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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"She didn't have to do that. No one else did it."
Most people know her as Jill Biden. But to some she is Dr. B, the compassionate and challenging educator who went the extra mile.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/jill-biden-professor/2021/01/12/c5ec4a74-4ea3-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html
Stack said that while settling into American life she caught bronchitis and coughed endlessly though her classes.
I didnt have insurance. I didnt even know where to go to the doctor, Stack said. [Biden] was trying to help me and figure out how to get that care. She didnt have to do that. No one else did it.
And the compassion was returned. Biden, in her memoir, recounted the time her sister underwent a stem cell transplant. The professor told her class at NOVA that she would miss their next session so she could care for her sister.
I quickly faced the whiteboard so the students wouldnt see the tears filling my eyes, Biden wrote. When I turned back around, every single student was standing. They made a line and came up to hug me, one by one. At that moment, I knew just how much I needed them.
Butterflylady
(3,523 posts)Especially after what we had to put up with for the last 4 years.
fwvinson
(488 posts)subterranean
(3,427 posts)She is Slovenian.
IronLionZion
(45,261 posts)DENVERPOPS
(8,679 posts)I gotta tell everyone:
I fully expect some of my FORMER RepubliCON friends and family that I have banished from my life, will come to me, dragging their butts, and trying and get back into my life........
I will have one short thing to say: *FUCK OFF*
OUR LIVES HAVE BEEN MADE HELL FOR FOUR YEARS, AND PROBABLY WILL BE FOR A LOT OF US FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES... AND YOU THINK YOU CAN PRETEND THIS CONFLAGRATION NEVER HAPPENED WHEN YOU DID EVERYTHING YOU COULD DO, TO MAKE IT HAPPEN?
FUCK YOU...................
(And, the RepuliCON party and politicians will be falling over themselves to try to distance themselves from Trumpism and pretend they had nothing to do with Trump and begging the Republican Voters to keep supporting them. SCREW EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM TOO...........)
Moostache
(9,895 posts)Again, there is nothing redeemable or admirable about the Trumps, but the sheer amount that they pale in comparison to the Obamas AND the Bidens is jarring.
I LOVE that we are going back to "I needed ALL of them..." from "I don't really care, do u?"
Catcar
(1,356 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,888 posts)Melania was visiting those kids and they hugged her and said how much they loved her coat.......
Warms your heart, doesn't it?
AZ8theist
(5,339 posts)who was just orphaned by a Reich wing Nazi Doturd loving scumbag in a mass shooting.
And the 2 of them were smiling with the thumbs up.
A more vile, disgusting pair of pigs cannot be found in the human species....
(I get your sarcasm. A LOT of folks on here don't, but I do...well played)
MyOwnPeace
(16,888 posts)is much more accurate - and disturbing.
And your description of the "First Couple" is chillingly accurate.
Sometimes people need clear black & white displayed directly in front of them in order to begin to understand.
Well stated!
AZ8theist
(5,339 posts)PatSeg
(46,804 posts)The Bidens tend to do that to me.
Karma13612
(4,527 posts)Civil type stories.
No p*ssy grabbing, no horrible divisive rhetoric.
And, Dr. B wasnt wearing a jacket that day in class, as she faced the white board that said I dont really care, do you?
Biophilic
(3,487 posts)he or she couldn't have done a better job that the Bidens and the Trumps. Maybe we, as a nation really needed to see the worse juxtaposed to the very best to understand are world. The Bidens are just such good people and the trumps are just such horrible ones.
GopherGal
(1,999 posts)The the current Lame Duck a l'orange and his sullen trophy wife being the disgusting filling sandwiched in between the Obamas and the Bidens.
Biophilic
(3,487 posts)MontanaMama
(23,242 posts)every single day. What a relief to have good people in leadership again.
hibbing
(10,076 posts)This is what I want, I am going to do my best to tune out all the Biden garbage and focus on having normal people in our house.
Peace
Mr.Bill
(24,104 posts)"She's a knockout."
Inside and out, one of the most beautiful people on this planet.
onecaliberal
(32,489 posts)SergeStorms
(18,902 posts)Another Democratic First Lady, WHO'S ACTUALLY A LADY, and not some yucky silicone and botox filled squeaky toy for the most gross adult/child in the world.
Dr. Jill Biden is going to be an amazing First Lady, to go along with an amazing president, Joe Biden, and an incredible vice-president, Kamala Harris. A round of applause for them all.
ffr
(22,649 posts)One I haven't been able to identify with since T---- stained our democracy.
marble falls
(56,359 posts)... become common again.
mdbl
(4,972 posts)that will be nice
marble falls
(56,359 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,063 posts)ladym55
(2,577 posts)She teaches at a community college. Her students are largely first-generation college students, many have financial challenges and may have issues with food or housing, and often are juggling school, work, and a family. These are students that have so many obstacles to face when trying to succeed. These students deserve excellence and compassion, and it's one more reason I think Dr. Biden is amazing.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,039 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,483 posts)Enough fear, anger, loathing and selfishness.....
Bring back the joy, empathy and unselfishness in a flood. Dr. Jill Biden will be a big part of this revival....
I began feeling better mentally and physically soon after the election......
niyad
(112,435 posts)Schmice3
(294 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)....real NORMAL people who care about others back again.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,535 posts)Except, unfortunately, Mel was thoroughly and massively irradiated in her early childhood and leaned more towards Creature From The Black Lagoon than she did Dr. Biden.
What? Haven't you ever seen a superhero/horror movie?