“I didn't make any kind of grades in high school. My mother was a single mom, putting my three sisters through college, and I was such a bad student that I knew I had no right to take her money. But I loved being in classes and learning. I took in a huge amount of what I learned, but I had a feeling of always being behind and being in trouble.” KindFeelingsSchoolMotherThreeBehindsClassTroubleStudentsCollegeHugeMomAmountHigh SchoolGradesSingle MomThree Sisters Author:Louis C. K.
“Teaching high school in an inner-city school is not an easy task. Every teacher is responsible for 150 teenagers. The amount of work is just mind-boggling. Remember, you're not just doing a job. You have these kids' futures in your hand; you have to inspire them.” MindHandsKidsSchoolJobsRememberEasyCitiesTeacherTeachingInspireAmountHigh SchoolTasksResponsibleTeenagerRemember YouRemembers YouInner CityEasy TasksMind BogglingInner City Schools Author:Tony Danza
“My mother did an incredible job - one, of just being a great mom, but two, of instilling a tremendous amount of empathy into me as a young man, as a young person. My mom was kind of this collector of people; throughout my childhood, it didn't matter who you were. She was a high school counselor and then a junior high counselor, and she didn't just counsel students, she counseled other teachers and administrators and coaches.” PeopleMenKindPersonsTwoMatterSchoolJobsYoungMotherTeacherChildhoodStudentsMomAmountEmpathyHigh SchoolIncrediblesMy MomCoachesYoung ManJust BeingJuniorsCollectorsCounselorJunior HighAdministratorsGreat Mom Author:Morgan Spurlock
“I was a halfback on an American football team in Athens, Greece - the Kississia Colts - where I went to high school, and we took the Cup my senior year. The downside, and somewhat unfortunate piece of information I have to pass on, is there were only two teams in the league because of the limited amount of Americans.” YearsTwoSchoolPiecesTeamInformationFootballAmountHigh SchoolCupsLeagueUnfortunateSeniorGreeceAmerican FootballFootball TeamAthensSenior YearColts Author:Greg Kinnear
“With Dazed and Confused I got the high school experience I didn't get to have. So you do create families and homes. You're projecting and it's your job. The amount of time and headspace and thought it takes on your psyche is huge. It's exhausting, yeah. And it's exhausting but it's also great.” HomeSchoolJobsHugeAmountHigh SchoolYeahConfusedExhaustingDazedSchool Experience Author:Parker Posey
“I do read a lot, and I think in recent years the ratio between the amount of non-fiction and fiction has tipped quite considerably. I did read fiction as a teenager as well, mostly because I was forced to read fiction, of course, to go through high school.” ThinkingYearsWellsSchoolCoursesFictionAmountHigh SchoolTeenagerNon FictionRatios Author:Daniel Tammet
“Fathers are always so proud the first time they see their sons in uniform," she said. "I know Big John Karpinski was," I said. He is my neighbor to the north, of course. Big John's son Little John did badly in high school, and the police caught him selling dope. So he joined the Army while the Vietnam War was going on. And the first time he came home in uniform, I never saw Big John so happy, because it looked to him as though Little John was all straightened out and would amount to something. But then Little John came home in a body bag.” KnowsFirstsLittlesSaidWarHomeBodyBigsSchoolCoursesFatherSawsSonAmountProudHigh SchoolFirst TimeArmyPoliceCaughtNeighborSellingBagsVietnamUniformsVietnam WarDope Book:Bluebeard Source: Bluebeard
“When you're bullied in high school, even if it's the smallest amount, or you're actually tortured, I feel like everybody carries that with them. They always think of that one person who treated them badly in high school.” IfsThinkingFeelsPersonsSchoolAmountHigh SchoolTreatedCarrieSmallestBulliedThat One Person Author:Odette Annable