Ministerul Educatiei Nationale

Colegiul National Pedagogic "Stefan Odobleja"

ATESTAT DE COMPETENTA LINGVISTICA PENTRU ABSOLVENTII

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PROFESOR COORDONATOR: CANDIDAT:

EMANUELA NISTOR BIANCA VILCEANU

MAI 2019
MICHELLE OBAMA
 1. Who Is Michelle Obama?
2. Education
3. Barack and Michelle Obama
4. Career
5. Michelle Obama Speech
6. First Family
7. After the White House
8. 'Becoming'
9. Bibliography

Introduction: Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17,

1964) is an American lawyer, university administrator and writer, who was First
Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. She is married to the 44th U.S.
President, Barack Obama, and was the first African-American First Lady.

Motivation: I chose to write about Michelle Obama because I believe she

is a powerful woman who can inspire the young girls all over the world to become
what they want.
"I talk about my roots and how a girl from the South Side found her
voice. I hope my journey inspires readers to find the courage to become whoever
they aspire to be.”
 Who is Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama was born in 1964 in Chicago, Illinois. She attended

Princeton University, graduating cum laude in 1985, and went on to earn a
degree from Harvard Law School in 1988.
Following her graduation from Harvard, she worked at a Chicago law firm,
where she met her husband, future U.S. president Barack Obama. The
couple married on October 3, 1992. As first lady, she focused her attention
on social issues such as poverty, healthy living and education.

Young Michelle Obama

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 Education

By the sixth grade, Michelle was taking classes in her school's gifted program,
where she learned French and completed accelerated courses in biology. She
went on to attend Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, the city's first magnet
high school for gifted children, where, among other activities, she served as the
student government treasurer. In 1981, Michelle graduated from the school as
class salutatorian.
Following in her older brother's footsteps, Michelle then attended Princeton
University, graduating cum laude in 1985 with a B.A. in Sociology. She went on to
study law at Harvard Law School, where she took part in demonstrations calling
for the enrollment and hiring of more minority students and professors. She was
awarded her J.D. in 1988.

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 Barack and Michelle Obama
Unlike a lot of other politicians, this powerful couple is remembered primarily for
the love story that they share. This couple is far from flaunting their affection to
the world, but their story spreads all the way back to 1988 when they first met.
Barack Obama was then working at a summer job and Michelle was his advisor.
She first went out with him after he asked her several times and he couple dated
for 3 years before marrying and becoming the couple that we know today.
After two years of dating, Barack proposed, and the couple married at
Trinity United Church of Christ on October 3, 1992. Their daughters, Malia
and Sasha, were born in 1998 and 2001, respectively.

Barack Obama and Michelle Obama in a family snapshot from their wedding day,
in October 1992
Michelle Obama took a big step away from her career path when her husband
became president, leaving her job at the University of Chicago Medical Center to
become the first lady — a big job, certainly, but not one she necessarily would
have chosen on her own. Now that the Obamas are no longer in the White
House, it may be Michelle’s time to step forward again — and what both she and
her husband do next could be a model for couples nationwide

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 Career

After earning her J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1988, Michelle joined the
Chicago office of the law firm Sidley Austin as a junior associate specializing in
marketing and intellectual property. Assigned to mentor a summer intern named
Barack Obama, she deflected his initial romantic advancements before they
began dating. They were engaged within two years, and married at the Trinity
United Church of Christ on October 3, 1992
Michelle left corporate law in 1991 to pursue a career in public service, enabling
her to fulfill a personal passion and create networking opportunities that would
benefit her husband’s future political career. Initially an assistant to Chicago
mayor Richard Daley, she soon became the city’s assistant commissioner of
planning and development. In 1993, she was named executive director for the
Chicago branch of Public Allies, a leadership-training program for young adults.
Moving on to the University of Chicago as associate dean of student services,
she developed the school’s first community-service program.
Successful despite the difficulties, Michelle was named executive director of
community relations and external affairs for the University of Chicago Hospitals in
2002. She was promoted to vice president after three years, and served on the
boards of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and the University of Chicago
Laboratory Schools, but eventually scaled back her work hours and commitments
to support Obama’s entry into the U.S. presidential race.

