“We were like a white family from the 1920s or something. My parents had this bizarre, different way of looking at things from the people that surrounded us. I went to an all-Mexican grade school and an all-black high school, and not many people in those places liked the same stuff as me.” PeopleWayDifferentSchoolStuffParentBlackWhiteHigh SchoolDifferent WaysGradesBizarreMexicanGrades In SchoolAll Black Author:Jack White
“I would not call myself Catholic anymore, but I went to 16 years of Catholic school: grade school, high school and college.” YearsSchoolCollegeHigh SchoolCatholicGradesGrades In SchoolCatholic School Author:William Mapother
“I've always been a creative speller and never achieved good grades in school. I graduated from high school but didn't have the opportunity to attend college, so I did what young women my age did at the time - I married.” AgeSchoolYoungOpportunityCreativeCollegeMarriedHigh SchoolGradesYoung WomenGrades In SchoolGood Grades Author:Debbie Macomber
“My brother was a year younger than I am and he was never in the home with me hardly at all, ... My mom had to take him to every school there possibly was to get him some education. He ended up first in Columbus, Ohio, for grade school, then went to a high school for the deaf and Galludet in Washington.” YearsFirstsHomeSchoolBrotherMomHigh SchoolMy MomMy BrotherGradesDeafOhioColumbusGrades In SchoolColumbus Ohio Author:Les Miles
“I was in high school, trying to get out of high school. The only thing slowing me up was grades.” TryingSchoolHigh SchoolGradesSlowingGrades In School Author:Levon Helm
“My first girlfriend in high school, I had a girlfriend in grade school, but my first girlfriend in high school was Mare Winningham, very fine actress.” FirstsSchoolFineHigh SchoolActressesGirlfriendGradesGrades In SchoolMares Author:Val Kilmer
“When you're an actor in grade school, high school, college, whatever, you start to realize what you're really good at, what you're kinda good at, what you're okay at, and you start to compartmentalize. But if you know yourself and what you're capable of, it's just a matter of opportunity.” IfsKnowsMatterSchoolActorsOpportunityRealizingCollegeCapableHigh SchoolOkayGradesKnow YourselfGrades In School Author:Bryan Cranston
“Basketball was not my main sport in grade school, or even the first year of high school.” YearsFirstsSchoolSportsBasketballHigh SchoolGradesGrades In School Author:Mike Krzyzewski
“To change the media, you're gonna have to totally throw out every journalism school and get rid of everybody in every newsroom, and then you're gonna have to change the grade school and middle school and high school curriculum.” SchoolMiddleMediaHigh SchoolJournalismGradesCurriculumMiddle SchoolGrades In SchoolSchool Curriculum Author:Rush Limbaugh
“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
“In grade school I was smart, but I didn't have any friends. In high school, I quit being smart and started having friends.” SchoolFunnySmartHigh SchoolQuittingGradesBeing SmartI QuitGrades In School Author:David Spade