#school

I decided to pursue music, so I dropped out of school and I told my parents I didn't want any money from them. I got three jobs and I just hit the ground running. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#decided #dropped #got #ground #hit

I was called really horrible, profane names very loudly in front of huge crowds of people, and my schoolwork suffered at one point. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#crowds #front #horrible #huge #i

I was quite creative at school, and was also interested in fashion , but I was shy - I'm still not the loudest of people, believe it or not. ↗

— Kirsty Gallacher

#believe #creative #fashion #i #interested

I was very sporty at school, and sport was probably the thing I was best at, but my real passion was for fashion. ↗

— Kirsty Gallacher

#fashion #i #passion #probably #real

I wish I could go to the school where my close friends go, but I obviously can't. The good thing is, they're really good about inviting me to all the football games and all that stuff. So I end up having an adopted team spirit for a school I don't go to. ↗

— David Gallagher

#adopted #ball games #close #close friends #could

Charter schools are public schools that operate, to a certain extent, outside the system. They have more control over their teachers, curriculum and resources. They also have less money than public schools. ↗

— Maggie Gallagher

#certain #certain extent #charter #charter schools #control

Charter schools have a far higher proportion of teachers who are not certified. ↗

— Maggie Gallagher

#charter #charter schools #far #higher #proportion

The strongest results were in Florida and Texas. In just one year in a Texas charter school, an average student gained 7 percentile points in math and 8 percentile points in reading, while Florida charter schools improved student performance by 6 percentile points. ↗

— Maggie Gallagher

#charter #charter schools #florida #gained #improved

Instead, California is one of only 10 states that provides in-state college and university tuition to illegal immigrants. That's grossly unfair to a legal high school student who moves out of California for a year, then returns to attend college. ↗

— Elton Gallegly

#california #college #grossly #high #high school

I dabbled a little bit in acting in high school, and then I forgot about it completely. And then at about 25 I went to a class. I don't think anybody in my family thought it was an intelligent choice. I don't think anybody thought I'd succeed, which is understandable. I think they were just happy that I was doing something. ↗

— James Gandolfini

#acting #anybody #bit #choice #class