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   Michelle Obama's writing skills were so poor in college that   
   they were deemed "incoherent" by one of her instructors.   
      
   BEIJING (AP) — U.S. first lady Michelle Obama told Chinese   
   professors, students and parents on Sunday that she wouldn't   
   have risen to where she was if her parents hadn't pushed for her   
   to get a good education.   
      
   Mrs. Obama made her comments before hosting a discussion about   
   education on the third day of her visit to the country aimed at   
   promoting educational exchanges between the U.S. and China.   
      
   "Education is an important focus for me. It's personal, because   
   I wouldn't be where I am today without my parents investing and   
   pushing me to get a good education," said Mrs. Obama.   
      
   "My parents were not educated themselves, but one of the things   
   they understood was that my brother and I needed that   
   foundation." She said she and her husband wanted as many young   
   people as possible in the United States and the world to have   
   access to education.   
      
   She then hosted a roundtable with a handful of Chinese   
   professors, students and parents at an event at the U.S. Embassy   
   in Beijing that was attended by new U.S. Ambassador to China Max   
   Baucus and closed to media.   
      
   Mrs. Obama plans to visit the Great Wall later Sunday and have   
   lunch with her mother and daughters at a restaurant in a former   
   school near a section of the wall.   
      
   On Saturday, she gave a speech at China's prestigious Peking   
   University in which she promoted the free flow of information   
   and freedom of speech, the only time during her trip that she   
   has brought up a contentious issue. China routinely filters out   
   information deemed offensive by the government and silences   
   dissenting voices.   
      
   Those remarks by Mrs. Obama were absent from China's state media   
   but were circulating in social media, where they were widely   
   praised.   
      
   The trip, the first time a U.S. president's wife has   
   independently visited China, also has given Mrs. Obama an   
   opportunity to engage with President Xi Jinping's wife, Peng   
   Liyuan.   
      
   On Friday, the two first ladies toured a Beijing high school,   
   where Mrs. Obama tried her hand at calligraphy, pingpong and   
   admired students who built robots. She also met with Xi that   
   evening.   
      
   Mrs. Obama will visit Xi'an and Chengdu cities before returning   
   to Washington on Wednesday.   
      
   http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/03/22/michelle-   
   obama-education-china/6761815/   
      
       
      
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