“I went to Jersey City State College to please a family member. I wasn't prepared for school. To say I failed out is putting it nicely.” StatesSchoolCitiesCollegePleaseMembersPreparedJerseyFamily MembersJersey City Author:Derek Luke
“I was a garbage man in New Jersey in summers during college at Yale. Everybody else got to go to Switzerland and I got to go to the dump.” MenCollegeSummerGarbageJerseyNew JerseyDumpYaleSwitzerland Author:Tom Perrotta
“Sometimes, you've got to be in a place. You're just another guy. You can just blend in. I live out in the wilds of nowhere, out in Jersey. Even there, there's sometimes problems. College students like journey out there and show up at 11 o'clock at night, on my porch, looking into the door not saying anything. My wife and I are sitting there; it's really creepy.” SometimesShowsProblemNightGuyWifeDoorsJourneyStudentsCollegeSittingMy WifeClockJerseyCreepyOther GuysPorchCollege StudentsReally Creepy Author:Lou Reed
“My mother is a first generation American. Her father worked in the Roebling Steel Mill in Trenton, New Jersey.And yet my mother became the first person in her family to get a college degree.” FirstsPersonsMotherFatherGenerationsCollegeDegreesSteelJerseyFirst PersonMillsNew JerseyCollege Degree Author:Samuel Alito
“We need to have an education system in New Jersey and all over the country that makes all of our kids, either college or career ready. It should be their choice. I mean, every kid doesn't want to go to college. But I think we should aspire to let every child reach his maximum or her maximum potential.” ThinkingWantNeedsShouldMeanChildrenCountryKidsChoicesCareersCollegeReadyAspireMaximumJerseyEducation SystemNew JerseyMaximum Potential Author:Chris Christie