Growing up in Mississippi, the first song that I ever remember hearing, that captivated my mind and transported me from my bedroom… — Marty Stuart Copy Share Image
From the standpoint of the child, the great waste in school comes from his inability to utilize the experience he gets outside… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The public school system is not about educating black children. Never has been. Inner-city schools are about social control. Period. They’re operated… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The first and foremost duty of the high school in teaching mathematics is to emphasize methodical work in problem solving...The teacher who… — George Polya Copy Share Image
In high school, I was lucky enough to have a big group of girlfriends that have really inspired a lot of the… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
As a people, we value family, education and success. Hunger is an enemy to all three. Scientific studies have demonstrated that even… — Ted Danson Copy Share Image
Education is thus a most power ally of humanism, and every public school is a school of humanism. What can the theistic… — Charles Francis Potter Copy Share Image
The funniest people I know were, not necessarily troubled, but had a harder time in school or were shy or picked on… — Kaitlin Olson Copy Share Image
When I was in high school, I used to have breakfast with my grandpa every morning. He instilled a lot of values… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
I'd done two years' worth of extra work, and all my friends who I would go on auditions with went to school… — Michelle Rodriguez Copy Share Image
“Mr. Klamp laid down the law. No tardiness, no talking above 40 decibels, no untied shoelaces, no visible undergarments, no eating, no… — Polly Shulman Copy Share Image
I grew up performing in glee club at my school; I was the ostrich in 'Peter Pan,' and then I was super-involved… — Kelsea Ballerini Copy Share Image
Wrestling was you wrestle in college and you become a high school coach. That was it for wrestlers. We just started to… — Benson Henderson Copy Share Image
Demand to know the school's accreditation. Regional accreditation is preferable to national, particularly if you want to transfer credits. Check with the… — Lisa Madigan Copy Share Image
If you're trying to be miserable, it's important you don't have any goals. No school goals, personal goals, family goals. Your only… — John Bytheway Copy Share Image
In the Nineties, there was all this new research into brain development, with evidence saying poor kids fall behind in school because… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
When I was 14 years old, I went on location to film 'Mrs. Doubtfire' for five months, and my high school was… — Lisa Jakub Copy Share Image
Looking, acting, and ultimately being Prep is not restricted to an elite minority lucky enough to attend prestigious private schools, just because… — Lisa Birnbach Copy Share Image
Drama school was the first place I learned that looks can affect your career. It was very horrible at the time. I… — Joseph Gatt Copy Share Image
I went to film school at Columbia and did that for a couple years and really thought I was going to be… — Scott Adsit Copy Share Image
If religious freedom is to endure in America, the responsibility for teaching religion to public school children must be left to the… — Sam Ervin Copy Share Image
You know, sometimes I'll go to an 8th-grade graduation and there's all that pomp and circumstance and gowns and flowers. And I… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Starting in high school and continuing through our higher education system, we must ensure our students are on the right path to… — Pat McCrory Copy Share Image
I am sure that hon. members will realize that I am not drawing on my imagination when I state that last fall… — Tommy Douglas Copy Share Image
In my case, I was born to parents who were very young, and I don't think they were entirely ready to have… — Gillian Anderson Copy Share Image
My music teacher who I was really close with, she helped me out a lot being away from home and going to… — Michael Carter-Williams Copy Share Image
It has been the error of the schools to teach astronomy, and all the other sciences, and subjects of natural philosophy, as… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The people who run the international tests told us, "the biggest predictor of student success is choice." Nations that "attach the money… — John Stossel Copy Share Image
I was at a school in England, a prep school, from the ages of 8 and 13. And every play they did… — Charlie Cox Copy Share Image
What does it say about a president's policies when he has to use a cartoon character rather than real people to justify… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
Before I even knew what stand up was, I tried to make people laugh at school because that was how I made… — Bill Burr Copy Share Image
On the first day of school, my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each of us an English name and said that from thenceforth… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The Summer after high school, when we first met, we make out in your Mustang, to Radiohead, and on my 18th birthday,… — Katy Perry Copy Share Image
If a student has access to a great school, Khan Academy can supercharge it. It should help a well-resourced school, and if… — Sal Khan Copy Share Image
One thing about having mostly absent parents that I think was perhaps "good" for the development of my intellect/writing is that I… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
I struggled in school. Math and science were difficult for me. But I can watch 10 guys play, and I can tell… — Larry Brown Copy Share Image
A problem with school is that you often become what you study. If you study, let say cooking, you become a chef.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Even after my players are done with their college careers, I keep caring for them and wanting the best for them. I… — Dawn Staley Copy Share Image
Gang members have invariably grown up in broken, chaotic homes, often experiencing domestic violence; they have truanted from school and many have… — Iain Duncan Smith Copy Share Image
We have been taught (that is, schooled) in this country to think of 'success' as synonymous with, or at least dependent upon,… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
