- 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
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
Frankly, I'm not sure how far I would get if I attended public school today. It's not just that public schools aren't producing the results we want - it's that we're not giving them what they need to help students achieve at high levels. K-12 education in the United States is deeply antiquated.
- Nov 07, 2020
School district policies and practices have not kept pace with student and teacher needs.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can have great teachers, but if you don't have a good principal, you won't have a good school.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
In high school, I would drive my teachers batty. They would make a statement, and I would say, 'Why is that?' They didn't want to be questioned.
- Drama
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- Nov 07, 2020
One was never taught how to begin at drama school. But all it required was one intake of breath.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to Dunbar High School, recognized as the best high school of the segregated era. The education enabled students from Dunbar to attend the best colleges and universities in the country.
- Ahead
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in 7th grade, we were all given an exam. It was science and math, and the boys who did well were skipped ahead so that when they got to be juniors or seniors in high school they would be able to go to the local community college and take calculus and physics there. And I wasn't skipped ahead.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
I studied in American school, so yes, I grew up speaking English and Spanish. Obviously, Spanish is my first language.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I walked onstage in a play at prep school, and with childish naivete, told myself, 'Wow, I'm an actor!'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
They tried to put me at tight end once, but I would end up just blocking people when they were actually trying to throw the ball to me. I was probably in middle school. It just didn't stick. Except on running plays.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was also a principal of a school and mother was a curriculum advisor. Both were educators.
- Nobody
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was black, studying physics and engineering. I was from a small school nobody ever heard of.
- Friends And Family
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- Nov 07, 2020