus only
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on her
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career but everything changed when she
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met him their first date was in 1989 and
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they saw the movie do the right
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thing Barack later said they were very
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different Michelle grew up in a stable
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home with two
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parents Barack had a more adventurous
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life even with their differences they
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fell in
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love they got married on October 3rd
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1992 starting a family was not easy for
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Michelle and Barack
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after having a miscarriage Michelle used
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invitro fertilization to have their
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daughters Malia was born in
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1998 and Sasha was born in
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2001 their daughters brought happiness
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to their
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lives the family lived on the south side
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of
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Chicago Barack taught law and started
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his political
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career they decided to stay in Chicago
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so their daughters could grow up in a
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familiar
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Place Michelle worked hard to balance
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family and
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career during barack's 2008 presidential
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campaign she promised to spend as much
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time as possible with Malia and
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Sasha she traveled for only two days at
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a time and always returned home
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quickly when Barack became president the
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family moved to Washington DC
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C Malia and Sasha went to Sidwell Friend
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School Michelle's Mother Maran Robinson
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moved into the White House to help with
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child
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care Michelle wanted her daughters to
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grow up feeling loved and
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supported Life as a family was not
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always
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easy Michelle and Barack were very busy
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but they made time for each
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other they often had date nights to keep
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their relationship
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strong Michelle always said my most
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important title is
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Mom for Michelle family always came
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first Michelle Obama's life changed when
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her husband Barack Obama decided to run
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for president in
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2008 at first Michelle wasn't sure about
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the
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idea she worried about how it might
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affect their daughters Malia and
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Sasha after some thought she made an
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agreement with Barack he had to quit
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smoking if he wanted her full
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support Barack agreed and Michelle stood
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by his side as his campaign
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began at first Michelle kept her
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involvement
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small she traveled to events only two
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days a week and avoided staying
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overnight
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she wanted to be home with her daughters
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as much as
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possible but as the campaign grew so did
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Michelle's
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role by February 2008 she was attending
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many
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events she visited schools churches and
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community centers to speak about her
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husband's vision for the
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country Michelle wrote her own speeches
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and often spoke without notes using her
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own life story to connect with
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people one of Michelle's biggest
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challenges was dealing with
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criticism some people tried to paint her
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as angry or unfriendly but Michelle
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refused to let negativity bring her
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down she said when you're in the public
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eye there will always be
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criticism you just take it in
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stride Michelle worked hard to show who
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she truly was a mother a wife and
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someone who cared deeply about
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others at the 2008 Democratic National
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Convention Michelle gave a powerful
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speech she talked about her family's
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values like hard work honesty and
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respect she also shared her love for her
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country and her hope for its
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future her words touched many hearts and
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people across the nation saw her as a
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symbol of the American
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dream in
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2012 Barack ran for
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reelection by this time Michelle was
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more comfortable on the campaign
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Trail she shared stories about their
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life together and showed how much she
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believed in her
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husband many people said Michelle's
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speeches inspired them to believe in
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Hope and
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change through both campaigns Michelle
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played a key
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role she supported Barack while staying
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true to herself and her
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family her kindness strength and honesty
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made her a beloved figure in America and
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around the
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world in 2008 Michelle Obama's life
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changed
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forever her husband Barack Obama became
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the first African-American president of
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the United States
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this was a historic moment for the
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country it was also a big change for
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Michelle and her
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family as First Lady Michelle had an
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important
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role she wanted to use her time in the
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white house to help
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others in her early days as First Lady
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Michelle visited homeless shelters and
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soup
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kitchens she met families who were
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struggling to find food and shelter
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these visits touched her
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heart they reminded her of the lessons
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her parents taught her always help
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others and be
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kind Michelle started programs to help
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children families and Military
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members one of her most famous programs
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was let's
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move it encouraged kids to eat healthy
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food and stay
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active Michelle planted a Garden at the
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White
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House she invited children to help her
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grow
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vegetables she believed small changes
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like eating more fruits and vegetables
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could help kids live healthier
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lives Michelle also started joining
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forces with Jill Biden the wife of Vice
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President Joe
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Biden this program helped military
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families Michelle met with mil military
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spouses and children to hear their
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stories she worked to make sure they had
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access to jobs schools and healthc
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Care many families said Michelle's
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kindness gave them
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hope education was another Focus for
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Michelle she started a program called
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reach
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higher it inspired students to go to
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college or learn new
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skills Michelle visited schools across
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the country to talk to young
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people she told them about her own
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childhood in a small house in
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Chicago she shared how hard work and
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education helped her
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succeed Michelle's words inspired many
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students to dream
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big Michelle also worked to help girls
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around the
