It was one of the more emotional moments of President Obama’s
farewell address. His eyes swelling with tears, he spoke of his wife,
“Michelle LaVaughn Robinson of the South Side,” and then, of his pride
in their two daughters, Malia and Sasha.
“Under the strangest of circumstances you have become two amazing young women,” Obama said. “You are smart and you are beautiful. But more importantly, you are kind and you are thoughtful and you are full of passion.”
“And,”
he added, pausing for applause, “you wore the burden of years in the
spotlight so easily. Of all that I have done in my life, I am most proud
to be your dad.”
When his family joined Obama on the
stage, at the close of his farewell speech, they held hands and waved at
the audience, creating an image of the family that mirrored a similar
one from more than eight years ago, at Obama’s victory rally in the same
city. But one member of the family was missing: the youngest, Sasha.
And immediately, the Internet noticed. People tweeted in confusion, wondering where the teenager could be.
What could possibly be more important than seeing her father’s parting address? They asked and hypothesized:
Soon enough, the answer arrived. She had an exam at school Wednesday
morning, a White House official said. While her family traveled to
Chicago, Sasha stayed in Washington.
The
15-year-old attends Sidwell Friends, a highly selective school in the
nation’s capital. On the school’s website, exam protocols include
guidelines that “students must adhere to the published examination
schedule. Absence for travel is not an adequate reason to re-schedule an
exam.”
It is not the first time that Sasha’s academic commitments have made headlines. In March, Obama announced that he and his family will stay in Washington for a couple of years after his presidency so that Sasha can finish high school.
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