County Quote by Nina Bawden

I was going to public school in the post-World War II, the grey doldrum years. But I was in this extraordinary environment of Manhattan,…

— Anne Waldman

I was a senior high school student at the Far Eastern University when the war with Japan broke out in 1941.

— F. Sionil Jose

I passed the 11-plus, but it was decided that I should take the Common Entrance exam to Monmouth School, the nearest independent. I was…

— Saul David

I went to Samuel Ayer High School, which is now Milpitas High School.

— Grant Show

I had to leave school at 14 because my father got injured in the mines and I had to support my family. I was…

— Brian Blessed

I was educated at Bradfield College and Oxford, where I graduated in 1939.

— Martin Ryle

In 1941 I finished at Allison Intermediate School (grades 7-9), and started at North High School, commuting by bicycle about 5 miles from home to school.

— Vernon L. Smith

I didn't pass the scholarship exam for Oxford because of poor mathematics.

— Derek Walcott

I visited the Gymnasium in The Hague and passed my final examination (in the sciences section) in 1943.

— Simon van der Meer

I went to high school in the highlands of Scotland.

— Lily Nicksay

My early education was in the public school system of Omaha, where, retrospectively, I realize that my high school training served me in good…

— Anonymous

At age 11 in 1960, I moved to an academic state secondary school, Harrow County Grammar School for Boys.

— Paul Nurse