#school

Over the last forty years, many educators, decision-makers, and even some parents have come to regard the arts as peripheral, and let’s face it, frivolous—especially the visual arts, with their connotation of ”the starving artist” and the mistaken concept of necessary talent ↗

— Betty Edwards

#educators #public-schools #starving-artist #talent #art

I'd had nearly four years of experience looking at these clocks, but their sluggishness never ceased to surprise. If I am ever told that I have one day to live, I will head straight to the hallowed halls of Winter Park High School, where a day has been known to last a thousand years. ↗

— John Green

#time #experience

[T]hat old September feeling, left over from school days, of summer passing, vacation nearly done, obligations gathering, books and football in the air ... Another fall, another turned page: there was something of jubilee in that annual autumnal beginning, as if last year's mistakes had been wiped clean by summer. ↗

— Wallace Stegner

#back-to-school #fall #new-beginnings #summer #autumn

For in today’s generation of teenagers finding acceptance is hard, especially for those who dare to be different-then it’s impossible. ↗

— Rebecah McManus

#bullying #different #school #teenagers #bullying

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson. ↗

— Tom Bodett

#difference #given #lesson #life #school

Take a limitation and turn it into an opportunity. Take an opportunity and turn it into an adventure by dreaming BIG! ↗

— Jo Franz

#disbilities #high-school #inspirational #ms #overcoming-obstacles

What would your shoes say about the things you do everyday? ↗

— Sherley Mondesir-Prescott

#children #children-s-books #humor #humour #illustrated-books

I lived on the top of one hill and the school was at the top of another hill. Nobody ever went to school by car - we didn't have any cars during the war. So that to and from school was itself a training. ↗

— Roger Bannister

#any #car #cars #during #ever

I get stubborn and dig in when people tell me I can't do something and I think I can. It goes back to my childhood when I had problems in school because I have a learning disability. ↗

— Ann Bancroft

#because #childhood #dig #disability #get

It was in the year 1820, when I was nearly nine years old, that I first went to a regular school. ↗

— John Bright

#i #nearly #nine #old #regular