Andrew,Victor

__ Introduction __
==== This __report__ is about Barack __Obama__ who was born on August 4, 1961 in Honolulu Hawaii. When Barack Obama was growing up his mom and dad were __working__ on a G.I. Bill. When Barack Obama was two years old his parents got into a divorce and then his dad went to Harvard to pursue Ph.D. studies. The reason why Barack Obama is significant in African American History is that he was the first African American to be a President. Why are there links to the home page on __report__ and __work__? ====

__ Early Years __
==== When his mother was going to Indonesia there would be incidents in Indonesia and (that) left Barack Obama's mom scared so she took him back to his maternal grandparents when he was only ten. While Barack Obama was growing up with his grandparents he enrolled in the esteemed Punahou Academy excelling in basketball and graduating with academic honors. After high school Obama studied at Occidental College in Los Angeles for two years. When his two years were over he transferred to Columbia University in New York. Then he graduated and he got a degree for political science. After he graduated he was working for a business sector for two years then moved to Chicago. ====

__ Adult Life __
==== The thing that people admire him is that he was a civil rights lawyer. The reason why he became a civil rights person is that before that he was a lawyer. After law school he made his own autobiography and the story was called Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance. His book was good so they changed (translated) the words into ten different languages as in Swedish, Chinese, and Hebrew. Later when people were buying the book he got a Grammy award for Best Spoken Word Album. ====

__ Significant __
==== I think he is a significant African American because (no quotation marks needed) he made a book that sold over a lot in different languages. The other thing that makes him significant person is that he made a second book called The Audacity of Hope: thought on reclaiming the dream. What makes Barack Obama special is that he was the one that changed the United States is that he changed it on a global scale. ====

__ Conclusion __
==== What I learned is that Barack Obama went through a hard life because his dad and mom got into a divorce and that was hard for him to live through. The other is that he worked really hard in his work. I did find something good about him is that he was the first African American to be a president. those are the things what I learned about Barack Obama. ==== __ http://holidays.kaboose.com/who-is-barack-obama.html __

__ http://www.biography.com/people/barack-obama-12782369 __
A little disorganized and confusing. I would have liked to have seen more information and details about him BECOMING president. Overall, a pretty good essay. 20 out of 23 (+3 for parent signature)