• In the fall of 1982, Sarah Palin attended Hawaii Pacific
University in Honolulu but by the end of the freshman year she
transferred out to North Idaho College, Coeur d'Alene in the
spring of 1983
 
• According to a biography titled 'Sarah' by Kaylene
Johnson, "Palin and three friends went to the University of
Hawaii at Hilo after graduation from high school in Alaska in
1982. But they left after a few weeks because of the constant
rain there."
 
• In the fall of 1984, she turned to University of Idaho
in Moscow, leaving it for Matanuska-Susitna Community College in
Palmer, Alaska during the fall of 1985. She later returned to the
University of Idaho in 1986 where she received her Bachelor's
degree in communications with an emphasis in journalism in 1987.
 
• Palin once said that her curiosity and love of writing
made journalism a natural choice. "I was always asking everyone
the questions, and I still am today."
 
• The Alumni Association of North Idaho College recently
conferred upon her the Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award in
June 2008.
 
• In an effort to finance her way through college, Palin
entered beauty competitions in her early twenties, aiming for the
Miss America title. She was titled Miss Wasilla in 1984 and
finished third in the Miss Alaska pageant, winning the "Miss
Congeniality" award and a college scholarship.
 
• In tune with her ambition to be a sport commentator and
television presenter, soon after graduation Palin worked as a
sportscaster for KTUU-TV in Anchorage and as sports reporter for
the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman.
		

?• Obama attended Franciscus Assisi Roman Catholic Primary
School in Jakarta, Indonesia, from kindergarten  through the 3rd
grade.  He was registered on January 1, 1968, under the name
Barry Soetoro, an Indonesian citizen whose religion was listed as
Islam.

• Israella Pareira ?Iis? Darmawan, 63, Senator Obama's
kindergarten teacher, remembers him as an exceptionally tall and
curly haired child who quickly picked up the local language and
had sharp math skills. He wrote an essay titled, 'I Want To
Become President,' the teacher said."

• His third grade teacher: Fermina Katarina Sinaga "asked
her class to write an essay titled 'My dream: What I want to be
in the future.' Senator Obama wrote 'I want to be a President,'
she said."

• Obama also attended Sekolah Dasar Nasional Menteng No. 1
(Basuki school), in Jakarta, Indonesia, 4th grade and Punahou
School in Hawaii from the 5th grade to the 12th grade;

• Soon after high school, Barack Obama studied at
Occidental College, Los Angeles for two years but in 1981, he
transferred to Columbia University in New York City to major in
Political Science with specialization in International Relations.
The topic for his thesis was 'Soviet Nuclear Disarmament'.
 
• It was in 1983 that Obama graduated with a B.A from
Columbia and then he joined the Business International
Corporation and New York Public Interest Research Group.
 
• In 1988, Obama attended a three-year program at Harvard
Law School stating his point of view that a degree in law is the
best vehicle to facilitate better community organization and
activism.
 
• Based on his grades and a writing competition, Obama got
selected as the Editor of the Harvard Law Review by the end of
his first year at Harvard and was elected President of the Law
Review in the second year.
 
• Obama peers, who gave their votes to make him the first
black president of the Harvard Law Review, say that he was a
natural leader, an impressive student and a nice guy.
 
• During his law school years, Obama also worked as an
associate with Sidley & Austin and Hopkins & Sutter law firms.
 
• His enterprising nature urged him to take a national
training course on Alinsky methods of organizing.
 
• In 1991, Obama graduated from Harvard with a J.D. magna
cum laude and taught constitutional law at the University of
Chicago Law School for twelve years. The courses he taught
include equal protection areas of constitutional law, voting
rights, racism and law.

• When asked about his best and worst grades or subjects
in school, Obama replied, "graduated magna cum laude from Harvard
Law and a D in 8th grade French".