Children from a given family background, when put in schools of different social compositions, will achieve at quite different levels. — James S. Coleman Copy Share Image
There was a period in high school when, for some reason, I decided that suburbanites were my enemies or my rivals in… — Jeremy Sisto Copy Share Image
A lot of high school students on TV and in Broadway are played by people in their late 20s and even early… — Ansel Elgort Copy Share Image
If she did experience sex-or something close to it-in high school, I'm sure it would have been less out of sexual desire… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
We've long believed teachers know best what their students need to succeed, and that includes the creation of healthy, supportive school communities. — Charles Best Copy Share Image
“Our Father Who Art in Heaven gathered more meaning for me as my own father joined the Maker when I was still… — Andy Paula Copy Share Image
Being in a class with kids, meeting new people, and borrowing notes from other students - I've never done that before. I've… — Chloe Kim Copy Share Image
Maybe instead of stalking her, you should go out with someone else." He sighed. "You don't think I've tried? How can anyone… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
“The best university in the world is neither Oxford nor Harvard. The best university is "youniversity". YOU got the lecture halls of… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I discovered yoga in Sydney during my 'chubby' phase at this school on the beach that taught ashtanga-hatha flow. I gradually moved… — Lisa Haydon Copy Share Image
There's an African-American professor at a noted Ivy League school who is saying there's three kinds of white people, and only one… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Standing up here on the hill away from all humans - seeing these Wonders taking place before one's eyes - so silently...… — Alfred Stieglitz Copy Share Image
When I got home from school, I never knew which mood of my mom was gonna be on the other side of… — Gary Dell'Abate Copy Share Image
Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball. I didn't play against the toughest competition in high school, but one reason… — Larry Bird Copy Share Image
I went to art school, wanting to be a painter and then I got into photography. Then it was movies, and I… — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
My childhood was epitomized by my parents who were uneducated but had a doctorate in love. My dad pressed coats and through… — Dick Vitale Copy Share Image
You know, in the 1970's, when I was in high school, I belonged to a band called the Happy Funk Band. Until… — Colin Mochrie Copy Share Image
The challenge for each one of you is to take up these ideals of tolerance and respect for others and put them… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
In eighth grade, I wore a tie to school every day. I didn't own jeans. But it wasn't a granola thing, it… — Paul Rudd Copy Share Image
I got out of school in 2000, and I always wanted to be on 'This American Life,' since I first started telling… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
While the public school rewards failure by throwing more government money at failing school systems, the voucher system does the opposite. — Fabrizio Moreira Copy Share Image
I didn't really have the entire high school experience. I've been working since I was six years old, so I didn't go… — Thomas Ian Nicholas Copy Share Image
“She comes when classes are to start, She gathers up last midnight’s clutter – burnt cigarettes, a rusted pen nib” — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
I had three jobs my junior and senior year of high school. I worked for the gas station and worked for a… — Curt Schilling Copy Share Image
I loved writing for the school newspaper. I liked to report and interview people, but I really liked to write columns, funny… — Bonnie Jo Campbell Copy Share Image
I challenge you, to go to any school and open 50 lunchboxes, and I guarantee you there will be one or two… — Jamie Oliver Copy Share Image
Everybody has a way to get to college. You study in high school, you do your work. There are always grants or… — Muggsy Bogues Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I was interested in folk music. But rock represented power, and I became the best rock guitarist… — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
My art collection is dominated by tribal art from Nigeria where I taught school, from New Guinea where we've travelled, and by… — Robert Bateman Copy Share Image
While I did complete high school, I would have to say that it was by the skin of my teeth. My education… — Lewis Schiff Copy Share Image
The first goal and primary function of the U.S. public school is not to educate good people, but good citizens. It is… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
I did have wonderful things to draw from, from my own experience and also just from friends and people I'd gone to… — Lily Rabe Copy Share Image
Remember, I'm the kind of kid who used to get stuffed into a locker by school bullies. I've never felt like I'm… — Winona Ryder Copy Share Image
I love to play guitar and hack around. I was in a band when I was in high school. I never learned… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
What happened was, my parents after Circus Boy decided to take me out of show business for two years to go back… — Micky Dolenz Copy Share Image
I was a huge bookworm, total nerd, so I was a victim in middle school. I was in three academic clubs, so… — Nicole Gale Anderson Copy Share Image
When children are hungry, sleepy from a night spent fighting untreated asthma, or hobbled by symptoms of undiagnosed illnesses, they are less… — Irwin Redlener Copy Share Image
I went to college when I was 27, and somehow, between high school and college, I became obsessed with getting A's. I… — Danielle Fishel Copy Share Image
My elementary school teachers were big on pushing kids to read. If you read a certain amount of books, they would provide… — Rey Mysterio Copy Share Image
I played Rugby League at school but once I got to the age of 14, I had to make a choice and… — Luke Campbell Copy Share Image
