Going Quote by J. D. Vance

Social mobility has always been a slippery term, with nebulous markers of success: how many state school children have to achieve postgraduate degrees, or…

— Dawn Foster

Think, for a moment, about our educational ladder. We've strengthened the steps lifting students from elementary school to junior high, and those from junior…

— Melinda Gates

I do believe that everyone growing up faces differential opportunities. With me, it was books and travel and some good teachers.

— James A. Michener

Sometimes we all gain this elitist status mentally that inhibits us from being the kid that got you there in the first place, and…

— Joe Maddon

I think kids are all focused on their hierarchy and status, and I was low status or something.

— Olly Alexander

I had to grow up faster than most kids.

— Carlos Correa

I feel, as an adult, I'm very similar to how I was as a pre-teen. Maybe it's a case of arrested development, but I…

— Jeff Kinney

“Most adults have dropped out of the school of life before they reached adulthood.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

In school, I was an underachiever.

— Henry Winkler

In interviews I gave early on in my career, I was quoted as saying it was possible to have it all: a dynamic job,…

— Jessica Savitch

Young people of high school age can actually feel themselves changing. Progress is almost tangible. It's exciting. It stimulates more progress. Nevertheless, growth is…

— Stella Chess

I hit a big growth spurt between my 10th and 11th grade years.

— Rodney Hood