“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
“A college football star, by his senior year, is used to running out there with 110,000 people going nuts. They feel comfortable in that environment. To me, a set feels like that. The one thing that I do know is that, as long as I'm prepared, I know this environment and this world.” PeopleKnowsWorldFeelsYearsLongRunningUsedStarsEnvironmentOne ThingThis WorldFootballCollegeComfortablePreparedNutsSeniorCollege FootballSenior Year Author:Donal Logue
“But I would much prefer students going to college to learn and be prepared for the rigors of the new economic order, rather than dumping fees on them to subsidize football programs that, far from enhancing the academic mission instead make a mockery of it.” OrderEconomicStudentsFootballCollegeProgramPreparedMissionsAcademicBe PreparedMockeryFeesRigorGoing To CollegeEconomic Order Author:Buzz Bissinger
“If you don't take enough math classes or science classes or writing intensive classes, you're not going to be prepared to compete in college or the workplace -- no matter what your diploma says.” IfsWritingMatterEnoughClassCollegeNo Matter WhatPreparedMathBe PreparedWorkplaceDiplomaScience ClassMath Class Author:Rod Blagojevich
“The most important steps that I followed were studying math and science in school. I was always interested in physics and astronomy and chemistry and I continued to study those subjects through high school and college on into graduate school. That's what prepared me for being an astronaut; it actually gave me the qualifications to be selected to be an astronaut.” ImportantSchoolStepsStudySubjectsCollegeHigh SchoolPreparedMathPhysicsAstronomyChemistryGraduatesAstronautSelectedQualificationsMath And ScienceGraduate School Author:Sally Ride
“Good preparation is key for me. Nowadays everyone is an actor slash writer, slash this, slash that, its cool; and you can only go so far on pure talent so you also need to know your craft well. I directed tons of shorts in college and acted in a slew of non paying acting work. You just have to be prepared. Period.” KnowsNeedsWellsActorsActingTalentCollegeKeysPeriodsPurePreparedCraftsPreparationBe PreparedShorts Author:Jaime Zevallos
“We have transformed our colleges from places of higher learning into places for the technical training of poorly prepared young men and women who need a degree to get a job in a college-crazy society.” MenNeedsJobsYoungCrazyCollegeHigherDegreesTrainingMen And WomenPreparedYoung ManTransformedHigher LearningTechnical Training Author:Eugene Genovese
“I figured out I wanted to tell stories in college. I'm an only child who moved around a lot growing up, and I really feel like it prepared me to be a storyteller - to make up stories and pretend to be every hero from every movie and TV show as a kid. So it was a natural progression.” FeelsChildrenStoriesShowsKidsWantedNaturalGrowing UpGrowingCollegeTvsHeroMovedPreparedTv ShowsStorytellerProgressionOnly Child Author:Joe Robert Cole