Facts Quote by Sloane Crosley

There's something incredibly vulnerable about middle school for me. We're really impressionable during that period. The cement's still wet, so to speak, and a…

— Mat Kearney

I spent most of my formative years in rural Oregon.

— Ty Burrell

If education really educates, there will, in time, be more and more citizens who understand that relics of the old West add meaning and…

— Aldo Leopold

Middle school's amazing. It is extraordinary. An extraordinary time.

— Michael Scott

Middle and high school sucked.

— Mija

I think coming from the Northwest is something that's born in your blood. On my mom's side, I'm, like, a sixth-generation Oregonian. My family…

— Mat Kearney

For my parents, leaving the close social quarters of Abilene was like getting out of jail. They were not true West Texans; they had…

— Lawrence Wright

I'm from Arizona where I feel like our history, as a state, is so young in comparison to some of these wonderful southern cities…

— Janet Varney

By the time I was in my early teens, we were able to move into a much more middle-class area. I had a comfortable…

— George Michael

My high school in Seattle, Lakeside, seemed conservative on the surface, but it was educationally progressive.

— Paul Allen

My middle school experience was pretty hellish. There was a lot of negativity, a lot of bullying and a lot of insecurity. It was…

— Zoey Deutch

It was just a fairly normal high school existence, riding our bikes around and hanging out in parks and down in the village.

— Sherilyn Fenn