“I remember in high school trying to get home from water-polo practice in time so I could see Happy Days on television when it first came on, because I was so blown away by it. It was just such a cool thing.” TryingFirstsHomeSchoolRememberWaterPracticeTelevisionHigh SchoolCool ThingsBlown AwayHappy DayPoloWater Polo Author:Ted McGinley
“I didn't have that many friends my first few years of high school. It was very cliquey and I'm super shy, so it was hard to make friends.” YearsFirstsHardSchoolHigh SchoolShyMany Friends Author:Dylan O'Brien
“When I first thought of the idea for 'Sweet Valley High,' I loved the idea of high school as microcosm of the real world. And what I really liked was how it moved things on from 'Sleeping Beauty'-esque romance novels where the girl had to wait for the hero. This would be girl-driven, very different, I decided - and indeed it is.” WorldFirstsIdeasDifferentRealWould BeSchoolRomanceGirlWaitingSleepNovelSweetHeroHigh SchoolDecidedMovedDrivenReal WorldValleysRomance NovelMicrocosmSleeping Beauty Author:Francine Pascal
“My favorite book in life is 'A Wrinkle In Time,' which I read before high school. It was my first introduction into the meeting of science and spirit and the universe and big thoughts and all of those interesting New Age-y concepts. It made everything make sense to me and opened up my mind.” MindFirstsMadeBookBigsAgeSchoolLife IsSpiritUniverseInterestingHigh SchoolConceptsMeetingsMy FavoriteMake SenseNew AgeIntroductionWrinklesFavorite BookWrinkle In Time Author:Mae Whitman
“I was probably the first kid in my high school to go to Yale. I applied almost as a lark. Then, when I got there, I was the dumbest person in your class.” FirstsPersonsKidsSchoolClassHigh SchoolYaleLarks Author:Maya Lin
“From the time I read my first Hemingway work, The Sun Also Rises, as a student at Soldan High School in St. Louis, I was struck with an affliction common to my generation: Hemingway Awe.” FirstsSchoolCommonSunGenerationsStudentsHigh SchoolAweHeroismAfflictionMy GenerationSun Also Rises Book:Papa Hemingway: A Personal Memoir Source: Papa Hemingway: A Personal Memoir
“I worked at my high school newspaper at Andover, which came out weekly, unusual for a high school paper. Then my first day at Penn I went right to the 'Daily Pennsylvanian' and pretty much spent most of my college career working both as the sports editor and then editor of the editorial page.” FirstsSchoolSportsCareersCollegePaperPagesHigh SchoolNewspapersEditorsUnusualEditorials Author:Buzz Bissinger
“I was not such a great student, .. So, when I graduated high school, I went to work cooking. I cooked a little at home, but back then, cooking wasn't really a profession that you aspired to, unless your family was in the business. I looked at it as a job. My first job was at Joe Allen's, and I remember there was a photo over the bar of the Triple Dead Heat from the 1944 Carter Handicap.” FirstsLittlesHomeSchoolJobsRememberStudentsHigh SchoolCookingProfessionBarsOur FamilyHeatCarterHandicaps Author:Bobby Flay
“My brother was a year younger than I am and he was never in the home with me hardly at all, ... My mom had to take him to every school there possibly was to get him some education. He ended up first in Columbus, Ohio, for grade school, then went to a high school for the deaf and Galludet in Washington.” YearsFirstsHomeSchoolBrotherMomHigh SchoolMy MomMy BrotherGradesDeafOhioColumbusGrades In SchoolColumbus Ohio Author:Les Miles
“Growing up I was very into art. In high school I was into the surrealists and impressionists, and I loved Klimt. In '91 or '92 I saw one of those Felix Gonzalez-Torres Untitled billboards. I was just really arrested by it. It was kind of my first foray into contemporary art. It was a turning point for me as to what art could be and what it meant and the impact it could have.” FirstsKindArtSchoolGrowing UpSawsGrowingHigh SchoolImpactContemporaryArrestedTurning PointsContemporary ArtBillboardsSurrealistImpressionistsTorres Author:Chloe Sevigny
“I'll never forget my high school acting teacher, Anthony Abeson, who said, "It starts with the shoes." When I think about a character, it does start with the shoes: What kind would she wear? How would she walk in them? If I'm going to put on a dress for a role - I don't care if it's the hardest dress to put on - I have to put the shoes on first. The physicality leads me to the character.” IfsThinkingFirstsKindDoeSaidCharacterCareSchoolWalksForgetActingRolesTeacherHigh SchoolDressesShoesDon't CareHardestI Don't CareNever ForgetLeading MePhysicalityActing Teachers Author:Jennifer Aniston