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BumRushDaShow

(144,285 posts)
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 02:48 PM Dec 17

First lady Jill Biden announces she is leaving her teaching post after historic tenure

Source: USA Today

Published 10:53 a.m. ET Dec. 17, 2024 | Updated 12:25 p.m. ET Dec. 17, 2024


First lady Jill Biden announced Monday she is stepping down from her teaching position at Northern Virginia Community College.

"Last Thursday, I taught my last class of the semester, and my final class ever at Northern Virginia Community College," Biden said at a virtual thank you event for teachers. "I will always love this profession, which is why I continued to teach full-time while serving as your first lady."

The announcement came as she prepares to leave the White House after President Joe Biden announced he would end his reelection campaign in July and former President Donald Trump won the presidential election. The virtual address for teachers mirrored her first official event as first lady in 2021, when she also spoke alongside National Education Association president Becky Pringle and American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten.

"I trust that you know you have left a legacy that won't end as you leave the people's house," Pringle said. "You'll continue to do work because, let me tell you, I know I, for one, I'll be reaching out."

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/12/17/jill-biden-leaves-northern-virginia-community-college/77043389007/

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First lady Jill Biden announces she is leaving her teaching post after historic tenure (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Dec 17 OP
It must have been so cool to have her for a teacher! 50 Shades Of Blue Dec 17 #1
Thank you FLOTUS Jill Biden for setting a wonderful example! FakeNoose Dec 17 #2
I hope her and Joe Figarosmom Dec 17 #3
They HAVE been travelling BumRushDaShow Dec 17 #4

50 Shades Of Blue

(10,913 posts)
1. It must have been so cool to have her for a teacher!
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 03:53 PM
Dec 17

I went to NoVa many many years ago... mostly at the same campus where she taught, and I would have been so ecstatic if she ever taught any of my English classes.

BumRushDaShow

(144,285 posts)
4. They HAVE been travelling
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 05:39 PM
Dec 17

all over the U.S. and the world.

I think they are just going to chill in Wilmington, DE or Rehoboth Beach, DE.

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