“At my high school graduation, I graduated from home school, so it was pregnant teens and gang members. But, when I got on stage, there were kids in the background who all screamed, "Marry me!," very loud.” HomeKidsSchoolStageMembersHigh SchoolBackgroundsLoudTeensPregnantGangMarry MeHigh School GraduationWere PregnantGang MembersSchool Graduation Author:Portia de Rossi
“My first time performing was in the black box theater of my high school's basement as a member of 'Clownaz,' the school's improv team. We charged money for tickets, saying the proceeds went to our school's recycling program. Then, immediately after the show, we divided up all the money and kept it.” FirstsShowsSchoolBlackTeamMembersHigh SchoolFirst TimeProgramTheaterBoxesPerformingDividedTicketsBasementsRecyclingBlack Boxes Author:Joe Mande
“As you get older - for example, in our band we have members of our orchestra, like Carlos Enriquez and Ali Jackson and Walter Blanning. I taught them when they were in high school, and now they teach me.I'll regularly call Ali and say, "Man, can you break this rhythm down for me?" Or Carlos was actually our music director in Cuba, and he's been instrumental in a lot of my education, and I started to develop a saying with them, because they tease me all the time - you get older, you have that familiar relationship - I say, "You have to follow your young leadership, too."” MenSchoolYoungTeachBreakExampleTaughtBandDirectorsMembersHigh SchoolFamiliarRhythmOrchestraCubaTeaseTease Me Author:Wynton Marsalis
“As a school board member, I might have particular views about the ways we might increase the economics curriculum in a local high school, but I'm not sure I should mandate that for the entire country.” WayShouldCountryMightSchoolViewsParticularMembersHigh SchoolEconomicsIncreaseLocalsBoardsNot SureCurriculumMandatesSchool BoardBoard Members Author:Zephyr Teachout
“Many of my family members are teachers in the arts, and I picked up the camera years ago, in high school.” YearsArtSchoolTeacherMembersHigh SchoolYears AgoMy FamilyCamerasFamily Members Author:Steven Sebring
“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