“At my high school graduation, I graduated from home school, so it was pregnant teens and gang members. But, when I got on stage, there were kids in the background who all screamed, "Marry me!," very loud.” HomeKidsSchoolStageMembersHigh SchoolBackgroundsLoudTeensPregnantGangMarry MeHigh School GraduationWere PregnantGang MembersSchool Graduation Author:Portia de Rossi
“I think when you're 16, if you have good parents, they generally just fade in the background. I had great parents, and because they were great, I thought very little about them in high school.” IfsThinkingLittlesSchoolParentHigh SchoolBackgroundsFadesGood ParentGreat Parents Author:John Green
“In high school, I came to realize I had a second-hand faith, derived from my parents and family background. I had no actual reasons for believing it.” BelieveReasonHandsSchoolParentRealizingHigh SchoolBackgroundsSecond HandFamily Background Author:Nancy Pearcey
“My musical background in Tyler, Texas was quite outstanding. Uh, I grew up with, uh, with high school teachers who were in bands, they could play music. And we had a nine piece band there in Tyler, and I joined them when I was about, oh, 15 years old and traveled all over Texas in that band, playing for the elite oil people. Hah. And um, I was making about 50 bucks a night, and uh, it taught me, they taught me how to find my timing and to learn the songs that I wanted.” PeopleYearsPlayWantedSchoolNightSongTeacherPiecesTaughtGrewBandGrew UpHigh SchoolMusicalOilNineBackgroundsTexasElitesTimingTraveledOutstandingBucksSchool TeachersHigh School Teachers Author:Carl Gardner
“A generation earlier, I think that somebody from my background probably would not have felt fully comfortable at a college like Princeton. But, by the time I graduated from high school, things had changed.” ThinkingSchoolFeltGenerationsChangedCollegeComfortableHigh SchoolBackgroundsPrinceton Author:Samuel Alito
“My mother didn't feel very satisfied about the English background that I had received in the public schools in Littleton. So, she insisted that I take a year under the high school level. So, I was in boarding school nine years.” FeelsYearsSchoolMotherLevelsHigh SchoolNineBackgroundsSatisfiedPublic SchoolNine Years Author:Ella Baker
“I was obsessed with being popular when I was in high school and never achieved it. There's photos from our high school musicals and things, and I'm comically in the deep background, wearing a beggar's costume.” SchoolHigh SchoolBackgroundsObsessedCostumesBeggarBeing PopularHigh School Musical Author:Mindy Kaling
“There was a Yale even before Larry [Kramer] and I got there, and there were three designations of students: "white shoe," "brown shoe," and "black shoe." "White shoe" people were kind of the ur-preppies from high-class backgrounds. "Brown shoe" people were kind of the high school student-council presidents who were snatched up and brushed up a little bit to be sent out into the world. "Black shoe" people were beyond the pale. They were chemistry majors and things like that.” PeopleWorldKindLittlesSchoolThreeBitsBlackPresidentWhiteClassStudentsMajorsLittle BitHigh SchoolShoesBackgroundsBrownChemistryPaleCouncilLarryYaleDesignationHigh School StudentsKramerHigh ClassWhite ShoesStudent Council Author:Kevin Sessums
“For people who aren't familiar with my background, I didn't graduate high school. My career high salary was about $200,000. My last position was about $122,000. For a guy without a high school diploma, that's pretty good.” PeopleSchoolLastsGuyCareersPositionHigh SchoolBackgroundsFamiliarGraduatesSalaryDiplomaHigh School Diploma Author:Edward Snowden