Adulthood Quote by Melinda Gates

“The weight of youth is light, yes, but life generally grows heavier into adulthood. This, embedded as deep as the most human social construct,…

— Criss Jami

You don't immediately adopt the values and the framework of this, the academically successful world, just because okay now you kids get to go…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

Each year more than 100,000 high school graduates, with proved ability, do not enter college because they cannot afford it. And if we cannot…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

When nearly a third of our high school students do not graduate on time with their peers, we have work to do. We must…

— Christine Gregoire

Education and work are the levers to uplift a people.

— W. E. B. Du Bois

“Much of young adulthood is presented as a ladder, each rung closer to success, or whatever our society has defined as success. Perhaps climbing…

— Kate Fagan

What we are doing in educating students is trying to prepare them to live more fulfilling lives for the decades after they graduate. And…

— Derek Bok

Taking full advantage of all that college offers can be tough for teens facing a major life transition under pressure to perform. Perhaps we…

— Rachel Simmons

We put so much pressure on kids to excel in school at such a young age.

— Bruce Jenner

One of society's thorniest problems is that children from poor families start school lagging badly behind their more affluent classmates in readiness.

— Richard Thaler

We should also give students more flexibility in the courses they take in high school to prepare them for whatever their goals may be,…

— Rick Perry

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

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana