{"id":116878,"date":"2017-09-08T23:34:51","date_gmt":"2017-09-09T03:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=116878"},"modified":"2025-01-07T20:41:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T01:41:49","slug":"obama-surprises-students-with-visit-to-dc-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/09\/08\/obama-surprises-students-with-visit-to-dc-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama surprises students with visit to DC school"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_101339\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101339\" style=\"width: 337px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/1376580_10151878817796749_162570700_n.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-101339\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/1376580_10151878817796749_162570700_n.png\" alt=\"FILE: \u201cI do believe that most of the problems we have are going to be solved by you,\u201d Obama told a group of students from McKinley Technology High School, according to an Instagram video posted on his account after his unannounced visit. (Photo: Barack Obama\/ Facebook)\" width=\"337\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/1376580_10151878817796749_162570700_n.png 337w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/1376580_10151878817796749_162570700_n-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/1376580_10151878817796749_162570700_n-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-101339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: \u201cI do believe that most of the problems we have are going to be solved by you,\u201d Obama told a group of students from McKinley Technology High School, according to an Instagram video posted on his account after his unannounced visit. (Photo: Barack Obama\/ Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 Former President Barack Obama shocked students at a Washington school Friday by popping in to give them encouragement at the beginning of the new year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do believe that most of the problems we have are going to be solved by you,\u201d Obama told a group of students from McKinley Technology High School, according to an Instagram video posted on his account after his unannounced visit.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, a small group of students can be seen gasping in surprise as Obama walks into a room with a cheery \u201cHow&#8217;s it going, everybody?<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy super cialis online <a href=\"https:\/\/waynegeneralhospital.org\/home-health\/html\/super-cialis.html\">https:\/\/waynegeneralhospital.org\/home-health\/html\/super-cialis.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former president has made few public appearances since leaving the White House in January.<\/p>\n<p>Obama will be attending a fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee on September 27, only the second time he&#8217;s publicly raised money for his party since leaving the White House. Obama attended a fundraiser hosted by former Attorney General Eric Holder for the National Democratic Redistricting Committee back in July.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy wegovy online <a href=\"https:\/\/waynegeneralhospital.org\/home-health\/html\/wegovy.html\">https:\/\/waynegeneralhospital.org\/home-health\/html\/wegovy.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>District of Columbia Public Schools Chancellor Antwan Wilson joined Obama at the school for a discussion with the students about their life goals, pursuing higher education and giving back to their communities.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy trazodone online <a href=\"https:\/\/waynegeneralhospital.org\/home-health\/html\/trazodone.html\">https:\/\/waynegeneralhospital.org\/home-health\/html\/trazodone.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Former first lady Michelle Obama, who was not with Obama during the Friday visit, made a point of visiting local schools as first lady and has continued since the Obamas moved into a Washington home.<\/p>\n<p>McKinley Technology High School is the only Science, Technology, Engineering and Math application school in the District of Columbia public school system. It also participates in the district&#8217;s Empowering Males of Color Initiative, which was launched in 2015 in response to Obama&#8217;s My Brother&#8217;s Keeper program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 Former President Barack Obama shocked students at a Washington school Friday by popping in to give them encouragement &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":100525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[23394,353],"class_list":["post-116878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-w","tag-dc-school","tag-obama","mauthors-jesse-j-holland","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116878"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":280454,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116878\/revisions\/280454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}