Dear Mr. and Mrs. Obama:
Thank you for stopping by the parent-teacher conference.
I’m sorry to have to report that while she is very bright, your daughter seems to be living in her own fantasy world. She has told the class that her father is going to be President, and that she is moving to the White House. Oh sure, and I’m Rumpelstiltskin!
Some of her classmates seem to believe her, although of course I discourage them. As if that President concoction isn’t bad enough, she even says she was onstage with Bruce Springsteen!
Sorry to have to tell you this, and I’m sure the school psychologist can help her. Meanwhile, I hope you enjoy the flowers, Mrs. Obama. When’s the last time anybody gave you ROSES?
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President-elect Barack Obama and his wife Michelle (R) leave the University of Chicago Lab School after a parent-teacher conference in Chicago, November 7, 2008. REUTERS/John Gress
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Maybe they just wanted a autograph from the president…
Cheers,
UmNome
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- Posted by Um Nomehttp://www.umnome.com
Most of you people sound like petulant sore losers. Grow up and get over the fact that your party is no longer in control. It’s happened before and will happen again, deal with your own entitlement issues and stop blaming someone who hasn’t even taken office yet for all the problems in this country.
- Posted by JoheliaAttending your child’s parent teacher conferance is something we all do. No big surprise. Silly to say we made the right choice JUST because they went!
What I enjoy most from all from the political stories on oddly enough is noting the ’spin’ commentors put on everything according to their party.
It’s really quite amazing how different the same picture can be from opposite sides of the fence
- Posted by ChristaThere are some Americans here who are wishing the worst for Obama even if it means for USA to be in ruins just because the half wit candidate they supported did not win this election
- Posted by KaiserAs real as it gets.
This country made (literally) the right choice.
- Posted by TokiThe guy who signed himself “Enough” doesn’t seem to think Obama doesn’t need men with gunns to surround him?
Mavbe “Enough” forgot that right-wingers just Love to shoot liberals ( civil-rights workers/leaders, JFK, Bobby Kennedy, Malcolm X, MLK jr. ) and were calling for Obama’s death at McCain rallies.
And who wouldn’t send there kid to the best possible school if they has the money?
- Posted by NinureOver the course of the campaign, I have read a lot of comments on a lot of sites, mostly places like CNN and USAToday and their fellow news publishers. The one thing that clearly stands out is how many people out there could stand a bit more education.
There are many people absolutely clueless as to what government does or how it works and yet they feel compelled to contribute their two cents. Maybe if they had had parents who placed them in schools more suited to their special abilities…
I will graduate from college in May with a BS in computer science and then I will be heading to grad school. I am 43 years old. If I can do it, anyone can. I begrudge no one an education, no matter where they go, can afford to go, or are sent by their parents.
- Posted by KenMr.Enough,your comment about misuse of guns makes no sense. He is our President and needs to be protected to the fullest extent. Just because he is president elect there is no reason for “that one” to abandon his regular activities. Is he supposed to sit at home and do nothing.
- Posted by AydinObama is our president so deal with it.
Did any one bother one way or another before he was elected or scrutinized?
They are parents who chose to place their students where they placed them - this is American and people are free to choose the school their children attend - lest we forget the “voucher” and “charter school” movement - often advocated by the conservative populous.
Also this section of Reuters is called “Oddly Enough” - the news printed here is not “Front page” news - though it would be humorous if some of the stories were.
- Posted by Henry HoLets hope he learned from the results of the $160 million the he helped get for Aires and the Chicago schools. The fact that it did not help the students at according to Univ. of Chicago will be forgotten.
- Posted by Timhttp://ccsr.uchicago.edu/downloads/p62.p df
My guess he will just think it was great and try and do it again.
While, I am sure the word will get out, believe it is irresponsible for the press to report the name of the school where the children of the next President of the United States attend.
Will
- Posted by WilliamObama rode around looking like a mafia leader with gunmen in SUVS just to lift weights. But wants the world to know he doesn’t believe weapons should be used carlessly. Some of you are in a coma and don’t even notice.
- Posted by ENOUGHI think this is really wonderful. Here this guy has just been elected President of the United States…he’s soon to be the most powerful man in the world…and he and his wife are attending a parent/teacher conference. They have so much on their plates, but those kids get their time and attention. You can’t ask for more.
As for Private vs Public…it would be a nightmare for the school system if they went to public school. This is not about elitism, it’s about practicality…this is the family of our President. We ask everything of him and his family. Their lives become impossible. We should appreciate their service and cut them a break…Period.
- Posted by PHM1949Just think, somewhere someone is wiping the tears from their eyes as they finish reading this waste of space article. But because of PE Obama’s current position of Messiah, I guess we need to get used to fluff pieces like this. I can’t wait to see the polling numbers on their possible hypo-allergenic dogs! I’ll bet you they get way more press than his upcoming choice for Secretary of the Interior does.
- Posted by Bill RJim,
- Posted by tjlogicYou mean to tell us that they built a private school just for the Obama girls? Not one other student attends? That’s outrageous.
Why does Mrs. Obama look as if she works for UPS?
- Posted by DanikaWhat a waste of a story.
- Posted by BethanyWhile I understand that public school is not the best education, can you imagine how awful it would be for the other students if the Obama children were in their school? FBI agents would be everywhere, constant monitoring everywhere the girls went, every time there was a school event the Obama children wanted to attend, everyone would be screened by agents, etc. I think the kids attending school with the Obama children are going to have it tough so perhaps it’s a blessing if the girls go to private school.
- Posted by ChandraReally good story!! It sounds like a fairy tale.
- Posted by armstrongflBest regards!
Armstrongfl
Private school for them public hell for the rest of the kids in Chicago.
- Posted by Jim Mcfalls