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demmiblue

(36,855 posts) Tue Sep 18, 2018, 02:07 PM Sep 2018

Michelle Obama: When I was younger, thinking about going to college... #BetterMakeRoom

When I was younger, thinking about going to college sometimes gave me a pit in my stomach. I came from a working-class family. I was young, black, and female. Of course I doubted myself. But I didn’t let those fears win. #BetterMakeRoom

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Michelle Obama: When I was younger, thinking about going to college... #BetterMakeRoom (Original Post) demmiblue Sep 2018 OP

The saying used to be marybourg Sep 2018 #1

marybourg

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1. The saying used to be

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Tue Sep 18, 2018, 02:43 PM

Sep 2018

“a feeling (or an ache) in the pit of my stomach”. Apparently this has transmuted into “ a pit in my stomach”, which seems to make sense in its own way. But, et tu Michelle?

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