The former first lady encouraged students to pursue higher education and shape the future.
Michelle Obama has urged high-school students to aim high in life, insisting higher education would pave the way for them to become successful in the future.
“People like me and [former President] Barack [Obama] are stepping out of the way, to allow you guys to take the lead and in order to be those leaders you’ve got to be ready.Donning a Compton College T-shirt to underline the importance of community colleges to the fabric of the U.S’s educational system, Obama praised the students for being accepted into higher education.
Obama then shared some insight about her personal experiences, revealing she was told to curtail her ambitions when she was at college and that the same thing happened to her husband. “In those times—because they will come up—you have to ask yourselves whether you’re gonna believe the haters or whether you’re gonna believe the own truth of your story,” she added.
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