- 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
- Most
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I think my grandmother Woodrell was most responsible for my becoming a writer. She wasn't quite literate, but was very proud that she attended school as far as the third grade. She worked as a maid, housekeeper and cook.
- Doing
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I graduated from university with a degree in architecture and then ended up doing a series of internships with different firms. And once I was in an office environment, I realized that at school what I was doing was 98 percent creative, 2 percent makework, but in the real world, it was the other way around.
- Biggest Things
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been really artistic. I went to an all-girls' private Catholic school, and one of their biggest things was musical theater. I became obsessed with that.
- High
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm visiting my high school. Every half year I do the exams, and then this year I'm going to graduate.
- Crisis
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Each country thinks its school is in a specific crisis, without ever linking the school's crisis to that of the society around it.
- Teacher
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
The teacher is commodified, the school is a shop, the subjects are consumer goods. To read, to think, to reflect, isn't a question of want, it's a question of need.
- Drape
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
When I get into trouble at school I'd like to take an invisibility cloak, drape it over me and sneak out the door. Or I'd like to have a 3 headed-dog because then no one would argue with me.
- Feeling
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I was about ten when I first got laughs playing Fagin in 'Oliver' at junior school in Offerton. It was the best feeling in the world, and I didn't want it to end.
- Go
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't go to a business school. I didn't really study it.
- Law
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Nothing replaces real-life experience. Of course, I say this as someone who went to law school.
- Bible
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
In my final year of attending a Christian sports camp in rural Missouri, the year before I started high school, they began to offer an elective Bible study group for young Christians who wanted a chance to read in the afternoons instead of learn to water-ski.
- Education
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
My education began in the public schools of Wilmington. During most of these years, from about age 10, I also worked at some job or other after school, on weekends, and in the summer months.
- Medical
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
So I applied to medical school and received a scholarship at Washington University in St. Louis. Washington University turned out to be a lucky choice. The faculty was scholarly and dedicated and accessible to students.
- History
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
My history is pretty different from the history of most professors. I was a high school dropout. I dropped out and became a science fiction writer.
- Family
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
But, neither of these educational scenarios worked for us, so when we started a family, we wanted a different school for our children. And the other founders felt the same way.
- Possible
- |
- Nov 07, 2020