#school

Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report written on birds that he'd had three months to write, which was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books about birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him put his arm around my brother's shoulder, and said, "Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#breaking-down-assignment #childhood #encouragement #homework #project

High School. Society’s bright idea to put all their aggressive, naive youth into one environment to torment and emotionally scar each other for life. ↗

— Chris Colfer

#humor #sarcasm #humor

Can't you home school me?" Nate pleaded. "You would never do any work." (Nate's mom) "Sounds perfect! ↗

— Brandon Mull

#humor #humor

There's always a bit of suspense about the particular way in which a given school year will get off to a bad start. ↗

— Frank Portman

#humor #school #humor

Mom, is the world coming to an end?" Jonny asked, picking up the plate of cookies and ramming one into his mouth. "No, it isn'T," Mom said, folding her lawn chair and carrying it to the front of the house. "And yes, you do have to go to school tomorrow. ↗

— Susan Beth Pfeffer

#life

To understand a child we have to watch him at play, study him in his different moods; we cannot project upon him our own prejudices, hopes and fears, or mould him to fit the pattern of our desires. If we are constantly judging the child according to our personal likes and dislikes, we are bound to create barriers and hindrances in our relationship with him and in his relationships with the world. Unfortunately, most of us desire to shape the child in a way that is gratifying to our own vanities and idiosyncrasies; we find varying degrees of comfort and satisfaction in exclusive ownership and domination. ↗

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

#schooling #unschooling #education

It wasn't school that I dreaded at all. School was not half bad. In many ways, this year had been downright fun. No, what I hated most about school was the fact that I had to come here all by myself. Simon and Peter went to their classes and did their own things, and I had to do my own thing. The thing I loved about summer was that I shared it with my brothers. Sure, my brothers and I often fought, but the best times in my life came when I was with them. School was a time when I had to go and do something without a brother at my side. ↗

— Matthew Buckley

#school #summer #life

You love tests?" "Well, yeah. There are questions and answers. True or false, multiple choice, essay. What's not to love? ↗

— Nora Roberts

#school #tests #love

We are in a boy recession," Eugene repeats. "There's been a sudden, drastic decrease in the male population at this school. And I'm gonna take advantage of it. ↗

— Flynn Meaney

#boys #boys-and-girls #high-school #love #teenage-romance

Schoolboys are a merciless race, individually they are angels, but together, especially in schools, they are often merciless. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#bullies #school #schoolboys #bullying