“I'd always enjoyed acting at high school, and I was all lined up to do an honours degree course in biology at a Canadian university, and at the eleventh hour the drama teacher I had said, 'You know, you'll get a lot more girls if you go into acting,' and that kinda sold it.” IfsKnowsSaidSchoolGirlCoursesHoursActingTeacherDramaDegreesHigh SchoolUniversityEnjoyedBiologyHonourEleventh Hour Author:Matt Frewer
“One of the best programmers I ever hired had only a High School degree; he's produced a lot of great software, has his own news group, and made enough in stock options to buy his own nightclub.” MadeEnoughSchoolGroupsDegreesNewsHigh SchoolSoftwareProgrammersNightclubsStock Options Author:Peter Norvig
“Let's also make sure that a high school diploma puts our kids on a path to a good job. Right now, countries like Germany focus on graduating their high school students with the equivalent of a technical degree from one of our community colleges, so that they're ready for a job. At schools like P-TECh in Brooklyn ... students will graduate with a high school diploma and an associate degree in computers or engineering. We need to give every American student opportunities like this.” NeedsGivingCountryKidsSchoolJobsOpportunityCommunityPathFocusStudentsCollegeReadyRight NowDegreesComputerHigh SchoolGermanyGraduatesEngineeringAssociatesGood JobBrooklynOur CommunityDiplomaCommunity CollegeHigh School StudentsHigh School Diploma Author:Barack Obama
“Get your education. The number of guys who are blessed to be in the league is so small compared to the number of high school players [who want to play in the league]. But one thing you can do is get your college education. If you are blessed enough to get a scholarship to play college basketball, make sure you get your college degree, too, then move on from there.” IfsWantEnoughPlaySchoolMovingGuyCan DoNumbersPlayerOne ThingCollegeBasketballDegreesHigh SchoolBlessedLeagueScholarshipCollege EducationCollege DegreeCollege Basketball Author:Tim Duncan
“Cities are broke, there are no jobs, people without a high school diploma and sometimes even with a college degree can't get jobs.” PeopleSometimesSchoolJobsCitiesCollegeDegreesHigh SchoolBrokeDiplomaCollege DegreeHigh School Diploma Author:Rachel Grady
“I'd done some acting in high school. Then I went to Kenyon College and got thrown in jail and kicked off the football team. Since I was determined not to study very much, I majored in theater the last two years. Got my degree in speech; they didn't actually have a degree in theater. I graduated at two o'clock in the afternoon, and at three-thirty I was on the train for Williams Bay, Wisconsin, for summer stock, and then I did winter stock.” YearsTwoDoneSchoolLastsThreeActingStudyTeamFootballCollegeSpeechDegreesSummerHigh SchoolTheaterTrainWinterDeterminedClockThirtyThrownTwo YearsJailAfternoonFootball TeamWisconsin Author:Paul Newman
“If grade inflation continues, a college bachelor's degree will have just as much credibility as a high school diploma.” IfsSchoolCollegeDegreesHigh SchoolGradesInflationCredibilityBachelorsDiplomaHigh School Diploma Book:American Contempt for Liberty Source: American Contempt for Liberty
“I was very interested in politics in college and was heading to be a lawyer. I have a degree in economics and I was interested in it. I hadn't really gotten super serious about it and I'd done a lot of student politics in high school. I really think it would be interesting and fun and challenging to go into politics.” ThinkingDoneWould BeSchoolFunChallengesInterestingStudentsCollegeSeriousDegreesHigh SchoolEconomicsLawyerHeadings Author:Jay Roach
“My childhood, adolescence and high school days are unusually important. If there has ever been a time that I developed a uniqueness and sense of humor and the ability to organize, it was then. In those early days, I developed the skills that gave me a certain degree of success in American politics.” IfsImportantSchoolCertainAbilityChildhoodSkillsDegreesHigh SchoolSense Of HumorUniquenessAdolescenceOrganizeAmerican PoliticsSchool Days Author:Lee Atwater
“I didn't even graduate from high school. I've never told anybody that before. I got my degree later, when I was in the army.” SchoolDegreesHigh SchoolArmyGraduatesGraduating High School Author:Tommy Lasorda
“When I was in high school, and even to a degree while I was in university, I wasn't on the Internet. So it's not as embedded in my soul, that kind of way of being.” WayKindSoulSchoolInternetDegreesHigh SchoolUniversityMy SoulEmbedded Author:Sheila Heti
“I've been writing music since I was about eight. I would write sporadically. I wrote a lot of music in high school. I guess the oldest song on the record ("I Thought I Saw Your Face") is about eight years old. It's the old "I had my whole life to write my first album and six months to write the second one." I did, to some degree, but actually, a lot of the songs that ended up on the record, I wrote really recently. So it varies.” WritingYearsFirstsWholeSchoolFacesSongRecordsSawsMonthsDegreesSixHigh SchoolAlbumsEightWhole LifeYour FaceSix MonthsVaryWriting Music Author:Zooey Deschanel
“My mother - neither one of my parents went to college. My mother, after her four children had grown up, went back and got her high school equivalency degree at night, at Central High School in Providence, became a teacher's aide.” ChildrenSchoolMotherNightParentTeacherFourCollegeDegreesHigh SchoolOur ChildrenProvidence Author:Tad Devine
“I didn't finish high school, but I went to a special school for producers and musicians, a three year course for engineering, producing and learning all the tricks. So now I have my producing degree and certification.” YearsSchoolThreeCoursesSpecialDegreesMusicianHigh SchoolTricksProducersThree YearsEngineering Author:Martin Garrix
“I have been interested in visual arts since high school and, after realising that I had absolutely no interest in the economics degree I had undertaken at ANU, I started a BFA in Sydney which I completed at VCA in Melbourne.” Has BeensArtSchoolInterestDegreesHigh SchoolEconomicsVisualsRealisingSydneyVisual ArtMelbourne Author:Patricia Piccinini
“I received my Master's degree from the University of Utah while coaching at Granite High School. I obtained my doctorate from BYU while coaching. I pursued these degrees to prepare myself if coaching didn't work out.” IfsSchoolMastersDegreesHigh SchoolUniversityWork OutCoachingPursuedUtahGraniteDoctoratesByu Author:LaVell Edwards
“Gone are the days in America where we're able to graduate from High School and perhaps eventually get a job that pays $100,000, that barrier has been put up. If you want to work at McDonald's, where is your degree?” IfsWantHas BeensAbleSchoolJobsAmericaPayGoneDegreesHigh SchoolBarriersGraduatesMcdonaldsGraduating High School Author:Jalen Rose
“Most of my friends from Columbia are going on to get advanced degrees. And why not? A Ph.D. is the new M.A., a master's is the new bachelor's, a B.A. is the new high school diploma, and a high school diploma is the new smiley-face sticker on your first-grade spelling test.” FirstsSchoolFacesMastersDegreesHigh SchoolMy FriendsTestsGradesWhy NotSpellingBachelorsColumbiaStickerDiplomaSmileySmiley FaceHigh School Diploma Book:Fourth Comings: A Jessica Darling Novel Source: Fourth Comings: A Jessica Darling Novel