“I grew up going to school and high school and then shooting a movie for a few months. It's an odd way to grow up and is kind of forced maturity.” WayKindSchoolGrowsGrowing UpGrewMonthsGrew UpHigh SchoolShootingOddMaturity Author:Logan Lerman
“I took six months off, finished high school, and hung out with friends.” SchoolMonthsSixHigh SchoolFinishedHungSix Months Author:Devon Sawa
“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 played golf competitively as a teenager. I actually took a year off after high school and just played golf and went to a university in France for maybe a month and dropped out.” YearsSchoolMonthsHigh SchoolGolfUniversityFranceTeenagerAfter High School Author:Stephanie Szostak
“My father is an actor, so he brought me into his agency when I was young. It wasn't something I wanted to do until high school, when I started taking theater and really liked it. Then an agent found me and wanted me to come out to Los Angeles and give it a shot. I gave myself six months, but it only took me like a week to get a job.” GivingWantedSchoolJobsYoungActorsFoundFatherWeekMonthsSixHigh SchoolShotsTheaterAgentsAgencyLos AngelesSix Months Author:Jensen Ackles
“I've been writing music since I was about eight. I would write sporadically. I wrote a lot of music in high school. I guess the oldest song on the record ("I Thought I Saw Your Face") is about eight years old. It's the old "I had my whole life to write my first album and six months to write the second one." I did, to some degree, but actually, a lot of the songs that ended up on the record, I wrote really recently. So it varies.” WritingYearsFirstsWholeSchoolFacesSongRecordsSawsMonthsDegreesSixHigh SchoolAlbumsEightWhole LifeYour FaceSix MonthsVaryWriting Music Author:Zooey Deschanel
“And that's how show business is like in Israel - it's very, very small. It kind of feels like a high school environment, you know? Everyone knows everyone and if you come to Israel for a month, you'll meet half of the actors on different occasions - not to mention in the doctors office!” IfsKnowsFeelsKindDifferentShowsSchoolActorsHalfEnvironmentMonthsOfficeHigh SchoolDoctorsIsraelOccasionsShow Business Author:Meital Dohan
“I went to George Washington High School for six months before my 16th birthday, when I could legally quit. That was an even worse experience than the Catholic schools. I mean, they were still teaching fractions. But mostly, I played hooky.” MeanStillsSchoolTeachingMonthsSixHigh SchoolCatholicQuittingSix MonthsFractionsCatholic School16th Birthday Author:George Carlin
“I was born in Patterson, New Jersey, and raised pretty much all around the country. My family tended to move from place to place following economic prospects and jobs and looking for new opportunities, so we changed schools, colleges, grade schools, high schools every 6 months to a year - depending on the breaks.” YearsCountrySchoolJobsMovingOpportunityBornBreakEconomicChangedCollegeMonthsHigh SchoolMy FamilyRaisedFollowingGradesJerseyNew JerseyProspectsNew OpportunityGrades In School Author:J. Michael Straczynski
“Estiven Rodriguez couldn't speak a word of English when he moved to New York City at age nine. But last month, thanks to the support of great teachers and an innovative tutoring program, he led a march of his classmates - through a crowd of cheering parents and neighbors - from their high school to the post office, where they mailed off their college applications. And this son of a factory worker just found out he's going to college this fall.” AgeSchoolLastsFallFoundSpeakParentCitiesSupportTeacherNew YorkCollegeSonMonthsOfficeHigh SchoolProgramMovedWorkersCrowdsNeighborNineImmigrationThanksPostsMarchCheerNew York CityApplicationFactoriesInnovativeGreat TeacherImmigration ReformPost OfficeClassmatesGoing To CollegeFactory Workers Author:Barack Obama
“I dated a lot of girls all through high school, and in college I dated a young lady for about eight months.” SchoolYoungGirlCollegeMonthsHigh SchoolEightGeekYoung Ladies Author:Danny Pintauro
“I'm 18, I'm going to graduate high school in a few months.” SchoolMonthsHigh SchoolGraduates Author:Camilla Belle