A lot of times, when kids have problems with algebra or trigonometry, it has nothing to do with the subject matter, has… — Sal Khan Copy Share Image
I was going to be valedictorian in elementary school, but I got into too many fights, and they made me salutatorian. I… — Marlon Wayans Copy Share Image
Boys are 30 percent more likely than girls to drop out of school. In Canada, five boys drop out for every three… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
The State did not own men so entirely, even when it could send them to the stake, as it sometimes does now… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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I remember, in elementary school, being asked what my father does and not knowing how to answer. When I asked my mom… — Yoshi Wada Copy Share Image
Throughout most of my life, I've tried to downplay my Chinese heritage because I wanted so much to be an American. I… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
I was in sixth grade at Koko Head Elementary School in Honolulu, and was chosen to pin the 50th star on the… — Mazie Hirono Copy Share Image
I have an extremely difficult time wrapping my head around such a tragic event as the Elementary school massacre in Connecticut and… — Pamela Moore Copy Share Image
For a number of years at my public elementary school in rural Maine, I was treated like all the other girls in… — Nicole Maines Copy Share Image
It is not scholarship alone, but scholarship impregnated with religion, that tells on the great mass of society. We have no faith… — Thomas Chalmers Copy Share Image
My parents, who were split up, were so good at keeping my environment strong and keeping everything around me not focused on… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
“The researchers discovered that there was a dramatic shift from an internal to an external locus of control in children of all… — Jessica Joelle Alexander Copy Share Image
It was in Shizuoka, where my home was. I first attended this school when I was five years old. I also attended… — Hiromi Copy Share Image
“[Reverend James] Dobson says that the [Spongebob Squarepants] video would be watched by millions of elementary school students and includes a reference… — Celia Rivenbark Copy Share Image
“All I can say is that I’m grateful that in many ways they just let me be. They didn’t want my rough… — Tommy Caldwell Copy Share Image
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I lived in Meadowbrook. I went to church at Meadowbrook United Methodist Church. I went to school at Meadowbrook Elementary School and… — Kay Granger Copy Share Image
Nick? Nick Hurley?" I asked, laughing. He took back his hat. "You'll be sorry to hear I don't make gross faces as… — Elizabeth Chandler Copy Share Image
“Who decides those things? And why don’t I know about them? Is there some sort of meeting, or maybe an assembly, like… — Krysta MacDonald Copy Share Image
I grew up, as I joke around, in the 'People's Republic of Charlestown' in the city of Boston. And I was blessed… — Jonathan Tucker Copy Share Image
The World Health Organization recently concluded that glyphosate, the main ingredient in the most-used herbicide on GMOs, is "possibly carcinogenic to humans."… — Zoe Lister-Jones Copy Share Image
I have experienced loneliness at many, many points in my life and felt this profound sense of shame about it - all… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
My first experience was when I played when I was really young, like elementary school. I was a striker, right wing, I… — Mark Ingram II Copy Share Image
To all of which is added a selection from the elementary schools of subjects of the most promising genius, whose parents are… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
While visiting Costa Rica, I was inspired to hear that someone had donated a playground to a local school. So when I… — Cheryl Hines Copy Share Image
“Summer vacation is about watermelons, shaved ice, Popsicles, summer festivals with fireworks, and the ocean!!! That's what summer has been about for… — Peach-Pit Copy Share Image
I have four relatively small children, and around fourth grade, they start doing big projects on Native Americas: everything is Native Americans… — Soledad O'Brien Copy Share Image
When I got a chance, I went back and shared those experiences that were important to me. George Washington High, the campus… — Johnny Mathis Copy Share Image
I come from a very musical family. My dad taught me to play guitar. I play violin and drums as well. Violin,… — Amandla Stenberg Copy Share Image
There's always people - it doesn't take many - who have a different psychological makeup than most of us who really get… — Tim Wu Copy Share Image
Open your mind up to things that have no connection with the problem you're trying to solve: subscribe to an unusual magazine;… — Roger von Oech Copy Share Image
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I went to a strict elementary school with nuns, and uniforms that I'm pretty sure were made out of sandpaper. It was… — Zosia Mamet Copy Share Image
Our whole educational system, from the elementary schools to the universities, is increasingly turning out people who have never heard enough conflicting… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Was Sen. Barack Obama a Muslim? Did he ever practice Islam? The presidential candidate officially rejects the claims, but the issue of… — Aaron Klein Copy Share Image
“Money was overrated, folks thought it could buy you anything but hey were sorely mistaken. When money bumped up against money, the… — T.S. McKinney Copy Share Image
Ministers of the Gospel are excluded [from serving as Visitors of the county Elementary Schools] to avoid jealousy from the other sects,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Often low-income parents give their children every other thing they need for successful participation in school and the world of work except… — James P. Comer Copy Share Image
People think it must be wonderful being in movies or on television, but it can be very tough on a child. I… — Angela Cartwright Copy Share Image