In Qatar Speech, Michelle Obama Complains About Growing Up as a Girl in America

weeklystandard.com ^ | Nov. 4, 2015 | DANIEL HALPER

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Michelle Obama went to Qatar to give a speech on girls education. There, the first lady of the United States complained about growing up as a girl in America.

"[B]ack when I was a girl, even though I was bright and curious and I had plenty of opinions of my own, people were often more interested in hearing what my brother had to say. And my parents didn’t have much money; neither of them had a university degree. So when I got to school, I sometimes encountered teachers who assumed that a girl like me wouldn’t be a good student. I was even told that I would never be admitted to a prestigious university, so I shouldn’t even bother to apply," Obama said at the Qatar National Convention Center in Doha.

"Like so many girls across the globe, I got the message that I shouldn’t take up too much space in this world. That I should speak softly and rarely. That I should have modest ambitions for my future. That I should do what I was told and not ask too many questions. But I was lucky, because I had parents who believed in me, who had big dreams for me. They told me, don’t ever listen to those who doubt you. They said, just work harder to prove them wrong.

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"And thats what I did. I went to school. I worked hard. I got good grades. I got accepted affirmative actioned to top universities. I went on to become a lawyer, a city government employee, a hospital executive because my husband was a U.S. Senator and I didnt even have to show up and still made 6 figures, and –- the most important job Ive ever had –- a mother to two beautiful girls." Vacation Queen of the WORLD!

Fixed it.

[sparklite2]

Did she make it out without a clitorectomy? Never mind.
I don’t really want to know.

[marktwain]

That woman has a real chip on her shoulder...

[Caipirabob]

“[B]ack when I was a girl...”

Ah...pre-surgery?

[Paladin2]

The Moose shoulda grown up in the ME. A burka would save the rest of us.

[Daffynition]

Every shot of her...reveals her anger/hatred.

She must be a doll to live with.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Oh, Michelle, it wasn’t because you were a girl. It was because you were you.

[Paine in the Neck]

"So when I got to school, I sometimes encountered teachers who assumed that a girl like me wouldn’t be a good student."

And a brief perusal of her Princeton thesis pretty much proves that.

[HarleyLady27]

I have only one question for this tranny: Who paid for this trip? YOU? NO We americans paid for it, so shut the F up!!!

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+10⁹⁹

[DaveyB]

Like so many girls across the globe, I got the message that I shouldn't take up too much space in this world.

When will she listen?

[Fungi]

Chip? A ten foot log might be a better choice of words. Another is sticking somewhere else......

[Thank You Rush]

“”I had plenty of opinions of my own””

Don’t we know it! This might surprise you but we aren’t interested in your opinions, Michelle.

[SaveFerris]

Spot on.

[uncitizen]

She’s so full of cra....

[Blood of Tyrants]

Yea, she had it sooooo tough.

[Jolla]

That was the line that got me, when I was at university the professor did not who I was much less who my parents were, all the professor knew about me was the answers I gave on their tests.

[Awgie]

“Just work hard to prove them wrong.”

Now that’s positive motivation for a youngster from her parents. Wrong on so many levels.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Most likely never.