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Obama worked to fit in at elite school

Obama Overcame Outsider Feelings to Fit in at Elite Private High School

In a state that defines people by the high school they attended, Hawaii’s public school students often view Punahou graduates as elitist and scoff at them even into adulthood.

Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, reminded voters before Hawaii’s recent Democratic caucus that Obama went to Punahou, which he said “was not a school for the impoverished.”

Inouye, 37 years older than Obama and a graduate of public McKinley High School down the hill from Punahou, is supporting Obama’s rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton, in the Democratic presidential race.

Obama shot back that he attended the school on a scholarship and was raised by a single mom and grandmother.

“Shame on Danny for trying to pull that stunt,” he said.

http://www.blnz.com/news/2008/03/26/Obama_worked_elite_school_6723.html

Punahou was not a big school. We had 1 black in our high school graduating class of abt 250 in 1974. Everyone in all grades who didn’t know him knew who he was....I’m sure it was no different in Hawaii.