#school

I would say colonialism is a wonderful thing. It spread civilization to Africa. Before it they had no written language, no wheel as we know it, no schools, no hospitals, not even normal clothing. ↗

— Ian Smith

#before #civilization #clothing #colonialism #even

If it were customary to send little girls to school and teach them the same subjects as are taught to boys, they would learn just as fully and would understand the subtleties of all arts and sciences. ↗

— Christine de Pizan

#boys #education #empowerment #equality #gender

I was never interested in singing in the church choir or in school. I was more interested in becoming a musician. ↗

— Cassandra Wilson

#choir #church #i #interested #more

I'm surprised at the extent of the bigotry. But it really plays out when companies or schools take a side and prohibit the other platform at all. We Mac users should be good even when the other side is bad. We should do what we can to accept the other platforms. ↗

— Steve Wozniak

#bad #companies #even #extent #good

High school sucked. It was a universal truth, and whoever said these were supposed to be the best years of your life was probably drunk or delusional. ↗

— Kami Garcia

#beauty

Great. Darcy is the ruler of our school. Prety soon, Julius is going to be like Singapore - you'll get a $500 fine for chewing gum or making out in the hallways. ↗

— Flynn Meaney

#making-out #singapore-website-design #teenage-love #ya #design

Teammates...were fine things. Piling onto the bus before the game, edgy with shared nerves, egging one another on with the genial, meaningless phrase C'mon, you guys!, collapsing back into the same seats for the ride home—the sense of striving in accord had been a sweet part of high school. Possibly the sweetest. But the camaraderie had not survived graduation, or even the off-seasons. Her teammates, passing in the school corridors in winter or spring, were downshifted to nodding acquaintances who had once been close, that past connection floating off like cotton candy on the tongue. ↗

— Jean Hanff Korelitz

#high-school #teammates #friendship

[Homeschooling]...recipe for genius: More of family and less of school, more of parents and less of peers, more creative freedom and less formal lessons. ↗

— Raymond S. Moore

#family #genius #homeschool #public-education #education

The same boys who got detention in elementary school for beating the crap out of people are now rewarded for it. They call it football. ↗

— Laurie Halse Anderson

#high-school #high-school

Tell me what's going on here. Why can I hear your voice inside my head and why did you say you came to school for me?" "I was tired of admiring your legs from a distance. ↗

— Becca Fitzpatrick

#school