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 Condoleezza Rice’s Childhood Condoleezza Rice was born on November 14th in segregated Birmingham, Alabama. She was an only child of two teachers. From the beginning, the Rice’s were determined to educate Condoleezza Rice! <span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 240);">Many children, <span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 240);">before beginning <span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 240);">school had l <span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 240);">earned their <span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 240);">alphabet, the <span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 240);">colors, and <span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 240);">some reading! <span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 240);">But before <span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 240);">starting kindergarten, <span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 240);">Condoleezza Rice <span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 240);">knew how <span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 240);">to read, <span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 240);">play piano, <span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 240);">studied French, <span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 240);">ballet and <span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 240);">also art! <span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 240);">Condoleezza was <span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 240);">way ahead <span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 240);">when she <span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 240);">started school <span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 240);">so she <span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 240);">got to <span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 240);">skip the <span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 240);">first grade <span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 240);">and the <span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 240);">seventh grade! Her <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(255, 153, 0); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">mother, Angelena <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(255, 153, 0); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">Rice took <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">music <span style="color: rgb(255, 192, 0);"> seriously. <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Playing the <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">piano ran <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">through the <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">family. Condoleezza <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Rice’s mother, <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">grandmother and <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">great- grandmother <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">all played <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">the piano! <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Condoleezza Rice <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">liked to <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">listen and <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">watch her <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">grandmother’s student’s <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">play since <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">her grandmother <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">was a <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Piano teacher. <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">When she <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">was little <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">she would <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">pound on <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">the keys <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">trying to <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">play. At <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">the age <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">of three, <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">she took <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">piano lessons <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">from her <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">grandmother! She <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">could even <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">read sheet <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> music before <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">reading books! <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(112, 48, 160); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">She <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(255, 102, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">had <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(112, 48, 160); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">always <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">showed <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">desire <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">to <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">learn, <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">such <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">as <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">when <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">she <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">practiced <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">her <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">piano <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">without <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">her <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">mom <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">coming <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">after <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">her! <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">When <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">she <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">was <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">at <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">the <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">age <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">of <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">four, <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">she <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">had <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">learned <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">enough <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">pieces <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">of <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">music <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">to <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">give <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">her <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">first <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">performance. <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">Her <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">mother <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">once <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">took <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">of <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">an <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">entire <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">year <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">so <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">that <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);"> she <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">could <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">teach <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">her <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">daughter <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">at <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">home. <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">She <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">did <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">this <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">because <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">when <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">Condoleezza <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">Rice <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">was <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">five, <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">she <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">tried <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">to <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">put <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">her <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">in <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">school, <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">but <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">the <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">principal <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">said <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">that <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">she <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">was <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">too <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">young! <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">Even <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">in <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">her <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">childhood <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">she <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">worked <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">hard <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">with <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">a <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">lot <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">of <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">determination <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">and <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 204);">intelligence!

<span style="color: rgb(0, 225, 255);">Sources: A book called: Condoleezza Rice,Stateswomen and Condoleezza Rice, U.S. Secretary of State. A website: [|Http://www.indepthinfo.com/Condoleezza-Ricechildhood.shtml]