True learning comes from observing the world

If I have learned something from Socrates is that you cannot teach people anything; you can only make them think. You can only draw out of them the wisdom which is latent within them. And by doing so, you help open their eyes, making them realize that they were born with wings and that they can fly, as high as they want to fly…

Socrates

1 Michelle Obama Surprises People Recording Goodbye Messages to Her

Gepubliceerd op 11 jan. 2017

 
We asked regular Americans to record a video message saying goodbye to First Lady Michelle Obama – what they didn’t know was that FLOTUS was right behind the curtain, waiting to surprise them.
 
A heartfelt tribute to Michelle Obama

 Het gezin Michelle en Barak Obama en de kinderen is doorheen de website prominent aanwezig omdat het een voorbeeld is en omwille van de impact dat zowel Michelle en Barack hebben op mensen zoals duidelijk is de laatste video op voornoemde link.

Het contact tussen de first lady en de gewone mensen in 6 voorbeelden van elk een unieke getuigenis op deze video, is sprankelend en vanuit het hart. De first lady Michelle was gedurende de 8 jaar een voorbeeld van een onovertroffen gehalte zoals we haar leren kennen doorheen deze website met diepgaande impact op de mensen.

 

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The truth is that the more intimately you know someone, the more clearly you'll see their flaws. That's just the way it is.

2 Why Reluctant Michelle Obama Agreed to Let Barack Obama Run for President | Oprah’s Book Club | OWN

Gepubliceerd op 12 nov. 2018

During Oprah’s in-depth conversation with Michelle Obama about her new memoir, Becoming, the former first lady reveals why she ultimately agreed to let her husband, Barack Obama, run for president, even though she “never wanted to be involved in politics.” For more on #Oprah‘sBookClub, visit Oprah.com.
 

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Een bijzonder inspirerende afsluitende speech van 5 minuten – dezelfde strekking als de video op de eerste pagina ‘A prosecutor’s vision for a better justice system‘ staat op onderstaande link:

Donovan Livingston’s spoken-verse commencement speech “one of the most powerful, heartfelt student speeches you will ever hear!”

3 White House photographer Pete Souza

Gepubliceerd op 15 jan. 2017

 
President Obama is leaving behind a huge photo album of his time in the White House – about two million images – all thanks to the man our Bill Plante has been talking to: Chief White House Photographer Pete Souza.
 
 

4 President Obama Addresses the British Parliament

Gepubliceerd op 25 mei 2011

 
In an address to Parliament, President Obama discusses how the special relationship between the United States and Great Britain can continue to help the two nations serve as catalysts for global action as the world faces a new series of threats and challenges. May 25, 2011.
 

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5 Watch first lady Michelle Obama’s full speech at the 2016 Democratic National Convention

Gepubliceerd op 26 jul. 2016

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6 Happy Father’s Day from First Lady Michelle Obama

Gepubliceerd op 17 jun. 2012

First Lady Michelle Obama wishes a happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there and shares why President Obama is a great dad.

Every solution the President puts forward is inspired by a desire all parents share: the need to build a better world for his kids.

In President Obama’s words:

“What I think about is what kind of world am I leaving my two little girls. And what I realized is that life doesn’t count for much unless you’re willing to do your small part to leave our children, all of our children, a better world. Even if it’s difficult. Even in the work seems great. That’s our responsibility as fathers and as parents.”

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7 Michelle Obama’s plea for education

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Gepubliceerd op 27 mei 2009

 
http://www.ted.com Speaking at a London girls’ school, Michelle Obama makes a passionate, personal case for each student to take education seriously. It is this new, brilliant generation, she says, that will close the gap between the world as it is and the world as it should be.
 
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8 Inside Bill’s Brain: Decoding Bill Gates | Official Trailer | Netflix

 

Gepubliceerd op 29 aug. 2019

 

This three-part documentary tells Bill Gates’ life story, in-depth and unfiltered, as he pursues unique solutions to some of the world’s most complex problems. From Academy Award-winning director Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth, He Named Me Malala).

Watch Inside Bill’s Brain: Decoding Bill Gates, Only On Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/80184771

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9 The First Lady Speaks in London on the Let Girls Learn Initiative

Gepubliceerd op 16 jun. 2015

 
In London, England, First Lady Michelle Obama speaks at the Mulberry School for Girls about the Let Girls Learn initiative and the work being done to empower girls education around the world.
 

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10 Michelle Obama on Keeping Marriage, Politics Separate

9 okt. 2012

First lady talks about her strategy for keeping her daughters grounded in the White House.
 

11 Policeman Steals Kid’s Chocolate Prank

3 apr. 2018

Like stealing candy from a baby. Only this is a policeman, chocolate, and a kid… these Montreal pedestrians will stop at nothing to keep this kid’s chocolate safe!