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elleng

(130,905 posts)
Tue Sep 7, 2021, 05:43 PM Sep 2021

Jill Biden returns to the classroom as a working first lady.

Biden is the first first lady to leave the White House and log hours at a full-time job.

'Jill Biden is going back to her whiteboard.

After months of teaching writing and English to community college students in boxes on a computer screen, the first lady resumes teaching in person Tuesday from a classroom at Northern Virginia Community College, where she has worked since 2009.

She is the first first lady to leave the White House and log hours at a full-time job.

“There are some things you just can’t replace, and I can’t wait to get back in the classroom,” she recently told Good Housekeeping magazine.

The first lady has been anxious to see her students in person after more than a year of virtual teaching brought on by a pandemic that continues to challenge the Biden administration.

A working first lady is a “big deal,” said Tammy Vigil, a Boston University communications professor who wrote a book about first ladies Michelle Obama and Melania Trump.'>>>

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/jill-biden-returns-classroom-working-first-lady-n1278586?

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Jill Biden returns to the classroom as a working first lady. (Original Post) elleng Sep 2021 OP
Some might consider Melania a "working lady" too though... TheRealNorth Sep 2021 #1
Well... 2naSalit Sep 2021 #2
... roamer65 Sep 2021 #3
Being First Lady doesn't keep her busy enough? SharonClark Sep 2021 #4

SharonClark

(10,014 posts)
4. Being First Lady doesn't keep her busy enough?
Tue Sep 7, 2021, 06:16 PM
Sep 2021

She's 70, past retirement age.
Her husband is President.
No teacher is irreplaceable.

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