#school

I do not think that the educational program of our schools should be determined by what the community thinks it needs. ↗

— Sargent Shriver

#determined #educational #i #i do #needs

Her problem is with pretty,” Tennyson said. "She thinks I’ll need all these dresses in college. Like I would ever in a billion years pledge a sorority. I’ll pack a few of these to be ironic, though. I can wear them to, like, truck stops at night with mascara running down my cheeks and stuff. ↗

— Laura Anderson Kurk

#college #college-application #dresses #glass-girl #graduation

After that I jumped, especially being in art school, to the illustrators. ↗

— Bill Sienkiewicz

#art #art school #being #especially #i

I never really was that passionate about playing sports. But when I was at this Mt. Herman school, I did have the ability to throw the frisbee. So when this sport evolved, it was fun because I was good at it. ↗

— Joel Silver

#about #because #did #evolved #frisbee

And then before going back for my sophomore year, I decided to change my major to arts and sciences, and my dad cut a deal with me: He said if I'd quit school he'd pay my rent for the next three years, as if I were in school. ↗

— Sarah Silverman

#back #before #change #cut #dad

It started 25 years ago, when I was teaching elementary school in a small town in Missouri. ↗

— Dan Simmons

#elementary #elementary school #i #missouri #school

In some states, not even 50 percent of black boys finish high school. ↗

— Tavis Smiley

#even #finish #high #high school #percent

Before I was ever in high school, I had dark circles under my eyes. The rumor was I was a junkie. I have dark circles under my eyes, deal with it. ↗

— Benicio Del Toro

#circles #dark #deal #ever #eyes

When I was eight or nine, I wrote a new version of 'Peter Pan' for the school play. They didn't use it - I imagine it was unperformable - but as recompense for not doing my script, I was offered any role, and instinctively went for Captain Hook. I came on trying to be terrifying, but everyone laughed at me. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#came #captain #doing #eight #everyone

Flea and Anthony are into funk, like old school Meters and stuff like that. ↗

— Chad Smith

#flea #funk #into #like #meters