Quotes about school
school math answers
When I was in school I liked math because all the problems had answers. Everything else seemed very subjective. Lisa Randall
school college trying
From elementary school on up through junior high school, I loved to perform. But I put it all away during high school and college. I thought, "That's not actually something you do with your life." But then I was compelled to try it after college. I just got overcome. Lisa Kudrow
school trying proud
I dropped out of school in the 11th grade because there was no purpose in it for me. I'm not proud of this, and I'm not trying to promote it. Lisa Marie Presley
school sleep want
If you don't want me to see, I guess, don't sleep in the same room as me." He looks at her with a sly smile. "But I'm known for sleeping in school. It's my shtick. Lisa McMann
school dwarves giving
She gets to school late. Bashful gives her a tardy, and won't reconsider. Janie always hated Bashful. Stupidest. Dwarf. Ever.
school gentleman said
He's a fascinating gentleman. Old-school. I tried to talk him into attending one of my services, but he said he wasn't finished sinning yet, and he'd let me know when he was. Lisa Kleypas
school weekend boys
I experimented with drugs and I experimented with everything that little boys do - vandalism, throwing eggs at cars, breaking and entering schools and destroying a room. But I finally got to a point where I looked around and said, "This is not getting me anywhere. I'm stagnating with these guys." They were getting drunk and high every weekend. I got out. Johnny Depp
school weird-things not-sure
School's a weird thing. I'm not sure it works.
school world want
I teach how to fit into a world I don't want to live in. I just can't do it anymore. John Taylor Gatto
school childhood institutions
Schools [are]...institutions monopolizing the daytimes of childhood.
school meat wonder
Who besides a degraded rabble would voluntarily present itself to be graded and classified like meat? No wonder school is compulsory.
school self creating
Growth and mastery come only to those who vigorously self-direct. Initiating, creating, doing, reflecting, freely associating, enjoying privacy-these are precisely what the structures of schooling are set up to prevent, on one pretext or another.
school learning exercise
School presents daily exercises in dis-association. It forces unwelcome associations on most of its prisoners. It sets petty, meaningless competitions in motion on a daily basis, pitting potential associates against one another in contests for praise and other worthless prizes.
school order truth-is
The truth is that schools don't really teach anything except how to obey orders.
school ideas sound
Schools stifle family originality by appropriating the critical time needed for any sound idea of family to develop - then they blame the family for its failure to be a family.
school years jail
School is a twelve-year jail sentence where bad habits are the only curriculum truly learned.
school personality style
The premise upon which mass compulsion schooling is based is dead wrong. It tries to shoehorn every style, culture, and personality into one ugly boot that fits nobody.
school pyramids egyptian
Schools teach exactly what they are intended to teach and they do it well: how to be a good Egyptian and remain in your place in the pyramid.
school texas police
The police had already found the cartridges and the rifles and the bag in the Texas School Depository and within a half an hour, those facts were known. John Sherman Cooper
school autumn made
As early as the autumn of 1862, I was made very happy by being sent to school. John Sergeant Wise
school thinking people
If I want to put a Christmas tree in my yard, or three crosses for the crucifixion story, that's fine. But if I try to use public property or a public school as a way to impress my religion on other people, I think that violates the constitution. John Shelby Spong
school acting
I'd never been to acting school, so I never thought I'd get this far. John Ratzenberger
school waiting mustache
I couldn't wait to grow a mustache. I stopped shaving my upper lip the day I graduated from high school. John Oates
school boots rewards
The present structure of rewards in high schools produces a response on the part of an adolescent social system which effectively impedes the process of education. James S. Coleman
school average achievement
In a high school, the norms act to hold down the achievements of those who are above average, so that the school's demands will be at a level easily maintained by the majority.
school chemistry physics
In my schooling through high school, I excelled mainly in chemistry, physics and mathematics. James Rainwater
school half lions
Everyone is in awe of the lion tamer in a cage with half a dozen lions-everyone but a school bus driver. Laurence J. Peter
school character issues
Character issues such as drug abuse are not exclusive to Detroit Public Schools. My reference to substance abuse, not intended to focus on any particular school district, was simply used to illustrate this position. Kwame Kilpatrick
school men guy
I enjoy my relationship with straight men. It's very nurturing. It's very validating to hang out with straight guys and be accepted. So many of us, we were not accepted when we were younger by straight persons in high school Kyan Douglas
school passion class
I always saw my peers finding some cool passion, but every time I tried one of those things, it never clicked. I would leave school and go to my theater class, and that's when I'd actually sit down and listen. Liana Liberato
school exercise class
...we're in English class, which for most of us is an excruciating exercise in staying awake through the great classics of literature. These works-- groundbreaking, incendiary, timeless-- have been pureed by the curriculum monsters into a digestible pabulum of themes and factoids we can spew back on a test. Scoring well on tests is the sort of happy thing that gets the school district the greenbacks they crave. Understanding and appreciating the material are secondary. Libba Bray
school kids eye
My platform's called Don't Even Think About It. I go to schools and I say, 'Whatever bad thing it is you're thinking of doing, don't even think about it. 'Cause I can see into your soul, and I will hide in your closet and come for you in the night, and the last sound you ever hear will be my sharp teeth popping through the flesh of my gums, ready to eat you.' Their eyes get all big. It's awesome. I love little kids, man. They're the cutest
school appreciate understanding
Scoring well on tests is the sort of happy thing that gets the school district the greenbacks they crave. Understanding and appreciating the material are secondary.