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world she started a program called let
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girls learn
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this program helped girls go to
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school in
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2014 she joined the hashtag bringback
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Our Girls
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campaign it raised awareness for
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Nigerian girls who were kidnapped from
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their
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school Michelle showed the world that
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every girl deserves an
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education Michelle's time as first lady
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was full of love and
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service she said when they go low we go
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high encouraging people to stay strong
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and
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positive Michelle showed that leadership
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is about kindness and making a
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difference in people's
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lives her work continues to inspire
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millions of people
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today even with her busy schedule as
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First Lady Michelle Obama always put her
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family
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first she wanted her daughters Malia and
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Sasha to grow up feeling loved and
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supported just as she had felt growing
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up in
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Chicago Michelle worked hard to give her
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girls a normal life even while living in
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the white
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house she made sure they had rules did
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their homework and clean their rooms
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just like any other
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kids Michelle believed it was important
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for them to stay grounded and never
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forget where they came
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from Michelle also taught her daughters
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the same lessons her parents taught her
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to work hard treat people with kindness
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and always stay
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humble she often reminded them that
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success is not about fame or money but
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about how you treat others and the
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difference you make in their
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lives as a family the Obamas spent time
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helping
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others they visited homeless shelters
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and food banks where they served meals
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and talked with people in need
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Michelle wanted Malia and Sasha to see
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the importance of giving back to the
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community the family also spent time
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with military families listening to
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their stories and thanking them for
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their
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sacrifices these moments taught Malia
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and Sasha about gratitude and the value
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of small acts of
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kindness Michelle believed that family
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was the foundation of
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everything she once said at the end of
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the day my most important title is
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Mom her love and care for her family
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showed the world how important it is to
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balance work service and family
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life in November
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2018 Michelle Obama released her book
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becoming in it she told the story of her
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life she wrote about growing up in
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Chicago and becoming a lawyer
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she shared what it was like to be the
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first lady of the United
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States Michelle also talked about her
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struggles and how she stayed
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strong her words were honest and full of
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emotion many people felt inspired by her
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story the book was a huge
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success by
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2019 becoming had sold over 11.5 million
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copies
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people from all over the world read it
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they felt connected to Michelle's
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journey and admired her
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honesty Michelle wanted readers to know
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that it's okay to face
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challenges what matters is how you keep
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going and stay true to
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yourself in 2020 Netflix released a
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documentary about Michelle's book
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tour it was also called
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becoming the film showed Michelle
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traveling to cities meeting readers and
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talking about her
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life she explained why it's important to
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share your
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voice that same Year Michelle won a
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Grammy award for the audio book of
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becoming her warm voice brought her
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story to life and made it even more
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powerful Michelle didn't stop
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there in 2020 she started the Michelle
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Obama pod
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on the podcast she talked about topics
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like family relationships and personal
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growth in 2021 she worked on a
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children's show called waffles plus
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Machi the show taught kids about healthy
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eating and
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cooking it was fun and educational for
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families through her books shows and
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podcasts Michelle continues to inspire
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people she reminds us that everyone has
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a story worth
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sharing she shows that kindness hard
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work and honesty can make a big
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difference in the
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world Michelle Obama's story is full of
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important lessons for all of
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us she shows that hard work and
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education can change our
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lives even though she grew up in a small
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house on the south south side of Chicago
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she never gave up on her
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dreams her parents taught her to work
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hard and she believed that education was
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the key to a better
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future Michelle's dedication helped her
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succeed at Princeton Harvard and
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Beyond another lesson Michelle teaches
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us is to believe in
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ourselves many people doubted her along
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the
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way some told her she wasn't good enough
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for a top school like
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Princeton others questioned her
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decisions as first
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lady but Michelle didn't let their words
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stop
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her she believed in her own abilities
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and stayed focused on her
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goals her story proves that no matter
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where you start you can achieve great
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things if you don't give
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up Michelle also teaches us the
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importance of helping others
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she used her position and education to
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make the world
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better she started programs like let's
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move to help kids live healthier
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lives her reach higher initiative
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encouraged students to go to
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college she also supported military
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families through joining
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forces Michelle always thought about how
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to serve others and make a
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difference through her AC s Michelle
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Obama reminds us that true success isn't
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about fame or
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money it's about using your talents to
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help
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others her life shows us the power of
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kindness determination and
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service Michelle inspires us to dream
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big and to help others achieve their
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dreams
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too thank you for listening to the
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inspiring story of Michelle
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Obama her journey reminds us that hard
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work kindness and determination can lead
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to great
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things no matter where we come from we
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all have the power to make a
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difference if you enjoyed this story
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