Making the mistake of being the offspring of a president shouln'd be a life sentence. Chelsea Clinton did a couple of PG years abroad.
Posted on 06/29/2006 7:24:17 AM PDT by presidio9
Jenna Bush , the nation's most famous public-school teacher, is skipping the country and bidding a happy adios to the young-Washington social scene she once ruled. Uh-oh, what do we do now?
Friends say that the blond, younger-by-minutes First Twin has been quietly making plans over recent months to leave D.C. for a teaching job in Latin America, most likely around the end of summer.
The move reflects the growing seriousness of a 24-year-old whose collegiate partying provided endless fun for gossip columnists during her father's first years in office -- yet also offers an escape from the Washington spotlight she and sister Barbara always have seemed to resent. Last week marked her final day at the Mount Pleasant charter school where she taught for a year and a half.
"First-year teaching is one of the most difficult jobs a person can have," said Linda Moore , head of the Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School, where Jenna and a fellow instructor oversaw a class of third-graders being taught in both English and Spanish. "She was a wonderful first-year teacher."
The White House, which maintains a strict no-comment policy on All Things Twin, would not elaborate on Jenna's plans or address questions about the cost of providing security for her overseas.
There seems to be little precedent, though, for the spawn of a sitting commander-in-chief to move abroad. Barbara spent at least several weeks doing low-profile volunteer work at a hospital in South Africa last summer, but had returned to the States by the fall. ( Chelsea Clinton 's sojourn at Oxford began several months after her parents left the White House.)
According to Carl Sferrazza Anthony , author of 11 books on first
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Security for this is gonna cost us a mint.
The two harpies who wrote the article refer to Miss Bush as the President's "spawn."
"address questions about the cost of providing security for her overseas."
It's going to be a tremendous amount more than a Latin American teachers annual salary, that's for sure. Needs to be done though, she'd be a tempting target for a lot of nefarious types.
No slam against Jenna, but , NO, it is not.
Making the mistake of being the offspring of a president shouln'd be a life sentence. Chelsea Clinton did a couple of PG years abroad.
"...the spawn of a sitting commander-in-chief?" Geez. Makes her sound like a fish.
Security may cost us a mint, but I imagine the CIA and NSA will put the security detail to good use.
If anything, the presence of one of the First Daughters will call for a legitimate increase in assets in the region.
Ann? Is that you?
Don't worry Uncle Vinny will take care of her
does not sound safe.
I hope to see this gal running for President one of these days.
She would be much safer teaching in one of the Red States.
Latin America might be better than a blue state.
Babs got the brains and the looks of this outfit.
Perhaps the Washington Posts press permits should be pulled along with the NYT. Releasing this sort of information only compounds our national security expense.
"Harpies", that is a good name for the twits who penned this WP article. It is an obvious display of green eyed jealousy.
Why in the world would she want to teach THERE?
The entire article was a slap in the face to Jenna, so typical of the drive by media. The 'c' word comes to mind for these two 'reporters'.
Luv these gals!
Well,I am sure she speaks good Spanish.
" "Spawn"?
Oops. the bias slip - the libs are so steeped in their hatred that they use telltale words so naturally in their own hate-filled world that they often slip up and reveal themselves.
It was little slip-ups of language like this that would out a spy back in WW11 days
I challenge anyone to find ONE instance where the press ever referred to Chelsea or Amy C. as "spawn."
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