? Episcopal High School in Alexandria,VA.,
graduated in 1954.

? United States Naval Academy, 1958; 

McCain, the son and grandson of Navy admirals, graduated 894th
of 899 in his Naval Academy class in 1958.  His class rank was
low due to poor grades for acedemics, conduct and leadership,
which reflected his sloppy appearance, rebellious attitude,
and poor relations with his company officer.  

A free spirit, McCain chafed under the strict rules of the
academy. He maintained his membership in the "Century Club"
each year by earning more than 100 demerits. McCain's bio in
the academy yearbook read: "Sturdy conversationalist and party
man. John's quick wit and clever sarcasm made him a welcome
man at any gathering. His bouts with the academic and
executive departments contributed much to the stockpiles of
legends within the hall."  

He had neither been ordered to go there by his parents nor
discussed alternatives; as he later wrote, "I remember simply
recognizing my eventual enrollment at the Academy as an
immutable fact of life, and accepting it without comment."  


? National War College, 1973; 



? When asked about his best and worst grades or subjects in
school, McCain replied, "I never got good grades."		

?• 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".