In terms of our upbringing, Michelle Obama and I actually have a lot in common. We had working-class parents who did not have a lot of money . . . but who gave a damn and stayed together even in hard times . . . who instilled values and a work ethic . . . who sent us to public school . . . and who gifted us with the will and drive to succeed.
But Michelle was actually much smarter than I was in one of the choices she made. She went to business school and became a hospital administrator. I just became a doctor.
Michelle Obama made piles of money pretty much from the get-go. I worked for years in indentured servitude for years only to find my skills and abilities dismissed (by hospital administrators just like Michelle) as worth "a dime a dozen".
So I have news for the First Lady. Just being the "smart one" . . . working hard and being disciplined and making the right choices . . . and (most of all) having the right answer . . . doesn't always work.
Especially in Asheboro, North Carolina.
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Actually, Michelle Obama went to Harvard Law School.
She did not go to business school.
You'll have to forgive me. Not being a fan, I've not up on all the Obamalore . . . but hey, a lawyer running a hospital makes perfect sense to me.
And, like it makes any difference.
Given that this county is in free-fall because of people with an exagerated sense of worth & the value of their "good-will" (while de-valuing that of others) . . . people who graduated from Harvard and Yale and all of the other fancy high-dollar places, I'm not sure having "Harvard" on the resume/CV means what it used to.
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