“For me, I always go back to when I was 10 years old and, I think between the time I was 10 and going to high school, were some of the greatest moments for me, because I had a group of friends that I was inseparable with, who we would make movies with all the time.” ThinkingYearsMomentsSchoolGroupsHigh SchoolInseparableGroup Of FriendsGoing To High School Author:Michael Giacchino
“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
“Today, only a fool would offer herself as the singular role model for the Good Mother. Most of us know not to tempt the fates. Themoment I felt sure I had everything under control would invariably be the moment right before the principal called to report that one of my sons had just driven somebody's motorcycle through the high school gymnasium.” KnowsMomentsTodaySchoolMotherFeltRolesFateSonFoolOffersModelsHigh SchoolDrivenReportsMy SonRole ModelsPrincipalMotorcycleGood MotherGymnasiums Author:Mary Blakely
“I had a lot of insecure moments in high school. It wasn't all peachy keen. But, I don't necessarily think that I hated high school and wanted to crawl into a hole either.” ThinkingMomentsWantedSchoolHigh SchoolHolesHatedInsecurePeachy Author:Kristen Bell
“I believe that you can experience very profound moments of change in life...I never would have become an actress if I hadn't dropped out of high school. As a teenager, I was so driven to pursue my dreams that I made a decision to quit school at 17 so I could find my voice as an actress and eventually the profession embraced me.” IfsBelieveMadeMomentsDreamSchoolI BelieveVoiceDecisionHigh SchoolProfoundActressesProfessionDrivenQuittingPursueTeenagerLife Changing Author:Halle Berry
“I remember reading 'The Grapes of Wrath' in high school in 1983. My family had immigrated to the U.S. three years before, and I had spent the better part of the first two years learning English. John Steinbeck's book was the first book I read in English where I had an 'Aha!' moment, namely in the famed turtle chapter.” YearsFirstsTwoBookMomentsSchoolRememberThreeReadingHigh SchoolMy FamilyTwo YearsThree YearsChaptersWrathGrapesTurtlesLearning EnglishAha Moment Author:Khaled Hosseini
“I never went to school for that. In high school we had photography, which was great. That was another moment of discovery. I had a great teacher - I can't even remember her name now. I ended up going to boarding school for my last high school years and they had a dark room there. Of course there was curfew; you were supposed to be in bed at a certain time. But I would sneak out and sneak into the dark room and work all night.” YearsI CanMomentsSchoolLastsRememberNightCertainCoursesNamesDarkRoomsTeacherBedPhotographyHigh SchoolDiscoverySupposed To BeAll NightGreat TeacherSneakDark RoomCurfewSchool Years Author:Jeff Vespa
“I wrestled and played football in high school and in my last year, I started as a wrestler and actually had a fairly good record. But I hated to lose. I always gave it everything I had which, unfortunately, was not as much as I'd hoped for. But keep in mind, I feel like I got the most out of my ability. One moment that was special above all the rest was winning my last bout at the Naval Academy to finish the entire summer undefeated. That was thrilling, but what's more, it helped me in prison because the first time I got knocked around by the Vietnamese, it did not come as a total shock.” FeelsYearsMindFirstsMomentsSchoolLastsWinningLosesAbilityRecordsSpecialFootballSummerHigh SchoolFirst TimePrisonHatedShockLast YearThrillingAcademyNavalWrestlerVietnameseUndefeatedGood RecordsNaval Academy Author:John McCain
“I remember my first moment onstage was at a 4-H contest at the Pratville Junior High School cafeteria auditorium around 1965. I had my first electric, a Silvertone with the amp built into the case, and I won first prize.” FirstsMomentsSchoolRememberCasesHigh SchoolBuiltPrizeElectricContestsJuniorsJunior HighCafeteriaAuditoriumsHigh School JuniorSchool Cafeteria Author:Tommy Shaw
“Going back to Baltimore is awesome because all my friends still live there and there's never a dull moment when you're hanging out with your high-school friends.” StillsMomentsSchoolHigh SchoolMy FriendsDullHanging OutBaltimoreSchool FriendsHigh School Friends Author:Jack Barakat
“It also helps that what Dan Slott is doing with Peter Parker in the comics has elevated him to something else, so that Miles Morales at the moment is the more traditional Spider-Man figure in the universe: the high school student trying to balance high school and superheroics, and he can't catch a break. That was Peter's role, but it's not his role anymore, and it's Miles' role. That was given to me, and it's pretty cool.” MenTryingMomentsHelpingSchoolUniverseGivenRolesBreakFiguresStudentsBalanceHigh SchoolMilesTraditionalPeterSpidersMoraleSpider ManHigh School StudentsPeter Parker Author:Brian Michael Bendis
