Church Quote by Richard J. Roberts

He taught me literature, and he actually taught me how to read. He was my personal mentor.

— Shimon Peres

I was an elementary school teacher.

— Luciano Pavarotti

I went to an all-girls Catholic high school. The three things that they focused on were reading, writing, and arithmetic. My goodness, this is…

— Ursula Burns

As a child, I walked with my friends to Rosa Parks Elementary and then to Ben Franklin Middle School. I rode Muni to Galileo…

— London Breed

I was fortunate to grow up in a middle-class home with two hardworking parents who enjoyed both reading and mathematics.

— Freeman A. Hrabowski III

Growing up in Highland Park, in high school, I had some very influential teachers: I had a math teacher who taught calculus that helped…

— John M. Grunsfeld

I read Stephen King as a junior high schooler. My father introduced me to Stephen King far too young, which I'm very grateful for…

— Bridget Carpenter

I'm indebted to the teachers who shaped me - from the Sisters of St. Joseph at St. Croix Catholic elementary to the monks of…

— Denis McDonough

I worked in a number of high schools in New York, and I wound up at Stuyvesant High School, which is known nationally for…

— Frank McCourt

Teaching in Providence and Oakland, I realized that the first thing is that it wasn't good enough to come in and assume that I…

— Pedro Noguera

My father was an important person, the director of the school. He could talk to anybody - simple or educated. He liked chess, fishing,…

— Svetlana Alexievich

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