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 Michelle Obama Speech

In September of that year, Michelle delivered a noteworthy speech at the

Democratic National Convention. "Every day, the people I meet inspire me, every
day they make me proud, every day they remind me how blessed we are to live
in the greatest nation on earth," she said. "Serving as your first lady is an honor
and a privilege."
She went on to praise the Latino community for supporting President Obama,
and stated that her husband—"the same man [she] fell in love with all those years
ago"—understands the American Dream, as well as the everyday struggles of
American families, and cares deeply about making a difference in people's lives.
Michelle won both public and critical praise for her narrative, called a "shining
moment" by the Washington Post.
On November 6, 2012, Barack Obama was re-elected for a second term as U.S.
president. After Mitt Romney conceded defeat, Michelle Obama accompanied her
husband with their two daughters, Malia and Sasha, onto the stage at McCormick
Place in Chicago, where President Obama delivered his victory speech.

We knew a lot about the Obamas before they arrived at the Democratic National
Convention, ready to become the first black couple to earn the nomination of a
major party. We knew about their two daughters, their political aspirations, and
their whirlwind romance and marriage. But this speech specifically introduced us
to Michelle. It’s significant because it positioned Michelle as a woman who
wanted to change the world. “All of us driven by a simple belief that the world as it
is just won't do — that we have an obligation to fight for the world as it should be,”
she said.

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 First Family

Both Michelle and Barack Obama have stated that their personal priority is their
two daughters, Malia and Sasha. The parents realized that the move from
Chicago to Washington D.C. would be a major adjustment for any family.
Residing in the White House, having Secret Service protection and always being
in the wake of their parents' public obligations dramatically transformed their
lives.
Both parents tried to make their daughters' world as "normal" as possible, with
set times for studying, going to bed and getting up. "My first priority will always be
to make sure that our girls are healthy and grounded," Michelle has said. "Then I
want to help other families get the support they need, not just to survive, but to
thrive."

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 After the White House

After leaving the White House, Obama remained highly sought after for her words
of wisdom. In November 2017, during a conversation with poet Elizabeth
Alexander at the Obama Foundation's inaugural youth leadership summit in
Chicago, she spoke about the problems with impulsively firing off thoughts on
social media.
"When you have a voice, you can't just use it any kind of way, you know?" she
said. "You don't just say what's on your mind. You don't tweet every thought.
Most of your first initial thoughts are not worthy of the light of day." It was believed
to be a rebuke of President Trump, a notorious Twitter devotee, though Obama
clarified that she was "talking about all of us."
The former first lady also addressed the topic of protecting women from sexual
harassment, a hot-button issue stemming from recent accusations made against
Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein and others in position of power.
"When we think about women in particular we ask them to speak up. We ask
them to speak their mind. We ask them to just say no, to speak out against
sexual harassment," Obama said. "But if we don't teach our young girls to speak
at an early age, that doesn't just happen. It takes practice to have a voice. You
have to use it again, and again, and again before you can say 'no.' Or 'stop.'
'Don't touch me.'"
On February 12, 2018, the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery unveiled its
official portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama. Rendered by African-American
artists, the colorful portraits were noticeably different from the more traditional
efforts of past years: Kehinde Wiley's work featured Barack in a chair surrounded
by greenery and symbolic flowers, while Amy Sherald depicted the former first
lady in a flowing dress, gazing back at viewers from a sea of blue.

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 'Becoming'

IN A LIFE In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has
emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First
Lady of the United States of America—the first African American to serve in that
role—she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in
history, while also establishing herself as a powerful advocate for women and
girls in the U.S. and around the world, dramatically changing the ways that
families pursue healthier and more active lives, and standing with her husband as
he led America through some of its most harrowing moments. Along the way, she
showed us a few dance moves, crushed Carpool Karaoke, and raised two down-
to-earth daughters under an unforgiving media glare.
In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle
Obama invites readers into her world, chronicling the experiences that have
shaped her—from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an
executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work, to her time spent at
the world’s most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she
describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling
her full story as she has lived it—in her own words and on her own terms. Warm,
wise, and revelatory, Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of
soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations—and whose story
inspires

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 Bibliography

1. https://www.biography.com/people/michelle-obama-307592
2. http://time.com/barack-michelle-obama-love-story-photos/
3. https://womenintheworld.com/2015/04/14/an-inside-look-at-michelle-
obamas-life-before-the-white-house/