Obama's Jakarta Friends Recall a Would-Be Leader, Tattle-Tale [View All]

[Didereaux]

Source: Bloomberg

Isabella Darmawan, Obama's first-grade teacher at the Catholic school he attended when he arrived as a six-year-old, recalls an essay in which he said he expected to be president someday, though he didn't specify of which country. His second- grade teacher, Cecilia Sugini, says he often led his peers when they lined up single-file for class and was quick to let her know when other pupils misbehaved.

``He'd tell me to make them stop,'' Sugini, 63, said in an interview.
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Tan says that, ``as a woman,'' she also likes Obama's chief rival for the Democratic nomination, Senator Hillary Clinton of New York. There's no question, though, who would get her vote if she were a U.S. citizen. ``Obama,'' she said, pointing to his picture on the book she ends up buying as a gift for her boss. ``He's humble and knows exactly what he wants to do.'' Darmawan, 64, Obama's first-grade teacher, agrees. ``Barry has more vision,'' she says.

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A fairly good article all in all. Turns out Obama is human afterall! Nice to see a rather unbiased look at a candidates past without all the digging up and exploiting of childhood shenanigans. ...and I don't even support him! GOJOEGO!!!!