November 2008, As I tend to do around Election Day, I stopped watching tv and stayed offline, figured I’d find out the results afterwards, when it was fact, without torturing myself.
I didn’t have to watch tv or go online that night. I could hear people outside cheering. I called my parents and my mother was so happy she could hardly speak.
The next day I went to work and about 90% of my class were wearing those iconic Obama "Hope" tee shirts. Some of those wearing them were a pleasant surprise. A few other students were obviously not happy about the election results, so I tried to keep on the topic of the training for the day.
I also remember when Mr. Obama returned to the city recently and pretty much received a hero’s welcome.
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I remember that the first international trip he did was to Egypt. And there was this silly rumor that he is a Muslim and would fix the middle east etc. I was so young yet I never believed anything without evidence, you'd be really surprised how grown ups believe anything they hear without thinking. Like this rumor that Michael Jackson became Muslim and was actually killed for joining Islam 😅
