At the age of six, Obama and his mother had moved to Indonesia to join his stepfather. From age six to ten, he was registered in school as “Barry”[31] and attended local Indonesian-language schools: Sekolah Dasar Katolik Santo Fransiskus Asisi (St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Elementary School) for two years and Sekolah Dasar Negeri Menteng 01 (State Elementary School Menteng 01) for one and a half years, supplemented by English-language Calvert School homeschooling by his mother.[32][33] As a result of his four years in Jakarta, he was able to speak Indonesian fluently as a child.[34] During his time in Indonesia, Obama’s stepfather taught him to be resilient and gave him “a pretty hardheaded assessment of how the world works”.[35]

In 1971, Obama returned to Honolulu to live with his maternal grandparents, Madelyn and Stanley Dunham. He attended Punahou School—a private college preparatory school—with the aid of a scholarship from fifth grade until he graduated from high school in 1979.

  • ‮redirtSdeR
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    242 months ago

    I’ve seen that photo of him in the thumbnail so many times it doesn’t even seem real anymore.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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      92 months ago

      Obama isn’t a real person. He’s a boogieman invented by far-right parents to scare their children, much like chupacabre, or vampires.

      • Doom
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        52 months ago

        honestly sorta feels like that. they just rolled everything they hate into a neolib

      • @beejboytyson
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        32 months ago

        Chupacabra makes sense, those damn mexican goat thieves.

    • @[email protected]
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      32 months ago

      Like that one MatPat picture he started using as his avatar, so much so that he looks photoshopped into the real picture now.