“I don't have to accept their tenants. I was trying to convince those college students to accept my tenants. And I reject any labeling me because I happened to go to the university.” TryingHumorPoliticalAcceptingHappenedStudentsCollegeUniversityConvinceRejectsPolitical HumorLabelingCollege StudentsTenants Author:George W. Bush
“I was a terrible student in high school and the thing that the auto accident did - and it happened just as I graduated, so I was at this sort of crossroads - but it made me apply myself more, because I realized more than anything else what a thin thread we hang on in life, and I really wanted to make something out of my life.” MadeWantedSchoolHappenedStudentsTerribleHigh SchoolAccidentsI RealizedThreadCrossroads Author:George Lucas
“My experience came before most of you were born. My school was a state school in Leeds and the headmaster usually sent students to Leeds University but he didn't normally send them to Oxford or Cambridge. But the headmaster happened to have been to Cambridge and decided to try and push some of us towards Oxford and Cambridge. So, half a dozen of us tried - not all of us in history - and we all eventually got in. So, to that extent, it [The History Boys] comes out of my own experience.” TryingHas BeensStatesSchoolBornMy OwnHalfBoysHappenedStudentsDecidedUniversityDozenOxfordCambridgeLeedsHeadmasters Author:Alan Bennett
“I'm a big believer in pairing classics with contemporary literature, so students have the opportunity to see that literature is not a cold, dead thing that happened once but instead a vibrant mode of storytelling that's been with us a long time - and will be with us, I hope, for a long time to come.” LongBigsLiteratureOpportunityHappenedStudentsColdLong TimeBelieverContemporaryStorytellingContemporary Literature Author:John Green
“I've been playing videogames since before my career in this business, but what happened is several videogame companies were recruiting students back then and I applied with barely any hope of getting accepted to any of the companies. However, I got accepted! Although my path was already set to become a piano instructor, I chose the path of videogames instead. My parents cried, my friends were worried and my teacher was stunned (we're talking about way back when game music wasn't as popular as it is these days).” WayGamesParentCompanyTalkingCareersPathTeacherHappenedStudentsMy FriendsAcceptedWorriedThese DaysPianoCriedBack WhenStunnedInstructorsVideogameWay Back When Author:Yoko Shimomura
“In DC, policymakers think that if we can only have high enough standards, tough enough tests, and hold people accountable, we can close the achievement gap. And it hasn't happened. Yet the new law, the Every Student Succeeds Act, is based on the same test-based and market-driven framework and ideology, except it lets the states do it.” PeopleIfsThinkingStatesEnoughLawHappenedStudentsSucceedAchievementStandardsToughTestsDrivenIdeologyGapsOld PeopleFrameworkAchievement Gap Author:Diane Ravitch
“I disagree with the analysis that you've put about what happened in relation to the student demonstrations and protests and the incident with the Prince of Wales' car. We're very clear that we have to separate out the political responsibility from operational responsibility of the police.” PoliticalResponsibilityClearHappenedCarStudentsRelationPoliceAnalysisProtestDisagreeIncidentsDemonstrationWalesPolitical Responsibility Author:Theresa May
“We don't want to just tell [students] who the people are, we don't want to just tell them what happened - we want to show the process by which it formed itself.” PeopleWantShowsProcessHappenedStudents Author:Andrew Aydin