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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He spent 15 minutes at Dunbar per the Washington Post. This was not a serious event by any stretch, and I'm glad the students didn't fawn all over him. [/quote]

I would bet if it was better planned he would stayed longer [/quote]

He had PR people in tow, and lots of cameras. Got what he needed/wanted and took off. Sounds like he was pretty awkward with the kids.

..."Awakening students can be tough work, even when Bezos stands in front of a high school class surrounded by television, video and still cameras. Bezos tried asking a few questions, loosening them up with questions about their teacher and joking about his own children’s vague responses to his questions. He prompted one student to tell him about his current project that involved coding for computers that operate systems in a house.

“Very cool,” the business mogul responded.

Then, after a group photo and a few more words of encouragement, he was gone. And even if several of the students were not sure who he was or why he came, they said they appreciated the 15-minute drop-in visit."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/jeff-bezos-visited-a-high-school-class-the-students-werent-sure-who-he-was/2019/10/21/1a83b8e8-f413-11e9-a285-882a8e386a96_story.html[/quote]

He is not historical or even famous, in many ways.  He's a business owner and clearly very good at it but to expect kids to know what he looks like is bizarre.

If he really wanted to help those kids, he'd bring them computers, kindles or something useful to practice coding on.  Be a bit generous and not just use it for free PR as the press as painted him very poorly lately and some for good reason.  It sounds like Amazon employees were mentoring the kids.[/quote]

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