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- Nov 07, 2020
School Quotes
On learning, growing up and finding your own pace.
These quotes cover school in different forms: a childhood spent in Sunday school, being a late bloomer among faster-moving classmates, and skipping formal film training entirely to learn a craft directly. For lighter school-themed content, see our Jokes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- High School
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- Nov 07, 2020
I majored in Computer Science at U.C. Berkeley and worked as a software developer for a couple of years. Then I taught high school computer science for over a decade and a half in Oakland, California.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to make an explicitly educational comic that taught readers the concepts I covered in my introductory programming class. That's what 'Secret Coders' is. It's both a fun story about a group of tweens who discover a secret coding school, and an explanation of some foundational ideas in computer science.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a superhero fan in the '90s, so I'm definitely familiar with John Romita, Jr. In fact, when I was in high school, I would go to local conventions and line up and get his signature.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
The premise of 'Secret Coders' is reminiscent of 'Harry Potter.' An intrepid band of tweens stumbles upon a secret school, only instead of teaching magic, the school teaches coding.
- Quite
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was quite naughty at school.
- Cockney
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- Nov 07, 2020
I actually had a cockney accent before I went to drama school. It's softened up a bit.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think every teenager feels like a Martian in something, whether it's in their family, I think, or in their school. I think every teenager, every human being has a sense that they don't belong somewhere.
- Environmental
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the state of Wisconsin it's mandated that teachers in the social sciences and hard sciences have to start giving environmental education by the first grade, through high school.
- Find
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a Web site that parents and girls can use to learn about Title IX and take action if they find their school is not in compliance. Thirty years after Title IX passed, 80 percent of schools are not in compliance.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had one date in high school - that was it, and he didn't ask me out again, because I was taller than everybody. I was very gangly and awkward, and I wore weird clothes that I made.
- Artist
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would have been an artist, because I studied art and history in school and college.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a school dropout. So, at the age of 16, I moved to Mumbai to try my luck on some business.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't like the idea of a reality show. It makes me like a student in school who is competing in a competition.
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
I sneaked out of school to watch 'Nayakan.' I must have watched it at least 15 times at Anand theatre.
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad worked nights. When I got home from school I was able to go hang out with my dad and play some golf.
- Fall
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to school to Washburn to play basketball, and I always believed if basketball didn't work out I could fall back on golf.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020