Home of the Young Barack Obama
著者: 伊藤 翔太
The family’s tight finances meant Barry went to Punahou School on a scholarship. It’s a fancy private school where kids drove Mercedes and talked about summering in France. Barry? He arrived in a 1974 Ford Pinto that had a hole in the floorboard. You could see the asphalt whizzing by while he drove. That’s not a car; that’s a mobile skylight.
He lived so close to campus that he’d walk home for lunch—straight back to the fruit-and-spice apartment. His friends would tag along, and his grandmother Madelyn would serve them Spam musubi (a Hawaiian delicacy). Nothing says "future world leader" like eating canned meat on a bed of rice while your buddies mock your grandpa’s rubber snake collection.
The Couch That Raised a President
The living room had a green velvet couch that was so old it predated statehood. Barry would sprawl on it, reading Barefoot in the Park or making up goofy stories. Today, that couch is in the Smithsonian. But back then, it was just the thing he spilled orange juice on before school.
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Here’s a surprising fact: until he was 10 years old, Barry thought his grandparents’ names were actually "Tutu" and "Tutu Kane." That’s Hawaiian for grandma and grandpa. He didn’t learn they were Madelyn and Stanley until he saw their mail. "Wait, you’re not actually named Toot-Toot?" Imagine his disappointment.
マネー知識やキャリア形成に役立つノウハウを、初心者にも分かりやすく解説するのが得意です。
