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r, and then he was a state senator andthen a national then, hebecame President of the United guy I’m talking about is my husband, Barack Obama.(Applause.)These stories are the stories of somanyAmericans, and of America in America, we believe thatno matter where you live or how muchmoney your parents have, or what race orreligion or ethnicity you are, if youwork hard and believe in yourself, thenyou should have a chance also believe that everyoneisequal, and that we all have the right to say what we think and worship aswechoose, even when others don’t like what we say or don’t always agreewith whatwe of course, living up to these idealsisn’t always there havebeentimes in our history where we have fallen decades ago,there were actually laws inAmerica that allowed discrimination against blackpeople like me, who are aminority in the United overtime,ordinary citizens decided that those laws were they heldpeaceful protests called on governmentofficials tochange those laws, and they voted to elect new officials whoshared their slowly but surely, got rid of those today, just 50 years later, myhusbandand I are President and First Lady of the United that isreally the story of America –how over the course of our short history, through so many trialsand struggles,we have bee more equal, more inclusive, and more today in America, people of everyrace,religion and ethnicity live together and work together to build a betterlifefor their children and in the end, that deepyearning to leave something better for thosewho e after us, that issomething we all truly fact, there’s a Chinese saying that I lovethatsays, “To achieve true happiness, help the nextgeneration.”And like so many of your parents, myparentssacrificed so much so that I could have opportunities they today, as a mothermyself, I want even more opportunities for myown of course, as I always tell my daughters,withopportunities e that is true for all of you all have the opportunity toreceive an education from this wonderful school,and you all have an obligationto take the fullest advantage of I know that’s exactly what you all ’re winning prizes in math , you are stagingmusicalperformances around the ’revolunteeringin your of you are working hard to get an educationyour parents never dreamed you all have so much to offer –andthat’s agood thing, because the world needs your world needs yourcreativity and energymore than ever we facebig challengesthat know no borders –like improving the quality ofour airand water, ensuring that people have good jobs, stopping the soon, it will all fall toall of you to e together withpeople on every continent and solve theseproblems , fortunately, here at thiswonderfulschool, you’realready well on your more than a decade, you’ve been building special relation