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Jenean Hampton Research Paper

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“I have been to over 100 schools,” began Lt. Governor Jenean Hampton, who is focusing on what she refers to as the 4 E’s: Entrepreneurship, Education, Emergency preparedness, and being an Example.

Hampton spoke to the students at Metcalfe County High School on Monday, October 9th, expressing the importance of a high school education stating, “It is a starting point.” She used her own life story as an example telling students how she watched her mother struggle without a high school education.

As a child, Hampton lived in Detroit’s inner city and at age seven her parents divorced leaving her mother to raise her and her three siblings. Hampton stated that at times her family had no car, washing machine, or even a TV, but instead of being despondent, …show more content…

When asked how she became interested in politics, Hampton answered, “That is a God story,” explaining that she lost her job in 2012 and prayed for guidance on what to do next. After losing a run for state house in Bowling Green, she was contacted by, now Governor, Matt Bevins, who asked her to be his running mate. Hampton is now the 57th Lt. Governor of Kentucky, the first African-American in history to hold statewide office, and the 4th woman to hold the Lt. Governor’s position.

Hampton went on to tell the students what her job entails and to everyone’s surprise she stated that Kentucky’s largest export industry is Aerospace and Aviation. She also highlighted some great educational opportunities within the state of Kentucky such as Morehead University’s Space Science Program, which teaches students to design, build, tests, and launch cube satellites. One of only five programs of its type in the nation. The University of Kentucky is at the forefront of Exomedicine, a study of the effects of medicine on the human body in low gravity.

The Lt. Governor ended her speech by answering questions from the

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