“There was a race that I was running in Mexico City and I was the only high school athlete running against grown women. It was a professional race, but I ended up winning. That was kind of a turning point for me where I felt like, "Okay, I'm pretty good at this and there's a possibility for this to be a career for me." That was a defining moment for me.” KindMomentsRunningSchoolWinningFeltRaceCitiesCareersPossibilityHigh SchoolOkayAthleteMexicoDefiningTurning PointsMexico CityDefining MomentsGrown Women Author:Allyson Felix
“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
“I didn't do well in high school, but I took photography, and I loved being able to capture moments.” WellsMomentsAbleSchoolPhotographyHigh SchoolCapture Author:Steven Sebring
“I didn't do well in high school, but I took photography, and I loved being able to capture moments. It led to more and more photography, and fashion was the angle into photography for me. It was incredible to see photographs by Irving Penn or Helmut Newton. I was really intrigued by that, and that's what led me to New York City.” WellsMomentsAbleSchoolCitiesFashionNew YorkPhotographyHigh SchoolIncrediblesPhotographCaptureNew York CityAngleNewtonIntrigued Author:Steven Sebring
“I was kind of in an experimental phase with The Disposable Rappers. This is boring to me, because it's true, but when I was a sophomore in high school, I visited my sister in college and saw an improv troupe, and that was a genuine moment for me. It was an actual "Aha!" moment. After I saw that, I said, "I want to do comedy." So The Disposable Rappers started doing improv in addition to rapping, and when I went to college, I very specifically went saying "I want to join a comedy group."” KindMomentsSchoolComedyCollegeHigh SchoolBoringRapMy SisterRapperSophomore Author:Michael Showalter
“We were discovered by Don Fury; he was the first record producer who discovered us and essentially plucked us out of the rough. But I think in another way, we were discovered when we discovered each other, right before we started high school. We were 12 and 13. I don't want to speak for Justin Beck, but that's a big moment, linking up with your foil for the first time. Glassjaw definitely changed my life in the biggest way possible.” ThinkingMomentsSchoolSpeakChangedHigh SchoolFirst TimeProducersRoughFuryChanged My Life Author:Daryl Palumbo
“And now life has become the future. Every moment of your life is lived for the future-you go to high school so you can go to college so you can get a good job so you can get nice house.” MomentsSchoolJobsLife IsHouseNiceCollegeHigh SchoolTownsGood JobMargo Roth SpiegelmanNice House Author:Ellen Hopkins
“Your peers when you're a teenager will always be the keepers of your embarrassment and regret. It was one of life's great injustices, that you can move on and be accomplished and happy, but the moment you see someone from high school you immediately become the person you were then, not the person you are now.” PersonsMomentsSchoolMovingRegretHigh SchoolInjusticeTeenagerAccomplishedPeersEmbarrassmentKeepers Book:The Girl Who Chased the Moon: A Novel Source: The Girl Who Chased the Moon: A Novel
“Q, you're going to go to Duke. You're going to be a very successful lawyer-or-something and get married and have babies and live your whole little life, and then you're going to die, and in the last moments, when you're chocking on your own bile in the nursing home, you'll say to yourself:'Well, I wasted my whole goddamned life, but at least I broke into SeaWorld with Margo Roth Spiegelman my senior year of high school. At least I carpe'd that one diem.” YearsWellsLittlesWholeMomentsHomeSchoolLastsDiesSuccessfulBabyMarriedHigh SchoolLawyerBrokeSeniorNursingDukesCarpeSenior YearNursing HomeMargo Roth Spiegelman Author:John Green
“And now life has become the future. Every moment of your life is lived for the future—you go to high school so you can go to college so you can get a good job so you can get a nice house so you can afford to send your kids to college so they can get a good job so they can get a nice house so they can afford to send their kids to college.” MomentsKidsSchoolJobsLife IsHouseNiceCollegeHigh SchoolTownsGood JobMargo Roth SpiegelmanNice House Book:Paper Towns Source: Paper Towns
“Think, for a moment, about our educational ladder. We've strengthened the steps lifting students from elementary school to junior high, and those from junior high to high school. But, that critical step taking students from high school into adulthood is badly broken. And it can no longer support the weight it must bear.” ThinkingInspirationalMomentsSchoolStrongChallengesBusinessStepsSupportStrengthStudentsBrokenBearsHigh SchoolWeightEducationalCriticalAdulthoodLaddersJuniorsLiftingElementary SchoolJunior High Author:Melinda Gates