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Via CNS News:

Speaking to students at Booker T. Washington High School in Atlanta on Monday, first lady Michelle Obama stressed the value of higher education for everyone.

“Do you hear what I’m telling you?” she asked the students. “Because I’m giving you some insights that a lot of rich kids all over the country — they know this stuff, and I want you to know it, too. Because you have got to go and get your education. You’ve got to.”

Mrs. Obama went to Atlanta to take part in a back-to-school “prep” rally with Education Secretary Arne Duncan and other administration officials. She told students they must prepare for college now, and learn how to “rally when you get knocked down along the way,” just as she did.

In the middle of her speech, someone in the audience fainted, and that’s when Mrs. Obama veered off-script:

“And that’s what the second part of this prep rally is about — it’s about rallying when things go wrong,” Mrs. Obama was saying when the student fainted […]

“Because I’m giving you some insights that a lot of rich kids all over the country — they know this stuff, and I want you to know it, too. Because you have got to go and get your education. You’ve got to.

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