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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFirst Lady: "One of the Greatest Lessons I Learned from My Mom"
The First Lady @FLOTUS
Thanks for inspiring me to #ReachHigher mom! Wishing you and all the wonderful moms out there a #HappyMothersDay. -mo
___ In honor of Mother's Day, First Lady Michelle Obama shared a message about one of the greatest lessons she learned from her mom: the importance of education . . .
One of the greatest lessons I learned from my mom was about the importance of education. Neither she nor my father had gone to college, but they were determined to see me and my brother get a good education. So starting when I was young, my mom volunteered at my school, helping out in the front office and making sure my teachers were doing their jobs and my school was running like it should be.
My mom wasn't a teacher, or principal, or school board member, but she believed that our education was very much her business. And while I was occasionally mortified by her presence at my school, in retrospect, I have no doubt that my classmates and I got a better education because she was there, keeping an eye on things.
Today, we need more people like my mom people who think the education of our young people is their business, because it is. In my work on this issue as First Lady, I'm constantly thinking about the example my mom set by ensuring I got a good education. I hope I can do the same for our next generation.
read: http://www.momsrising.org/blog/reachhigher-one-of-the-greatest-lessons-i-learned-from-my-mom
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First Lady: "One of the Greatest Lessons I Learned from My Mom" (Original Post)
bigtree
May 2014
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femmocrat
(28,394 posts)1. Not so sure about this part:
"making sure my teachers were doing their jobs"--- ??? Huh?
Supersedeas
(20,630 posts)3. engagement with your child's teachers is part of a parent's duties
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)4. Agree, but it sounds like she was butting in!
LOL
madokie
(51,076 posts)2. What a beautiful first family we have
I'm in love with the whole flam damily
bigtree
(86,005 posts)5. I agree, madokie
madokie
(51,076 posts)6. They make me proud to be an American
Cha
(297,703 posts)7. Good on Michelle's Mom, Marion Robinson.. I think Pres Obama's Mom felt the same..
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2:32 PM - 10 May 2014
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Mahalo bigtree