First Lady Michelle Obama dishes with ‘106 & Park’ co-hosts Bow Wow and Keshia Chante.
The First Lady has officially made education her first priority.
Michelle Obama, during a taped appearance on BET that aired Tuesday, pushed young people to commit to learning so they can get into college and better their futures.
"I want all people to understand that there is nothing more important they will do for themselves than to focus on their education," Obama said on the network's "106 & Park" program. "It starts with taking high school seriously, doing your homework and being in class on time."
Michelle Obama, known for her acute sense of style, entered the studio sporting a fashionable leather jacket.
Obama, who walked onto the stage to raucous applause sporting gray slacks, bright pink lipstick and a stylish leather jacket, appeared as part of her expanded focus on helping the U.S. achieve President Obama's "North Star" goal, which aims for the country to have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by 2020.
Obama indulged the request of ‘106 & Park’ host Bow Wow and said hello to his mother on air.
The popular first lady didn't hesitate to encourage members of the audience, primarily made up of young African-American students, to work hard in school.
"I have to say, I was a pretty serious student … I wanted to make sure that I didn't peak in high school. You don't want your best days to be in high school," she said. "I wasn't doing too much partying in high school, I was trying to get myself into college."
"If I can do it, you all can do it," she added.
Obama also waded into what her own future may hold.
"I'm still discovering what I want to be. I'm still thinking about what I want to do when I leave the White House," she said.
But she wasn't shy about expressing what she missed about the life she had before her husband was elected President.
"Anonymity," she said in response to an audience question on the topic. "Being able to walk out your front door without agents and … go to CVS to buy some toothpaste."
