Michelle Obama On The Cover of ESSENCE

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First Lady Michelle Obama will grace the cover of ESSENCE’s August Issue.

“I know I tell my kids all the time that they shouldn’t shy away from difficult things, because that is the point at which you are really growing. It’s not just about grades or test scores. Today our kids may shy away from applying to college if they think they don’t have the right grade or test score. But the truth is that the kids who succeed and go on to be successful professionals are the ones who know how to work hard,” says Mrs. Obama.

And in order to even get that far, she says, they have to see education as an opportunity and take advantage of that kind of foundation.

“We cannot waste the opportunity that we have here in America, especially as African-Americans. Our ancestors fought and bled and died so that we could go to school,” she says. “And I still think about that.”

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