“Everybody remembers what it's like to be in high school. We really never leave those years behind.” YearsSchoolRememberBehindsHigh School Author:Nikki DeLoach
“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.
“Back when I was in high school, I came out onstage with my guitar and had four guys playing behind me. We were just playing a dance, but I was standing in front of an audience rocking out. I'm still rocking out like when I was a kid. I haven't changed.” StillsKidsSchoolGuyBehindsAudienceFourFrontsHavensChangedHigh SchoolStandingGuitarBack WhenI Haven't ChangedRocking Out Author:Dion DiMucci
“Racing is not football or baseball or basketball where you can do it yourself. If you're good in high school, you just shine. (But in racing) you have to have a family behind you.” IfsSchoolCan DoBehindsFootballBasketballHigh SchoolBaseballShiningRacingYou Can Do ItBehind YouDo It Yourself Author:Trevor Bayne
“Elementary and high school students will still be tested under the new law. There just won't be so much riding on the scores. Also the arts didn't disappear under the old law, No Child Left Behind. But, Christopher Woodside of the National Association for Music Education says with so much time spent testing math and reading, the arts suffered.” ChildrenArtStillsSchoolLawReadingLeftBehindsStudentsHigh SchoolMathDisappearScoreAssociationRidingTestedTestingLeft BehindTime SpentMusic EducationHigh School StudentsNo Child Left Behind Author:Elizabeth Blair Lee
“When I was done with high school, I knew that music was really important to me and I knew I didn't want to be a cellist, but I wasn't really sure if I wanted to be a composer, or think about - I was just interested in the ideas behind music, I was interested in mathematics.” IfsThinkingWantImportantIdeasDoneWantedSchoolBehindsHigh SchoolMathematicsComposerCellists Author:Tod Machover
“Once we realized that there were these 25 invariable types - the class politician, the frigid popular girl, the kid who tags along behind the jocks - once we came up with these key characters in a cloud of marijuana, the whole thing just came together. One of the things I'm really proud of is how much of a high-school yearbook it is in its look, so much so that Hunter Publishing had the art director, David Kaestle, and I come for years to their annual convention and do a little talk on how not to do a yearbook.” YearsLooksLittlesArtWholeCharacterKidsSchoolTogetherGirlBehindsClassKeysTypeProudPoliticianDirectorsHigh SchoolCloudsConventionsMarijuanaPublishingHuntersAnnualsTagJocksFrigidYearbookPopular GirlArt DirectorHigh School Yearbook Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“NEW RULE: 'Kidiots' Leave the children behind. At least until they learn something. A new study has shown that half of American high schools agree that newspapers should only be able to publish government-approved material. Almost one out of five said people should not be allowed to voice unpopular opinions..This is the first generation after September 11th, who discovered news during a 'watch what you say' administration...George W. Bush once asked, 'is our children learning.' No, they isn't. A better question would be, 'is our teacher's teaching?” PeopleShouldFirstsChildrenSaidGovernmentWould BeAbleSchoolVoiceBehindsHalfOpinionWatchesStudyFiveTeacherGenerationsTeachingMaterialsNewsHigh SchoolOur ChildrenAgreeNewspapersAdministrationSeptemberPublishApprovedChildren LearningSeptember 11th Author:Bill Maher
“When I was in high school I asked myself at one point: "Why do I care if my high school's team wins the football game? I don't know anybody on the team, they have nothing to do with me... why am I here and applaud? It does not make any sense." But the point is, it does make sense: It's a way of building up irrational attitudes of submission to authority and group cohesion behind leadership elements. In fact it's training in irrational jingoism. That's also a feature of competitive sports.” IfsKnowsWayDoeFactsCareSchoolGamesWinningSportsBehindsAttitudeGroupsTeamBuildingFootballAuthorityElementsTrainingHigh SchoolMake SenseFeaturesI CareIrrationalSubmissionFootball GameBuilding UpCohesionJingoismCompetitive Sports Author:Noam Chomsky