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Children from a given family background, when put in schools of different social compositions, will achieve at quite different levels.
A lot of high school students on TV and in Broadway are played by people in their late 20s and even early 30s. That seems weird to me.
Living on $6 a day means you have a refrigerator, a TV, a cell phone, your children can go to school. That's not possible on $1 a day.
People high in conscientiousness get better grades in high school and college; they commit fewer crimes; and they stay married longer.
I went to Jersey City State College to please a family member. I wasn't prepared for school. To say I failed out is putting it nicely.
People want sex education out of the schools. They believe sex education causes promiscuity. Hey, I took algebra, but I never do math.
Brookfield High School. How may I direct your call? No, sir, this is not a waste- disposal unit, I'm afraid you have the wrong number.
One day, when I was about eight years old, some kids pushed me on stage at school during a talent show because they knew I could sing.
I didn't go to high school, and I didn't go to grade school either. Education, I think, is for refinement and is probably a liability.
i never pegged you for a fan of the obvious, sam", "i'm not, otherwise, i would've said, 'hey, shouldn't you be in school ?'", "touche
Compared to the typical Zim/Chomsky-spouting grad school clown, a trucker with a screaming eagle hat is a paragon of political nuance.
There still is some opposition to it in some museums and art schools, but I think photography has really grown into a mature art form.
It's a big deal to bring your family on the road, you know? I'd love to do it sometime, but you have to work out schools and all that.
If you're looking to become an entrepreneur then don't waste your time going to university or business school - just get on and do it.
Vail Resorts School of Shred program is a great way to help encourage kids to stay active by getting them outside and on the mountain.
I didn't cheer in high school. I was the farthest thing from a cheerleader in high school. We made fun of cheerleaders. Everybody did!
Over my life as a teacher, women have been too quiet. I'm quiet myself. I don't think I said three words the whole of graduate school.
I didn't drink at all in school, so when I went to college, I went nuts. I was trying to catch up on all the partying I missed out on.
Children accept their world as the world. I grew up like kids that I went to school with. Their parents were either shrinks or actors.
In high school, I worked eight hours a day just so I could get into the college of my dreams and say that I got in - and I never went.
I just did what I loved - flowers and rock n' roll. Pretty and punk. I was largely inspired by my dancing school classes and costumes.
No American should live in fear of going to work or sending their kids to school. Let's end the fear. Let's enforce existing gun laws.
You’ve never been to school, ever? If that’s true—and you’re right, I don’t think it is—what made you decide to come this year?” “You.
'T is an old maxim in the schools, That flattery 's the food of fools; Yet now and then your men of wit Will condescend to take a bit.
My proudest moment was when I was in high school, some jackass tried to give me a wedgy. I came prepared, I went commando. It tickled.
Let me give you a lesson about school. All the kids who were popular end up on the dole with babies. All the nerds end up as pop stars
No wonder politicians love government schools. Where do you think the dumb masses come from that can be so easily led and manipulated?
I was always the kid in school who tried to get attention, not necessarily the class clown, but I'd do little unexpected performances.
The Gatsby that I remember reading when I was 15 years old in junior high school was far different from the Gatsby I read as an adult.
I had wanted a tape recorder since I was tiny. I thought it was a magic thing. I never got one until just before I went to art school.
There's a lot of feeling that the school curriculum has been bare-bones, just drill and, again, no art, music, and so on and so forth.
If you want to help arm the schools, arm them with school supplies, books, therapists - things they actually need and can make use of.
At school, I enjoyed playing the bassoon. I was in the orchestra and played the melody when the other boys sang hymns at prayers time.
I feel sorry for high school teams still named the Cougars. Now what does the coach say? Get out there and play like horny old ladies!
These movies are like my kids. I just love them to death. Some of them go to Harvard and some of them can barely graduate high school.
Every child should have time for arts, music, sports, drama, robotics, school newspapers and the like, not to mention recess and play.
You want to be yourself, idiosyncratic; the collective (school, rules, jobs, technology) wants you generic to the point of castration.
My high-school dream was to be in a band, pay my rent and eat - and I've been able to do that for 20 years. So I'm completely content.
Athletics provided a life preserver for me, and that maybe kept me out of trouble. I never partied in high school. I mostly just dated.
A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
I'm asking for the vote of every single African-American citizen. You're living in poverty. Your schools are no good. You have no jobs.
Bullying wasn't okay in elementary school and it isn't okay now, especially when it comes in the form of a U.S. Supreme Court decision.
For every individual who gets killed, someone should build a school or teach a child. We really need to balance things with positivity.
I'm a high school teacher. I'm someone who stumbles my way through, leads with my chin in some cases, leads with my heart in all cases.
How I hated schools, and what a life of anxiety I lived there. I counted the hours to the end of every term, when I should return home.
As a kid, I was obsessed with the Who. They were the most important band to me. Songs like "I'm One" helped me get through high school.
About two-thirds of bachelor's degree holders borrow to go to school, and on average they're graduating with more than $26,000 in debt.
I was the only white kid in my neighborhood for most of my youth even in high school, so reverse racism was just as apparent as racism.
I'd love to go to school, but every time I try I get a movie. That's actually how I get work: I enroll. That's like my good luck charm.
The business of schools is to design, create, and invent high-quality, intellectually demanding schoolwork that students find engaging.