“We have to mainstream everybody. No matter what their circumstances when they were growing up. Part of that is knowing that after they're finished with school, everybody in this country gets up and goes to work.” CountryMatterSchoolGrowing UpKnowingGrowingCircumstancesNo Matter WhatFinishedGet UpMainstream Author:Donna Shalala
“I had run away from home three times. I had been kicked out of three different schools under different circumstances. I was kicked out of everything that I didn't quit. Kicked out of schools. Kicked out of summer camp, the Boy Scouts, the altar boys, the choir, and something else that I can't think of, that I'm proud of. Anyway, that was my pattern. I just began to invent myself early in life, and went out and did something about it.” ThinkingI CanDifferentHomeRunningSchoolThreeBoysProudCircumstancesSummerPatternsQuittingCampsRunning AwayThree TimesAltarsChoirAway From HomeBoy ScoutSummer Camp Author:George Carlin
“Some friendships in life sustain themselves only at a particular life stage, products of some mutual developmental problem to be resolved together, or of some external circumstance, like being housed in the same dormitory in boarding school. Others grow out of a deeper spiritual and philosophical affinity, which continues throughout life.” ProblemSchoolTogetherSpiritualGrowsStageParticularProductsCircumstancesPhilosophicalDeeperMutualAffinityDevelopmentalDormitory Author:Jill Ker Conway
“There is no moral absolute, and this leads us to situational ethics, which unfortunately is being taught in public schools all over America. This means that right and wrong is dependent upon the circumstances.” MeanSchoolAmericaMoralTaughtCircumstancesEthicsAbsolutesDependentPublic School Author:Ted Cruz
“In the developing world, they don't have smartphones yet. They have the older plastic phones, but women are saving money on those, because they don't have access to banks. Having that access to digital money changes everything for her because she actually doesn't have to negotiate with her husband, which she will tell you is very hard in these circumstances, especially when the means are meager. She's expected to have money to pay for the kids' health or to help with the school fees.” WorldMeanHardHelpingKidsSchoolPayCircumstancesHusbandPhonesExpectedAccessSavingDevelopingDigitalPlasticSaving MoneyFeesSmartphones Author:Melinda Gates
“The charter school is a possibility, an alternative in certain circumstances, but not in most, and not in most places, and not - most parents don't have either the time, the inclination or the aptitude to sit and go through sifting what school and what is available and what the options are.” SchoolCertainParentPossibilityCircumstancesAvailableAlternativesInclinationCharterAptitudeSiftingCharter Schools Author:Mark Shields
“I have an absolutely unshakable faith in kids, grounded in the fact that I worked for three years in one of the worst public schools in Baltimore, with kids most people would write off because of their backgrounds. But, when I set high expectations, at the end of the day, these kids went from scoring at the bottom on standardized tests, to scoring at the top, despite their unfortunate circumstances.” PeopleWritingYearsEndsFactsKidsSchoolThreeWorstCircumstancesExpectationsTestsBottomBackgroundsDespiteThe End Of The DayThree YearsUnfortunateGroundedPublic SchoolBaltimoreUnshakableHigh ExpectationsUnshakable FaithUnfortunate Circumstances Author:Michelle Rhee
“I left school December of 1988. I was 21 at the time. And I hadn't quite finished my degree because I had done eight semesters, not understanding that I was going to have to finish the degree without the TAPP and Pell grant money that I had been using towards paying for much of my college tuition. And I didn't have any money. So I said, "Alright." And circumstances there were such that I thought it was maybe time to move on anyway.” SaidDoneSchoolMovingLeftUnderstandingCollegeCircumstancesDegreesEightFinishedGrantsAlrightDecemberTuitionSemesterTime To Move OnCollege TuitionPell Grants Author:Jon Gordon
“I'm not saying to the kids yo drop out of school, education is the most important thing first and foremost. You know, my circumstances were a little different. I needed to work to help out so I couldn't be in school. Not only that, it was getting into trouble and all that s**t. I was getting into trouble more in school than I was out of school, so I had to just go ahead and make that adjustment, so I mean realistically I always tell everybody, in my case I don't got a high school diploma, but I have two Grammys so it kinda worked out best for me.” MeanImportantDifferentHelpingKidsSchoolTroubleCircumstancesHigh School Author:Eskeerdo
“Look at the facts, look at the circumstances if you choose to have an open mind and understand and care deeply about the safety of children in this country in schools.Schools are a weak spot. Bad guys know that they are gun-free zones, because they prey on it. So why can't we be honest about what's going on and do something to help save kids, whether it's having teachers that are trained and carry weapons, dogs in the classrooms, like canines for cops?I think it's very good.” ThinkingMindChildrenCountryHelpingCareKidsSchoolGuyTeacherHonestDogCircumstancesWeakSafetyVery GoodBeing HonestZoneYou ChooseClassroomCopOpen Mind Author:Kimberly Guilfoyle
“In a movie, a book, or a play, a character doesn't live in a vacuum. She is subject to pressures from the world outside of her, just like we are in life. These pressures and circumstances shape character. Who your parents are determines your genetic make up: your skin color, your sex, your height, weight. Where you are raised does affect your worldview either positively or negatively, your accent. Your economic class affects where you go to school, what you eat, where you sleep.” WorldBookCharacterSchoolParentSleepEconomicCircumstancesSkinsDeterminePositivelyWorldview Author:James Franco
“Although the circumstances of our lives may seem very disengaged, with me standing here as the First Lady of the United States of America and you just getting through school, I want you to know we have very much in common. For nothing in my life ever would have predicted that I would be standing here as the first African-American First Lady.” KnowsWantFirstsMayStatesSeemsWould BeSchoolAmericaUnitedCommonUnited StatesOur LivesCircumstancesStandingAfrican AmericanI Want YouUnited States Of AmericaFirst Lady Author:Michelle Obama
“In many places it is literally not safe physically for youngsters to go to school. And in many schools, and its becoming almost generally true, it is spiritually unsafe to attend public schools. Look back over the history of education to the turn of the century and the beginning of the educational philosophies, pragmatism and humanism were the early ones, and they branched out into a number of other philosophies which have led us now into a circumstance where our schools are producing the problems that we face.” LooksPhilosophyProblemSchoolFacesTurnsNumbersCenturyBecomingCircumstancesSafeHumanismEducationalPublic SchoolYoungstersPublic EducationPragmatismUnsafeGeneral Education Author:Boyd K. Packer