“I grew up in San Antonio, Texas, and went to a big high school called Douglas McArthur where there was a lot of track and a lot of football. It was a bit like 'Friday Night Lights.' I used to spend a lot of time at the track.” BigsLightSchoolUsedNightBitsFootballGrewGrew UpHigh SchoolTrackTexasFridayFriday NightAntonioNight LightSan AntonioFriday Night Lights Author:Norah O'Donnell
“I took Spanish in high school and I didn't do too well in it. My Spanish teacher told me not to go on with Spanish anymore, so I was discouraged a little bit.” WellsLittlesSchoolBitsTeacherGoes OnLittle BitHigh SchoolDiscouraged Author:Tyler Posey
“I swam a little bit in high school but I wasn't a jock.” LittlesSchoolBitsLittle BitHigh SchoolJocks Author:Joel Silver
“I dabbled a little bit in acting in high school and then I forgot about it completely. And then at about twenty-five I went to a class. I don't think anybody in my family thought it was an intelligent choice. I don't think anybody thought I'd succeed, which is understandable. I think they were just happy that I was doing something.” ThinkingLittlesSchoolChoicesBitsActingClassSucceedLittle BitHigh SchoolMy FamilyIntelligent Author:James Gandolfini
“Drug companies are a bit like high school boyfriends - they're much more concerned with getting inside you than being effective once they're in there.” SchoolBitsCompanyDrugHigh SchoolConcernedDrug Companies Author:John Oliver
“When I was in high school, my thing was to get as close as humanly possible to a girl and just make her have to kiss me! You do the hug that's too close, where your mouth is close to hers and you kinda feel it out a little bit.” FeelsLittlesSchoolGirlBitsKissingLittle BitMouthsHigh SchoolHugKiss Me Author:Pete Wentz
“One thing I like about writing is that it provides such a wonderful opportunity for confidential chats with readers. In the privacy of writing, and reading, we can discuss topics that are a little touchy, a bit embarrassing, and feel less alone in the process. Feeling consumed by memories from high school. Feeling wimpy. Feeling time-obsessed. Yearning for our fathers. Wishing we were taller, or shorter, or less average. To name just a few.” FeelsWritingLittlesFeelingsSchoolReadingFatherOpportunityNamesWishBitsProcessMemoriesWonderfulOne ThingReaderHigh SchoolAverageObsessedPrivacyYearningTopicsEmbarrassingConsumedOur FatherWriting And ReadingConfidentialTouchy Author:Ralph Keyes
“I think there's a real connection between acting and writing novels because the way I write characters has a little bit to do with the method acting that I was taught in high school and college.” ThinkingWayWritingLittlesRealCharacterSchoolBitsActingNovelTaughtCollegeLittle BitHigh SchoolConnectionsMethodMethod ActingReal Connection Author:Jeffrey Eugenides
“When I was younger, I used to be the cheater. But I'm not talking about going all the way.... I wasn't doing that in high school! I'd have boyfriends and then spring break would come around and I'd be a little bit naughty.” WayLittlesSchoolUsedBitsTalkingBreakLittle BitSpringHigh SchoolUsed To BeNaughtyNot TalkingCheaterSpring Break Author:Fergie
“I wanted to be a vet, a nurse, a chef - I mean, anything but the music industry. But once I hit high school, the bug really bit me. You can't deny where you come from and what's in your genes, and music definitely was. I haven't looked back since.” MeanWantedSchoolBitsHavensIndustryHigh SchoolDenyNurseGenesChefBugsMusic IndustryVetsWhere You Come Author:Hillary Scott
“I read recently that all of us can be defined in adult life by the way others perceived us in high school. I know [people] who had the popular, good-looking path in high school; they tend not to do so well. It was a little bit too easy for them, where for those of us who struggled in every sense, perhaps our determination and self-reliance and discipline were reinforced by that.” PeopleKnowsWayWellsLittlesSelfSchoolEasyBitsPathDisciplineLittle BitHigh SchoolAdultsDeterminationDefinedSelf RelianceLooking GoodReliance Author:Neil Peart
