“At 20, I realized that I could not possibly adjust to a feminine role as conceived by my father and asked him permission to engage in a professional career. In eight months I filled my gaps in Latin, Greek and mathematics, graduated from high school, and entered medical school in Turin.” SchoolFatherCareersRolesMonthsHigh SchoolMathematicsFilledEightMedicalI RealizedGreekFeminineLatinGapsPermissionMedical SchoolProfessional Career Author:Rita Levi-Montalcini
“I had gotten rid of the crying when I got to high school, though it happened again when I was a junior. We lost in the state championship. It was kind of the same situation, camera in my face, and then that's when I realized it was over I had my moment.” KindStatesMomentsSchoolFacesLostSituationHappenedCryHigh SchoolCamerasI RealizedChampionshipJuniors Author:Chris Bosh
“I was a terrible student in high school and the thing that the auto accident did - and it happened just as I graduated, so I was at this sort of crossroads - but it made me apply myself more, because I realized more than anything else what a thin thread we hang on in life, and I really wanted to make something out of my life.” MadeWantedSchoolHappenedStudentsTerribleHigh SchoolAccidentsI RealizedThreadCrossroads Author:George Lucas
“When I was in high school, I was always really envious of those girls who seemed to have everything: the perfect hair, perfect clothes, perfect boyfriend, perfect life. It wasn't until I was older that I realized that nobody's life is perfect, and that those girls probably had a lot of the same problems I did.” ProblemSchoolLife IsGirlPerfectHairClothesHigh SchoolI RealizedEnviousPerfect Life Author:Sarah Dessen
“It was all kind of a whirlwind at the beginning. I didn't really realize that I had a special gift from God. It was probably towards the end of high school in my senior year when things really started to come together and I realized that I had more potential and that I could do this as a career and that the Olympics were a possibility.” YearsKindEndsSchoolTogetherRealizingCareersSpecialPossibilityHigh SchoolI RealizedAll KindsOlympicsSeniorGift From GodWhirlwindSenior YearSpecial GiftsHigh School Ending Author:Allyson Felix
“Before I realized I had faults, I was already joking about it, to get attention. By the time I went to high school, I had a pretty practiced routine down.” SchoolAttentionHigh SchoolI Realized Author:Jason Mulgrew
“Back in high school, about two years ago, I was in this silly punk band called Ballet for Athletes. We were all trying to take it seriously, and then I realized that "punk" and "serious" aren't really two words you can put in the same sentence - at least, in my opinion.” TryingSchoolOpinionSeriousHigh SchoolAthleteI RealizedSillyBalletPunk Author:Mister Lies
“I was trying to fit in for so long, until about Junior year of high school when I realized that trying to fit into this one image of perfection was never going to make me happy.” TryingYearsLongSchoolFitHigh SchoolPerfectionI RealizedJuniorsMake Me HappyJunior YearTrying To Fit InJunior Year Of High School Author:Maiara Walsh