“I was in the drama club, and I was one of seven co-presidents of the student body. Students elected me; I dont know why! There were only 330 kids in my high school, though, so it wasnt a lot of kids to impress or reign over.” KnowsBodyKidsSchoolPresidentStudentsDramaHigh SchoolSevenClubsImpressReignDrama Club Author:Nicholas Braun
“Our early days - our audiences were always very sparse. We played very obscure places in very obscure parts of the world, mainly Kansas. We played frat parties, we played high school proms, we played clubs.” WorldSchoolPartyAudienceHigh SchoolClubsObscureKansasPromFrat Parties Author:Phil Ehart
“I was in every club and extra-curricular activity at high school, and I was in the National Honor Society.” SchoolHonorActivityHigh SchoolClubsExtras Author:Joni Eareckson Tada
“The University of North Carolina-Greensboro has ordered a Christian club to allow non-Christians as leaders. While we're at it, let's put high school dropouts in charge of the University.” SchoolChristianLeaderHigh SchoolUniversityClubsCarolinaNorth CarolinaDropoutsSchool DropoutHigh School Dropout Author:Fred Thompson
“When I got out of high school I hit the road. I lived like a gypsy. Those were the best times of my life. I was living from club to club not knowing where my next meal was coming from. No credit cards, no apartment, no bills, no managers, just on the road with a truck and five guys.” SchoolGuyNextKnowingFiveHigh SchoolBillsClubsCreditCardsManagersMealsNot KnowingApartmentTruckCredit CardGypsyBest TimesTime Of My LifeBest Time Of My Life Author:Rex Smith
“Musicals are hard for me because I got thrown out of the glee club in high school, because I couldn't sing in tune at the time. I can sing in tune now, but I have to work really hard on it to make sure that I don't exercise one of my great talents, which is the ability to sing in three keys at the same time.” I CanHardSchoolThreeAbilityTalentKeysExerciseHigh SchoolClubsThrownTunesGleeGreat Talent Author:Alan Alda
“When I was in high school I made the discovery that if I was playing in a jazz club, and there were black people in the club, if I could get the black people to like what I was doing, I was on the right track. So I began to play to those people because they knew what the authentic music was. I've always had that in the back of my head.” PeopleIfsMadePlaySchoolBlackAudienceHigh SchoolDiscoveryJazzTrackClubsIf I CouldBlack PeopleRight Track Author:Paul Smoker
“Music was not a big deal to me when I was in middle school. And then I slowly became a big jazz fan. Even more than concerts, a lot of my high school time was spent going to jazz clubs in the city.” BigsSchoolDealsCitiesFansMiddleHigh SchoolJazzClubsConcertsBig DealMiddle SchoolSchool Time Author:Nick Kroll
“I was a gay kid in high school in the late '90s, and I was in theater club. I was never a thespian. I was much more of a lighting guy or a backstage guy. Because I wanted to do something easy for the rest of my life, I thought, "Maybe I'll go and apply to colleges that specialize in theater set design. I'll do that. That's what I want to do". With theater, really, I'd be around the gays.” WantKidsWantedSchoolGuyEasyDesignCollegeGayLateHigh SchoolTheaterClubsLightingThespians Author:James Pearse Connelly
“I was also sitting in from the middle of senior year of high school at Sweet Basil, it was a great club in New York.” YearsSchoolMiddleNew YorkSweetHigh SchoolSittingClubsSeniorSenior YearBasil Author:Jon Gordon
“I was a founding member of the 'Dungeons and Dragons' club at my high school. I was in chorus, I was in swing choir. I was an outcast but I was an outcast among a group of outcasts.” SchoolGroupsMembersHigh SchoolClubsDragonsSwingsFoundingChorusOutcastChoirDungeonsDungeons And Dragons Author:John C. Reilly
“In high school, I had fun in my academic clubs, watching movies with my girlfriends, learning Latin, having long, protracted, unrequited crushes on older guys who didn’t know me, and yes, hanging out with my family. I liked hanging out with my family! Later, when you’re grown up, you realize you never get to hang out with your family. You pretty much have only eighteen years to spend with them full time, and that’s it.” KnowsYearsLongSchoolGuyFunRealizingHigh SchoolMy FamilyClubsGirlfriendCrushHanging OutLatinAcademicKnow MeEighteenMy GirlfriendUnrequitedHad FunI Had FunOlder Guys Book:Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)(Enhanced Edition) Source: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)(Enhanced Edition)
“I went to a performance-art high school, and a teacher there was signing me up for open-mic nights at the comedy club. I think about it now, and I think, 'Well, that may be inappropriate,' but it was great!'” ThinkingWellsMayArtSchoolNightComedyTeacherHigh SchoolPerformancesClubsSigningInappropriateMicsPerformance ArtComedy Clubs Author:Margaret Cho
“I definitely wasn’t cool in high school. I really wasn’t. I did belong to many of the clubs and was in leadership on yearbook and did the musical theater route, so I had friends in all areas, but I certainly did not know what to wear, did not know how to do my hair, all those things.” KnowsSchoolKnow HowHairHigh SchoolAreasTheaterMusicalClubsRoutesMusical TheaterYearbook Author:Dianna Agron
“There was one point in high school actually when I was on the chess team, marching band, model United Nations and debate club all at the same time. And I would spend time with the computer club after school. And I had just quit pottery club, which I was in junior high, but I let that go.” SchoolNationsUnitedTeamBandComputerModelsHigh SchoolClubsQuittingDebateChessEnd TimesUnited NationsSpend TimeJuniorsJunior HighPotteryAfter SchoolMarching Band Author:Rainn Wilson
“I would point out that I'm an actress for a reason! If I were popular in high school, I would have considered another career because I wouldn't have been alone in my room, making up other characters for myself. I definitely had growing pains. The popular kids didn't want anything to do with the girl who was starting the drama club.” IfsWantHas BeensReasonCharacterKidsSchoolPainGirlRoomsCareersGrowingDramaHigh SchoolStartingClubsActressesMaking UpGrowing PainsDrama Club Author:Ginnifer Goodwin