【正文】 y get out of every morning, I watched my father wake up with a smile, grab his walker助步器, prop himself up against the bathroom sink, and slowly shave and button his when he returned home after a long day39。s work, my brother and I would stand at the top of the stairs to our little apartment, patiently waiting to greet him...watching as he reached down to lift one leg, and then the other, to slowly climb his way into our despite these challenges, my dad hardly ever missed a day of work...he and my mom were determined to give me and my brother the kind of education they could only dream when my brother and I finally made it to college, nearly all of our tuition came from student loans and my dad still had to pay a tiny portion of that tuition every semester, he was determined to pay that bill right on time, even taking out loans when he fell was so proud to be sending his kids to college...and he made sure we never missed 3 a registration deadline because his check was see, for my dad, that39。s what it meant to be a so many of us, that was the measure of his success in life – being able to earn a decent living that allowed him to support his as I got to know Barack, I realized that even though he39。d grown up all the way across the country, he39。d been brought up just like was raised by a single mother who struggled to pay the bills, and by grandparents who stepped in when she needed 39。s grandmother started out as a secretary at a munity bank...and she moved quickly up the ranks...but like so many women, she hit a glass ceiling. And for years, men no more qualified than she was – men she had actually trained – were promoted up the ladder ahead of her, earning more and more money while Barack39。s family continued to scrape by勉強(qiáng)通過(guò)，勉強(qiáng)維持， day after day, she kept on waking up at dawn to catch the bus...arriving at work before anyone else...giving her best without plaint or she would often tell Barack, “So long as you kids do well, Bar, that39。s all that really matters.” Like so many American families, our families weren39。t asking for didn39。t begrudge嫉妒 anyone else39。s success or care that others had much more than they did...in fact, they admired simply believed in that fundamental American promise that, even if you don39。t start out with much, if you work hard and do what you39。re supposed to do, then you should be able to build a decent life for yourself and an even better life for your kids 4 and 39。s how they raised us...that39。s what we learned from their learned about dignity and decency – that how hard you work matters more than how much you make...that helping others means more than just getting ahead learned about honesty and integrity – that the truth matters...that you don39。t take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules...and success doesn39。t count unless you earn it fair and learned about gratitude and humility – that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors看門(mén)人，清潔工 who kept our school clean...and we were taught to value everyone39。s contribution and treat everyone with are the values Barack and I – and so many of you – are trying to pass on to our own 39。s who we standing before you four years ago, I knew that I didn39。t want any of that to change if Barack became , today, after so many struggles and triumphs and moments that have tested my husband in ways I never could have imagined, I have seen firsthand that being president doesn39。t change who you are – it reveals who you see, I39。ve gotten to see up close and personal what being president really looks And I39。ve seen how the issues that e across a President39。s desk are always the hard ones – the problems where no amount of data or numbers will get you to the right answer...the judgment calls where the stakes are so high, and there is no margin for as President, you can get all kinds of advice from all kinds of at the end of the day, when it es time to make that decision, as President, all you have to guide you are your values, and your vision, and the life experiences that make you who you when it es to rebuilding our economy, Barack is thinking about folks like my dad and like his 39。s thinking about the pride that es from a hard day39。s 39。s why he signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to help women get equal pay for equal 39。s why he cut taxes for working families and small businesses and fought to get the auto industry back on its 39。s how he brought our economy from the brink of collapse to creating jobs again – jobs you can raise a family on, good jobs right here in the United States of it es to the health of our families, Barack refused to listen to all those folks who told him to leave health reform for another day, another didn39。t care whether it was the easy thing to do politically – that39。s not how he was raised – he cared that it was the right thing to did it because he believes that here in America, our grandparents should be able to 6 afford their medicine...our kids should be able to see a doctor when they39。re sick...and no one in this country should ever go broke because of an accident or he believes that women are more than capable of making our own choices about our bodies and our health care...that39。s what my husband stands it es to giving our kids the education they deserve, Barack knows that like me and like so many of you, he never could39。ve attended college without financial believe it or not, when we were first married, our bined monthly student loan bills were actually higher than our were so young, so in love, and so in 39。s why Barack has fought so hard to increase student aid and keep interest rates down, because he wants every young person to fulfill their promise and be able to attend college without a mountain of in the end, for Barack, these issues aren39。t political – they39。re Barack knows what it means when a family knows what it means to want something more for your kids and knows the American Dream because he39。s lived it...and he wants everyone in t