played monopoly and loved drive-in movies. the emphasis in the robinson household was on education. michelle excelled from the start. she learned to read by the age of 4 and skipped second grade. she would have not gotten into my class if she wouldn t have been able to perform. she says she attributes that directly back to her parents. even though they were not college educated. she was very well grounded. and i believe it speaks very well of her family life. do you tell them i was the first lady s teacher? oh, i tell everybody. are you kidding? i tell everybody. melanie was michelle s high school biology teacher at whitney young high. chicago s first magnet school. i think that her mother and her father believed that this was the place where michelle could blossom. she was on the national honor society. she was a class officer. she had the academic record to get into advanced placement classes. you know, that s not an easy thing.
played monopoly and loved drive-in movies. but the emphasis in the household was on education. michelle excelled from the start. she learned to read by the age of 4, and skipped second grade. she would have not gotten into my class if she wouldn t have been able to perform. she said she attributes that back to her parents, even though they were not college educated. she was very well grounded. i believe it speaks very well of her family life. do you tell them i was the first lady s teacher? i tell everybody. are you kidding? i tell everybody. melanie was michelle s high school biology teacher at whitney young high, chicago s first magnate school. i think that her mother and her father believed that this was the place where michelle could blossom. she was on the national honor s society, she was class officer, she had the record to get into
brother. all they were missing i think was the dog. we didn t know how poor we were. we had a really good childhood, although i was 18 months older, she usually ran the show. and i usually let her. born january 17, 1964, michelle robinson and her brother craig were raised in this second floor apartment on chicago s south side. they divided the dining room into three portions with threats essentially. one was michelle s bet, the other portion was craig s bed and a study area in the middle. michelle s mother ran the house and raised the kids. her father was a city worker at the municipal water and suffered from multiple sclerosis. we watched a man disabled get up and work every day. they ate every meal together, played monopoly and loved