“I started Storyline after I'd accomplished all my goals and still wasn't happy. I'd become a New York Times bestselling author, which was my goal from high school, and yet I was less happy after accomplishing my goals than I was before.” StillsSchoolGoalNew YorkHigh SchoolAccomplishedNew York TimesStoryline Author:Donald Miller
“I went to really good New York City public schools that had arts programs. So in junior high, I got into the drama department. From there, I went to a performing arts high school in New York City called Laguardia and I just kind of fell into the professional side by happenstance.” KindArtSchoolSidesCitiesNew YorkDramaHigh SchoolProgramPerformingDepartmentNew York CityPublic SchoolJuniorsJunior HighPerforming ArtsHappenstance Author:Merritt Wever
“I moved to New York between my junior and senior years of high school to just see what it was like, to go to a modeling agency and see how to get representation.” YearsSchoolNew YorkHigh SchoolMovedAgencyRepresentationSeniorModelingJuniorsSenior Year Author:Teri Polo
“I grew up going to musicals with my mom here in New York, going to Broadway. I used to be in musicals in high school.” SchoolUsedNew YorkGrewMomGrew UpHigh SchoolMy MomUsed To BeBroadway Author:Sharon Van Etten
“A New York friend said that visiting the South reminded her of nothing more than being in high school again.” SaidSchoolNew YorkHigh SchoolSouthVisiting Author:Rosemary Daniell
“By the time I started high school, I knew I wanted to be a writer. After graduating from Smith College in Massachusetts, I moved to New York City and worked for the advertising agency J. Walter Thompson.” WantedSchoolCitiesNew YorkCollegeHigh SchoolMovedAdvertisingAgencyNew York CityGraduatesMassachusettsAdvertising Agencies Author:Cynthia Voigt
“There was a telemarketing job one summer in high school that I was rejected for. I still walk by the building that I actually had the interview in. It's still in New York, and I always think about that job and why I didn't get it.” ThinkingStillsSchoolJobsWalksNew YorkBuildingSummerHigh SchoolInterviewsRejected Author:Noah Baumbach
“As a kid, I was fortunate that we grew up near a children's theater, with all different classes and things; so as a kid I took classes there and as I got into high school I did all the community theater stuff. Then I came to college here in New York, going to Marymount Manhattan, and studied acting there. But most of the training I got was from working. Working with really great people.” PeopleChildrenDifferentKidsSchoolStuffCommunityActingClassNew YorkCollegeGrewGrew UpTrainingHigh SchoolTheaterFortunateReally GreatGreat People Author:Andrew Rannells
“I went to the High School for Performing Arts in New York for acting. I've studied it on and off for years and have done some theater and film.” YearsArtDoneSchoolFilmActingNew YorkHigh SchoolTheaterPerformingAnd OffPerforming Arts Author:Carole King
“Education is huge for me. I went to public school until I turned thirteen, and was lucky enough to afford college once I became successful as an actress. I cannot believe that quality education costs as much as it does in this country. Ghetto Film School is a remarkable public high school in New York City where students get to learn to express themselves through filmmaking, and have hands-on access to equipment.” BelieveDoeCountryEnoughHandsSchoolFilmCitiesQualitySuccessfulNew YorkStudentsCollegeHugeCostLuckyHigh SchoolActressesAccessRemarkableNew York CityFilmmakingEquipmentPublic SchoolGhettoThirteenFilm SchoolQuality Education Author:Julia Stiles
“The first job I got when I was in high school was working for a department store in New York. I worked in the stockroom. That's when I learned that I couldn't work for anyone else, because I was spoken to in a way that I wasn't spoken to at home.” WayFirstsHomeSchoolJobsNew YorkHigh SchoolStoresDepartmentDepartment Stores Author:Frankie Knuckles
“I had grown up and gone to high school in New York, so I wanted to get out of the east coast.” WantedSchoolGoneNew YorkHigh SchoolEastCoastEast Coast Author:Tod Machover
“My brother played the game with his friends, so I thought I was a pretty smart kid and I played this friend of mine and he just crushed me and this was Brooklyn Tech High School in Brooklyn where I still live, in Brooklyn, New York and this guy beat me so bad it wasn't even funny. I couldn't understand why he beat me.” StillsKidsSchoolGuyGamesNew YorkMinesBrotherSmartBeatsHigh SchoolMy BrotherThis GuyCrushedBrooklynSmart KidBrooklyn New York Author:Maurice Ashley
“Harkening back to a story about my grandfather, I was lucky to attend a great high school in New York, Bronx High School of Science, which has produced more Nobel prize winners than any other high school in America.” StoriesSchoolAmericaNew YorkLuckyHigh SchoolWinnerPrizeGrandfatherMy GrandfatherNobelNobel PrizeBronxNobel Prize Winners Author:Lewis Schiff
“I was more tuned into the assassinations, the riots that were going on, like in Watts, and, in fact, my summer before my senior year in high school I went on the Experiment in International Living to Sweden, yes, with a group of students , you know, leisurely discussion over the summer about, you know, where we were going to go with our lives, and how did you how did, you know, being a born-again Christian mesh with being, you know, a socialist from New York.” KnowsYearsFactsSchoolChristianBornOur LivesGroupsNew YorkStudentsSummerHigh SchoolInternationalExperimentsDiscussionSocialistSeniorRiotAssassinationBorn AgainSwedenDid You KnowMeshSenior Year Author:Jill Stein
“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 graduated from high school early so I could move to New York to do 'A Little Night Music' out of the New York City Opera.” LittlesSchoolMovingNightCitiesNew YorkHigh SchoolNew York CityOpera Author:Anna Kendrick
“It was also incredibly serendipitous that I would later learn I shared a birthday with Whoop [Goldberg ]. I went on to be inspired by many other artists and forms of art, and was soon directed to a place that would help harness my experiences and develop my voice within the craft, LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts in New York City.” ArtHelpingSchoolFormArtistVoiceCitiesNew YorkHigh SchoolInspiredCraftsPerformingNew York CityHarnessBe InspiredPerforming Arts Author:Aisha Hinds
“I was also sitting in from the middle of senior year of high school at Sweet Basil, it was a great club in New York.” YearsSchoolMiddleNew YorkSweetHigh SchoolSittingClubsSeniorSenior YearBasil Author:Jon Gordon
“Our goal here in New York is to ensure that every child who graduates high school is ready to start a career or start college and to dramatically increase the number of students that graduate from college.” ChildrenSchoolGoalNumbersCareersNew YorkStudentsCollegeReadyHigh SchoolIncreaseGraduates Author:Michael Bloomberg
“I lived in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, until eighth grade, and then my high-school years were in Rochester, New York.” YearsSchoolNew YorkHigh SchoolGradesPennsylvaniaEighth GradeSchool YearsRochesterLancaster Author:Kristen Wiig
“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 started acting when I was in high school, started writing when I got to New York in 1975.” WritingSchoolActingNew YorkHigh SchoolUkulele Author:Eric Bogosian