“I was born in San Antonio, TX, but moved to Lakewood, CO in elementary school. Then, I moved to Valley Center, CA in high school.” SchoolBornHigh SchoolMovedValleysElementary SchoolAntonioSan Antonio Author:Katie Leclerc
“I was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and I moved to Anderson, Indiana, in 2003 to go to school. I finished high school in America, then I went to college.” SchoolAmericaBornCollegeHigh SchoolMovedFinishedNigeriaIndiana Author:Dayo Okeniyi
“The zooming wealth of the top 1 percent is a problem, but it's not nearly as big a problem as the tens of millions of Americans who have dropped out of high school or college. It's not nearly as big a problem as the 40 percent of children who are born out of wedlock. It's not nearly as big a problem as the nation's stagnant human capital, its stagnant social mobility and the disorganized social fabric for the bottom 50 percent.” HumansChildrenProblemBigsSchoolNationsSocialBornWealthEducationPovertyMillionsCollegePercentHigh SchoolBottomFabricStagnantMobilityWedlockDisorganizedSocial Mobility Author:David Brooks
“I was born and raised in Pawnee City, Nebraska. I lived right next to the sale barn and I raised pigs. My dad was a guidance counselor at Wymore High School. He was also a preacher and did farming as well. We leased out our crop land but had cattle and horses.” WellsSchoolNextBornCitiesLandDadHigh SchoolHorseRaisedMy DadGuidancePreacherPigsFarmingCropsCattleCounselorBarnsBorn And RaisedNebraskaGuidance Counselor Author:Larry the Cable Guy
“My brother and I were born in an Irish county called Tipperary. We were both very math- and science-inclined in high school. My dad trained as an electrical engineer, and my mom is in microbiology.” SchoolBornBrotherMomDadHigh SchoolMy DadMy MomMathMy BrotherEngineersCountyElectricalMath And ScienceMicrobiology Author:John Collison
“I'm from Boston, and in Boston, you are born with a baseball bat in your hand. And actually, most of the bats in Massachusetts are used off the field instead of on the field, and we all had baseball bats in our cars in high school.” HandsSchoolUsedBornCarFieldsHigh SchoolBaseballBatsBostonMassachusetts Author:Eli Roth
“I was born a Christian, but I became an atheist back in high school because I just started losing faith. I'd lost my brother and best friend, Nadarius. I couldn't get a job. But I do feel like there is a higher power now, and it's inside of me.” FeelsSchoolChristianJobsLostBornBrotherHigherLosingHigh SchoolAtheistMy BrotherHigher PowerLosing Faith Author:SpaceGhostPurrp
“I was born in Cuba. At the age of 14 years of age I was involved in a revolution. We were suffering from a very cruel, oppressive dictatorship, and the revolution started in the high schools and the universities. So when I was 14, I was involved in the revolution. I was in the revolution four years. During that time, a young, charismatic leader rose up in Cuba, talking about hope and change. His name was Fidel Castro.” YearsAgeSchoolYoungSufferingNamesBornTalkingLeaderFourRevolutionInvolvedHigh SchoolRoseUniversityFour YearsDictatorshipCubaCharismaticCastroHope And Change Author:Ted Cruz
“I was born in London and lived there until I was five. We traveled a lot. But really San Diego is my hometown. It's where I went to high school.” SchoolBornFiveHigh SchoolLondonTraveledHometownSan Diego Author:Emily Ratajkowski
“I was more tuned into the assassinations, the riots that were going on, like in Watts, and, in fact, my summer before my senior year in high school I went on the Experiment in International Living to Sweden, yes, with a group of students , you know, leisurely discussion over the summer about, you know, where we were going to go with our lives, and how did you how did, you know, being a born-again Christian mesh with being, you know, a socialist from New York.” KnowsYearsFactsSchoolChristianBornOur LivesGroupsNew YorkStudentsSummerHigh SchoolInternationalExperimentsDiscussionSocialistSeniorRiotAssassinationBorn AgainSwedenDid You KnowMeshSenior Year Author:Jill Stein
“My parents were kids when I was born. My mother was 16. My father was 17, and they got married in high school. And they split a few years later. When they split was when all that was happening also, and he - they were just coming into themselves. But they remained friends.” YearsKidsSchoolMotherFatherParentBornMarriedHappeningsHigh SchoolSplits Author:Mahershala Ali
“I was born in Patterson, New Jersey, and raised pretty much all around the country. My family tended to move from place to place following economic prospects and jobs and looking for new opportunities, so we changed schools, colleges, grade schools, high schools every 6 months to a year - depending on the breaks.” YearsCountrySchoolJobsMovingOpportunityBornBreakEconomicChangedCollegeMonthsHigh SchoolMy FamilyRaisedFollowingGradesJerseyNew JerseyProspectsNew OpportunityGrades In School Author:J. Michael Straczynski
“When adults say, "Teenagers think they are invincible" with that sly, stupid smile on their faces, they don't know how right they are. We need never be hopeless, because we can never be irreparably broken. We think that we are invincible because we are. We cannot be born, and we cannot die. Like all energy, we can only change shapes and sizes and manifestations. They forget that when they get old. They get scared of losing and failing. But that part of us greater than the sum of our parts cannot begin and cannot end, and so it cannot fail.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsRealEndsFacesDiesEnergyBornForgetKnow HowGreaterFailingStupidBrokenShapesLosingHigh SchoolAdultsSizeScaredTeenagerLive LifeManifestationHopelessTeensTeenageInvincibleAlaskaSlyLooking For Alaska BookLabyrinth Looking For AlaskaPudgeTeenage Life Book:Looking for Alaska Source: Looking for Alaska