“My mom was my English teacher in high school. So to be able to bend the rules and be the class clown and get to take on my religion, my mom, and my town all at the same time was glorious. I think the desire to be funny was a mixture of wanting to be liked but also wanting to throw your elbows a bit. If you're cracking a joke in school, it's sort of anti-authority, but it's in the nicest, "Please like me!" way.” IfsThinkingWayAbleSchoolDesireBitsClassTeacherMomPleaseAuthorityJokesHigh SchoolTownsMy MomLike MeGloriousClownMixturesElbowsEnglish Teacher Author:Paul Rust
“Around middle school I studied jazz guitar and ended up playing in a jazz band for a bit. But, after high school, I haven't even touched a guitar.” SchoolBitsMiddleHavensBandHigh SchoolJazzGuitarTouchedMiddle SchoolAfter High SchoolJazz BandLife After High School Author:Mike Tucker
“Everyone in my high school was a bit nerdy. We didn't even have a football team.” SchoolBitsTeamFootballHigh SchoolFootball TeamNerdy Author:Norah Jones
“I went to high school directly across the street from Carnegie Mellon, actually, and I knew people that were a couple of years older than me that went there. I was able to see shows in the drama department, and hang out there little bit, and it just felt like a natural progression. It was at the top of my list.” PeopleYearsLittlesShowsAbleSchoolFeltBitsNaturalStreetsCoupleDramaLittle BitHigh SchoolListsDepartmentHanging OutProgressionCarnegieCarnegie Mellon Author:Zachary Quinto
“[John] Hughes was well aware that to ignore the seriousness of young people is to encourage things like Columbine, so you might want to listen. And we were all pretty serious, a little bit, in high school. Some a little more than others.” PeopleWantWellsLittlesMightSchoolYoungBitsSeriousLittle BitHigh SchoolSeriousnessColumbine Author:Judd Nelson
“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
“Families that I lived with a little bit in junior high and quite a bit in high school and college. Just to have a safe, sane space with food and things like that. That's what I needed. And people were really kind and really generous. So I think the world kind of opened up my first years of performing arts, studying classical saxophone with Caesar DiMauro.” PeopleThinkingWorldYearsFirstsKindLittlesArtSchoolBitsSpaceStudyCollegeNeededSafeLittle BitHigh SchoolPerformingGenerousSaneJuniorsSaxophoneJunior HighPerforming Arts Author:Jon Gordon
“I was a busy kid in high school - a little bit of an overachiever, I guess. Prom king was kind of silly, but the rest of the stuff was important to me.” KindLittlesImportantKidsSchoolStuffBitsKingsLittle BitHigh SchoolBusySillyPromOverachiever Author:John Legend
“It feels kinda weird being back in a high school cause I haven't been in a high school for about a year. So um, it's kinda interesting coming back, and y'know seeing the lockers, with all the signs, the handmade signs, so being in high school again is a little bit strange but in a good way.” KnowsWayFeelsYearsLittlesSchoolCausesBitsInterestingSeeingHavensStrangeLittle BitHigh SchoolComing BackGood WayLockersHandmade Author:Taylor Swift
“High school’s actually kind of boring. It’s a little bit like living in the Center. Everyone thinks they know everything about everyone else, but really there’s a lot more under the surface. (Lend)” ThinkingKnowsKindLittlesSchoolBitsLittle BitHigh SchoolBoringSurface Author:Kiersten White
“Top Trumps appeared to be a game in which you got cards, and the cards had a picture (in this case, of a horse), and told you all kinds of stats for that horse, how fast it was, how big it was, etc. Whoever had the better horse won both the cards. You repeated this until someone had all the cards. So, basically it was exactly like high school, except it only took three minutes. Which was really a bit more humane, if you thought about it.” IfsKindBigsSchoolThreeGamesBitsCasesMinutesTrumpHigh SchoolHorseAll KindsCardsEtcHumane Author:Maureen Johnson
“It's [high school] an interesting time in your life because you're trying to act older and mature but you really have no idea what you're doing. You're scared and it's okay to be scared. It's okay to not know completely what you want or what you should be doing and to stumble a little bit.” KnowsWantShouldTryingLittlesIdeasSchoolBitsInterestingLittle BitHigh SchoolOkayScaredWhat You WantNo IdeaMatureDoing YouInteresting Times Author:Milo Ventimiglia