| | In a series of pro-Clinton infomercials hosted by [[MTV]] entitled ''Choose or Loose'',<ref>[http://bigthink.com/age-of-engagement/a-look-back-at-1992-how-bill-clinton-engaged-younger-voters How Bill Clinton Engaged Younger Voters], by Matthew C. Nisbet, December 14, 2011.</ref> her father promised young people that he would send Chelsea to a public high school in [[Washington D.C.]] and stressed the importance of elected officials leading by example to restore confidence in America's [[public school]]s. Upon election, the Clinton's chose to [[segregate]] Chelsea in the rich and white-dominated exclusive Sidwell Friends school in Washington. | | In a series of pro-Clinton infomercials hosted by [[MTV]] entitled ''Choose or Loose'',<ref>[http://bigthink.com/age-of-engagement/a-look-back-at-1992-how-bill-clinton-engaged-younger-voters How Bill Clinton Engaged Younger Voters], by Matthew C. Nisbet, December 14, 2011.</ref> her father promised young people that he would send Chelsea to a public high school in [[Washington D.C.]] and stressed the importance of elected officials leading by example to restore confidence in America's [[public school]]s. Upon election, the Clinton's chose to [[segregate]] Chelsea in the rich and white-dominated exclusive Sidwell Friends school in Washington. |
| − | Her life growing up in the [[White House]] was quiet in comparison to those of other presidential children, as the Clinton's imposed a ban on media reporting<ref>[http://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=1997+chelsea+clinton+driving+license&d=4994347727654952&mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&w=lh7G9ZdI3VHfKsXMVrl4Ey6U7LJGWLKi Keep Chelsea Outta Sight], ''New York Daily News'', September 14, 1997; media clampdowns become especially harsh after it was reported the daughter of the two smartest people on the planet flunked her driver's test.</ref> on Chelsea's life and activities so as to shield her from the resulting intrusion. Other than flunking her driver license test, Chelsea sparked little attention. She also at least once derogatorily referred to military personnel visiting the White House as pigs, and inferred when confronted on this that both her parents referred to them as such. In the later years of her father's presidency, as her mother sought election to the [[Senate]], Chelsea assumed some of the hosting duties of the [[First Lady]], filling in for Hillary while she was away. After her father's term in office, she went on to earn a master's degree in International Relations from [[Oxford]]. | + | Her life growing up in the [[White House]] was quiet in comparison to those of other presidential children, as the Clinton's imposed a ban on media reporting<ref>[http://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=1997+chelsea+clinton+driving+license&d=4994347727654952&mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&w=lh7G9ZdI3VHfKsXMVrl4Ey6U7LJGWLKi Keep Chelsea Outta Sight], ''New York Daily News'', September 14, 1997; media clampdowns become especially harsh after it was reported the daughter of the two smartest people on the planet flunked her driver's test.</ref> on Chelsea's life and activities so as to shield her from the resulting intrusion. Other than flunking her driver license test, Chelsea sparked little attention. She also at least once derogatorily referred to the Secret Service as pigs, and inferred when confronted on this that both her parents referred to them as such.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3029364/Book-Young-Chelsea-Clinton-called-Secret-Service-pigs-told-one-agent-s-mother-father-call-you.html</ref> In the later years of her father's presidency, as her mother sought election to the [[Senate]], Chelsea assumed some of the hosting duties of the [[First Lady]], filling in for Hillary while she was away. After her father's term in office, she went on to earn a master's degree in International Relations from [[Oxford]]. |