Okay, Dumb Diary, school has taught me a few things over…

“In school you are taught to obey and not to think straight for your own good. Otherwise the world would be full of millionaires…

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

“At school you were taught about chemicals in test tubes, equations to describe motion, and maybe something on photosynthesis—about which more later—but in all…

— Ben Goldacre

In primary school you get taught to be a tidy Kiwi and pick up after yourself - that's a given.

— Kane Williamson

The difference between school and life? In school, you are taught a lesson and then you are given a test. In life, you're given…

— Nishan Panwar

Going to film school taught me how much I already knew, and that the best way to learn about film is being on the…

— Devin Ratray

I taught myself more in the library than school taught me.

— Terry Pratchett

“Why do we speak of memory and speed reading? Why is there this need to learn how to learn? The reason is simple. Because…

— Robert James

I went to a high school that taught me to be more worldly. The whole curriculum was very globally based. We learned a lot…

— Lauren Jauregui

I've been programming computers since elementary school, where they taught us, and I stuck with computer science through high school and college.

— Masi Oka

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that…

— Gary Baker

Parents taught me how to behave, school taught me what to do for a living. The work helped me earn a living. But only…

— Kemmy Nola

If school has taught us anything, its texting without looking!

— Anonymous

“From first days in school, we are taught to listen to everything and everyone but ourselves, to take in all our clues about living…

— Peter Palker

In art school we're always taught that art is an end in itself - art for art's sake, expressing yourself, and that that's enough.

— Eric Drooker

When I was in journalism school, you were taught to be completely objective. But we don't see that anymore.

— Julie Chen