Michelle Obama got all choked up when speaking to English schoolgirls at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Language School in London yesterday. She obviously knew that English kids rank among the smartest in the world, and that she was speaking to the brightest of the best!
I went to an all-girl school in London (talk about boring). I’m happy to see that uniforms are still standard. Maybe one day the substandard American public school system will get a clue and realize that uniforms help children focus better in school.
In the 2nd video, the kids mob Michelle like she was a rock star!
Thanks to Gina from MOW for the videos and text:
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She told them: “We are counting on every single one of you to be the best that you can be.”
In a brief speech to about 100 pupils she she spoke of her working class upbringing in the Southside of Chicago, saying she was “an example of what is possible when girls from the very beginning of their lives are loved and nurtured by people around them”.
She went on: “I was surrounded by extraordinary women in my life who taught me about quiet strength and dignity.
“You too can control your own destiny, please remember that.
“Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.
“It won’t be easy, that’s for sure, but you have everything you need. Everything you need you already have right here.
“We are counting on you, we are counting on every single one of you to be the best that you can be.
“We know you can do it, we love you, thank you so much.
