“My name is James Edward Franco. Ted is a nickname for Edward. That's what my parents called me. I also got 'Teddy Ruxpin' a lot. It just got to a point where I got sick of it, so when a teacher called out 'James Franco' my junior year of high school, I didn't correct her.” YearsSchoolNamesParentTeacherHigh SchoolSickJuniorsNicknamesTeddyFrancoJunior YearJunior Year Of High School Author:James Franco
“I didn't really get into boys until my junior year of high school, when I had my first boyfriend. But for the most part I was always playing sports, so I was too busy for them!” YearsFirstsSchoolSportsBoysHigh SchoolBusyJuniorsToo BusyPlaying SportsJunior YearFirst BoyfriendJunior Year Of High School Author:Jennie Finch
“I went to a public high school with a magnet program for law and psychology. But right before my junior year, I decided that I wanted to leave and become an actress, so I graduated early and moved out to L.A.” YearsWantedSchoolLawPsychologyHigh SchoolProgramDecidedMovedActressesJuniorsMagnetJunior Year Author:Ashley Greene
“I wouldn't be an actor if it weren't for the English teacher I had my junior year in high school. She's the one who told me I could be an actor. I had never met an actor, I had never seen a real play, only high school plays. I didn't know actors were real, that it was a real job.” IfsKnowsYearsRealPlaySchoolJobsActorsTeacherMetsHigh SchoolJuniorsReal JobsEnglish TeacherSchool PlaysJunior Year Author:Julianne Moore
“I've always been vertically challenged. I never grew at all until my junior year of high school-if you call that growing.” IfsYearsSchoolGrowingGrewHigh SchoolJuniorsJunior YearJunior Year Of High School Author:Chris Paul
“It occurred to me in my junior year of high school. I got my first letter from a big college. I still have that letter to this day - a letter from Indiana.” YearsFirstsStillsBigsSchoolSportsCollegeHigh SchoolLettersThis DayJuniorsIndianaJunior YearJunior Year Of High School Author:Bo Jackson
“I went away to this summer program after my junior year of high school. They used to have this thing called the Governor's School, and they had it for different disciplines - science, math, performing arts. I auditioned and I got accepted, and it was an eight-week program away from home. I went for acting. I was 15, and I turned 16 while I was there, so that was a seminal moment for me. It made me realize the life of it, the discipline of it, and the joy of that discipline, where it was all we did.” YearsArtMadeDifferentMomentsHomeSchoolUsedJoyRealizingActingWeekDisciplineSummerHigh SchoolProgramEightMathAcceptedPerformingGovernorsJuniorsAway From HomePerforming ArtsJunior YearJunior Year Of High School Author:Zachary Quinto
“By the latter part of high school, by the middle of junior year in high school, Jay Rodriguez played me some Irakere records that that Paquito [D'Rivera] was on. And he also played me and our friend, Curtis Haywood, some Phil Woods records. And when I heard Phil, I just about lost my mind. I was playing the Charlie Parker Omnibook as part of my lessons. This was the '80s. There was no YouTube and all that. And we had three or four jazz records at that point.” YearsMindSchoolThreeLostRecordsFourHeardMiddleLessonsHigh SchoolJazzWoodsLatter80sJuniorsYoutubeCharlieJunior YearLost My MindJazz Records Author:Jon Gordon
“I was finishing up at High School of Performing Arts and finally, by the end of junior year and start of senior year, made some progress as a 16 year-old classical saxophone player. But not really... not like how the legit cats do. But I love the [Jacques] Ibert, love [Alexander] Glazunov, love the [Paul] Creston.” YearsArtMadeEndsSchoolPlayerProgressHigh SchoolCatPerformingSeniorJuniorsFinishingSaxophonePerforming ArtsSenior YearJunior YearLegitFinishing Up Author:Jon Gordon
“I joined an acting class in my junior year in high school. I'd always wanted to try it.” TryingYearsWantedSchoolActingClassHigh SchoolJuniorsActing ClassesJunior YearJunior Year Of High School Author:Rainn Wilson
“I didn't figure out the makeup or cute hair or clothes until oh, maybe my junior year of high school.” YearsSchoolFiguresHairClothesHigh SchoolCuteMakeupJuniorsJunior YearJunior Year Of High School Author:Catherine Bell
“Following my junior year in high school, I went on a camping trip through Russia in a group led by Horst Momber, a young language teacher from Roosevelt.” YearsSchoolYoungLanguageTeacherGroupsJourneyTravelHigh SchoolFollowingRussiaFunny TravelJuniorsCampingJunior YearHigh School JuniorJunior Year Of High School Author:Peter Agre
“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