Monday Matters #20

    Michelle Obama, or the First Lady, gave a speech to the students in a girls' school in London. Michelle Obama states that she lived on the South Side of Chicago and had no wealth or resources. She came from a hard working middle class family where her parents did as much as they could to provide their family with whatever they needed even without going to a college or University. Her parents emphasized the importance of education to her and her brother Craig Robinson. Michelle made it into Princeton and eventually made it into Harvard Law School. She returned to Chicago and started working at a law firm where she met her soon to be husband, Barack Obama.

     In her talk to the girl's, she declares that she IS an example of what is possible when girls are raised with love from close people. She speaks about how her role models had the biggest impact on her. These role models taught her how men and women should treat each other, how to nurture children, and how to show care. She describes a date with Barack Obama when they went to a community center meeting and one of the things Barack greatly encouraged was that the people of that community should dedicate themselves "to work together to work together to try to make the world as it is and the world as it should be, one and the same." She states that the missing pieces are the girls in that school who are the important part to making the world as it should be. In order to do this though, a good education is needed. Of course, because this is given to an all girl school, the gender she is specifically addressing is women. The world is as strong as the health of women. The "health," though, needs a strong education. By getting a prominent education the future of your own life is in your hands. In order to be successful, no matter the economic problems, education is the key to door of a great future.