girls, just 7 and 10 years old, pile into those black suvs with all those big men with guns. and i saw their little faces pressed up against the window. and the only thing i could think was, what have we done? i can t overstate how focused she was on like, how do i make this transition okay for my girls? where they re going to be under one of the most intense spotlights you can imagine any two young people being under. hi. first on michelle s agenda was to make their private quarters feel like their hyde park home. to help she brought in sam cass, a professional chef and close friend from chicago. i was like big brother sam. when we got there we would work to tamp down the formalities of the place. like all the butlers would serve in tuxedos. which of course they did. also what? there s little kids.
partly because that was her brother s thing. in 1979 michelle watched her older brother, craig. become a local basketball star. the secretary of education under president obama played with craig in high school. i saw older brother who adored his younger sister and a sister who looked up to her big brother. when craig was recruited to play for princeton. michelle was determined to follow him. she likes to tell the story. if he can go there of course i can. she thought she was as smart as he was. school advisers thought otherwise. her guidance counselor said don t fool yourself. don t think you can get in. one thing about michelle is it s never wise to tell her she can t do something. she ll set out harder to do it. and she went for it. coming up. the firm was abuzz about this student from harvard. black man.
old pile into the black suvs with the big men with guns. i saw their little faces pressed up against the window. and the only thing i could think was, what have we done? i can t over state how focussed she was on how to make the transition okay for my girls. they ll be under one of the most intense spotlights you can imagine. hi. of course. first on her agenda. to make the private quarters feel like their hyde park home. to help she brought in sam cast. a professional chef. and close friend from chicago. i was like big brother sam. when we got there we worked the mor formalities. the butlers serve in tuxes. which of course they did. also what? there s little kids. we don t need them in tuxes for a tuesday dinner.
i will never forget that winter morning as i watched our girls just seven and 10 years old pile into the black suvs with the big men with guns. i saw their little faces pressed up against the window. and the only thing i could think was, what have we done? i can t over state how focussed she was on how to make the transition okay for my girls. they ll be under one of the most intense spotlights you can imagine. hi. of course. first on her agenda. to make the private quarters feel like their hyde park home. to help she brought in sam cast. a professional chef. and close friend from chicago. i was like big brother sam. when we got there we worked the mor formalities. the butlers serve in tuxes. which of course they did. also what? there s little kids. we don t need them in tuxes for
she was good at sports and decided she didn t want to be defined by sports. partly because that was who are brother s thing. in 1979 michelle watched her older brother, craig. become a local basketball star. the secretary of education under president obama played with craig in high school. i saw older brother who adored his younger sister and a sister who looked up to her big brother. when craig was recruited to play for princeton. michelle was determined to follow him. she likes to tell the story. if he can go there of course i can. she thought she was as smart as he was. school advisers thought otherwise. her guidance counselor said don t fool yourself. don t think you can get in. to princeton. one thing about michelle is it s never wise to tell her she can t do something. she ll set out harder to do it. and she went for it. coming up.