- Living
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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
- Evaluate
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- Nov 07, 2020
School grades can help determine how well a principal or school leader is doing, and yeah, you need to have some way to evaluate schools.
- Detailed
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- Nov 07, 2020
At school, if I was ever bored in class, I would draw maps of islands or detailed interior of boats or lists of provisions and equipment I would need when I went camping in the summer.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up, I always said I would never go in to education. Both of my parents were teachers - my dad was also a principal and a superintendent. I just didn't want to be part of the school system.
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
I come from a very working class background. My dad worked in a factory for 40 years. We all put ourselves through school.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first media interview was when I was a high school freshman and I was set to compete at state champs. The interview was the first occasion people had heard me on TV. When I watched back the recording on TV, I thought, 'Wow, is that what I sound like?' I didn't like the sound of my voice.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Othello' was my first Shakespearean discovery. I was obsessed with drama at school, and I studied the play for my English GCSE. Desdemona is the part that everyone wants, but Iago's wife Emilia is the one I've always been drawn to.
- Conversation
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- Nov 07, 2020
For the establishment, philosophy is both an elitist and an idealist discipline: In high school, it is a compulsory subject; at university, they teach the idealist line. They are conducting a conversation with themselves.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I come from a modest background. I put myself through college and law school and a postdoctorate program in tax law.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in high school, people would ask me what I wanted to do, and I would always say I wanted to 'lead marches and give speeches.'
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born and raised in the south side of Stockton, California, to a mother still in high school and a father in a juvenile detention facility.
- Community College
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's important to invest in our kids who are going to go to college or community college or a trade school.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My interest in theatre started in high school, mostly because my dean forced me to do it. I was creating trouble in the hallways, so he demanded that I do something with my spare time.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even when I was doing well in acting, my dad would say, 'You can still go back to dental school.' But since I've been on '90210,' I haven't heard that.
- Patient
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in rural Tennessee. There were no bookstores in the town, but the school had a little library, and the town had a little library, each with a patient and enthusiastic librarian, and I raced into both as if they were doorways to another world.
- Church
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- Nov 07, 2020