“Each year more than 100,000 high school graduates, with proved ability, do not enter college because they cannot afford it. And if we cannot educate today's youth, what will we do in 1970 when elementary enrollment will be 5 million greater than 1960? And high school enrollment will rise by 5 million. College enrollment will increase by more than 3 million.” IfsYearsTodaySchoolAbilityMoneyEducationMillionsGreaterYouthCollegeHigh SchoolIncreaseEducateGraduates1960sGraduating High SchoolEnrollmentToday's Youth Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“Today, 8 million adult Americans, more than the entire population of Michigan, have not finished 5 years of school. Nearly 20 million have not finished 8 years of school. Nearly 54 million - more than one-quarter of all America - have not even finished high school.” YearsTodaySchoolAmericaEducationMillionsHigh SchoolAdultsPopulationFinishedQuartersMichigan Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“What people don't realize is that fame, whatever your worst experience in high school, when you were being bullied by those ten kids in high school, fame is that, but on a global scale, where you're being bullied by millions of people constantly.” PeopleKidsSchoolRealizingMillionsWorstFameTenHigh SchoolScalesBulliedBeing Bullied Author:Megan Fox
“The zooming wealth of the top 1 percent is a problem, but it's not nearly as big a problem as the tens of millions of Americans who have dropped out of high school or college. It's not nearly as big a problem as the 40 percent of children who are born out of wedlock. It's not nearly as big a problem as the nation's stagnant human capital, its stagnant social mobility and the disorganized social fabric for the bottom 50 percent.” HumansChildrenProblemBigsSchoolNationsSocialBornWealthEducationPovertyMillionsCollegePercentHigh SchoolBottomFabricStagnantMobilityWedlockDisorganizedSocial Mobility Author:David Brooks
“By four years of age, the average child in a family receiving public assistance has heard about 13 million words, compared to 45 million for a child from a wealthier family. The disadvantages developed during their first four years are usually still present in high school.” YearsFirstsChildrenStillsAgeSchoolMillionsFourHeardHigh SchoolAverageFour YearsReceivingAssistanceDisadvantagesAdvantages And Disadvantages Author:Sal Albanese
“What happens when you get hurt? Take that kid at Kentucky, Nerlens Noel, who could have turned pro after high school.Who knows what's going to happen? How the operation is going to go? The only thing I do know is that he would have been a top pick in the draft last year, and he'd have millions of dollars in the bank.” KnowsYearsHas BeensHappensKidsSchoolLastsHurtMillionsPicksHigh SchoolDollarsOperationsLast YearKentuckyAfter High SchoolNoelLife After High School Author:Sonny Vaccaro
“Kobe [Bryant] had the biggest contract for a high school kid. He was the first one to get more than a million a year.” YearsFirstsKidsSchoolMillionsHigh SchoolContracts Author:Sonny Vaccaro
“This comes from Mike Gonzalez at the Daily Signal: [ Howard] Zinn's history "set the stage for the grievance mongering that passes for history classes today, and is still widely used. It has sold over 2 million copies since it was first published in 1980 and continues to sell over 100,000 copies a year because it is required reading at many of our high schools and colleges. That's a lot of young minds."” YearsMindFirstsStillsTodaySchoolYoungUsedReadingClassMillionsStageCollegeHigh SchoolSellsCopiesSignalsMikeGrievanceYoung MindsHistory Class Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Today's Little Leaguers, and there are millions of them each year, pick up how to hit and throw and field just by watching games on TV. By the time they're out of high school, the good ones are almost ready to play professional ball.” YearsLittlesPlayTodaySchoolGamesSportsMillionsFieldsReadyTvsPicksHigh SchoolBalls Book:The Mick Source: The Mick
“I was dating my first boyfriend in high school for a long time, and we broke up before prom. I hadn't met anyone else that I really wanted to go with, and my friends have always been amazing. So I went with my friends and got a million photos with them!” FirstsLongWantedSchoolMillionsMetsLong TimeHigh SchoolMy FriendsDatingBrokePromBroke UpFirst Boyfriend Author:Shay Mitchell
“There are a million rules for being a girl. There are a million things you have to do to get through each day. High school has things that can trip you up, ruin you, people say one thing and mean another, and you have to know all the rules, you have to know what you can and can't do.” PeopleKnowsMeanSchoolGirlMillionsOne ThingHigh SchoolRuinsEach DayBeing A GirlUnwritten Rules Book:The Unwritten Rule Source: The Unwritten Rule
“The millions of dollars which we devote every year to high-school education are, for the most part, money spent for the retarding of intelligence, the discouragement of efficiency, the stunting of character.” YearsCharacterSchoolMillionsHigh SchoolDollarsEfficiencyDiscouragementSchool EducationStunting Author:Bernard Iddings Bell