Dad Quote by Michelle McCool

Right from growing up I always wanted to be a teacher, but my dad discouraged me.

— Sara Davies

Growing up, I didn't ever think I was going to go to college because, financially, my parents just couldn't handle it.

— Dawn Staley

I became a teacher all right. I wanted to become a teacher because I had a misconception about it. I didn't know that I'd…

— Frank McCourt

I became a high school teacher for many years because it was a very tangible, concrete way where I could make a difference, and…

— Justin Trudeau

My mom had always been big on education. She was the first woman in our family to go to college, and she often reminded…

— Lecrae

I always thought I would probably be a high school coach and a principal and then a superintendent. Then it got way off track…

— Mack Brown

I try never to let my schooling get in the way of my education.

— Mark Twain

My parents have not insisted that we go to college, but she wanted us to learn. Teacher, librarian, secretary, nurse. All my siblings were…

— Bette Midler

Yeah, my parents really valued education; they were both educators. But it was definitely true that I grew up in an area where a…

— Katie Porter

When I grew up, I was just another kid who wasn't going to college.

— Scottie Pippen

I wanted to be a teacher. My dad was a teacher.

— Kim Kardashian

For me, at least with my parents, I feel that they wanted me to have all the opportunities that they did not have, and…

— Franchesca Ramsey