“I wasn't interested in going to the school dances. I wasn't interested in going to the football games. What I wanted was to be in my room painting my walls and doing weird stuff. That's what I wanted and I got to do what I wanted, so that, to me, is my high school experience.” WantedSchoolGamesStuffRoomsFootballPaintingWallHigh SchoolFootball GameWeird StuffSchool Experience Author:Brie Larson
“I've done so many funny jobs. I worked at a farmer's market through high school. I worked in the stock room of Ralph Lauren. I graduated to salesperson at Ralph Lauren, which was a big deal to me. I've been a P.A. I've been a stand-in. I've been an assistant's assistant.” DoneBigsSchoolJobsRoomsDealsHigh SchoolFarmersBig DealAssistantsLaurenSalesperson Author:Allison Williams
“All my high school papers were written in the rare book room.” BookSchoolRoomsWrittenPaperHigh SchoolPapers Author:Jim Sanborn
“In high school, during lunchtime I would go in the room where the wrestling mats were and try different flips and different moves. Like windmills. I just started mixing martial arts with jazz and contemporary stuff and it would get mashed together and became my style.” TryingArtDifferentSchoolTogetherMovingStuffRoomsStyleHigh SchoolJazzContemporaryMartial ArtsWrestlingFlipMixingWindmillsLunchtime Author:Caity Lotz
“I once went to a fraternity house when I was in high school... you know, you would rent them during the summer for really cheap, and students are in there. So I met some people who rented a room. I just remember it being very dirty.” PeopleKnowsSchoolRememberHouseRoomsStudentsMetsSummerHigh SchoolDirtyFraternity Author:Spencer Grammer
“This game has taken a lot of guys over the years who would have had to work in factories and gas stations and made them prominent people. I only had a high school education, and believe me, I had to cheat to get that. There isn't a college in the world that would have me and yet in this business you can walk into a room with millionaires, doctors, professional people and get more attention than they get. I don't know any other business where you can do that.” PeopleKnowsWorldYearsBelieveMadeSchoolGuyGamesCan DoWalksRoomsAttentionTakenCollegeHigh SchoolDoctorsGasStationsFactoriesBelieve In MeCheatMillionaireProminentSchool EducationGas Stations Author:Sparky Anderson
“I did most of my volunteer work when I was in college because I knew of more ways to get involved. In high school, we'd do things like, there was a homeless shelter near our hometown and our church group decorated one of the rooms. In college, I was in a sorority, and we did a lot of things, like pick up trash on the highway.” WaySchoolChurchRoomsGroupsCollegeInvolvedPicksHigh SchoolShelterVolunteerHomelessHighwaysTrashGet InvolvedHometownSororityVolunteer Work Author:Carrie Underwood
“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 worked in the mail room at CAA when I was in high school. I worked in the literary department, too. That was my after school job, believe it or not: I would read manuscripts and then evaluations on whether or not I thought they'd make good movies. Which was fascinating and kind of hilarious to me at the time.” BelieveKindSchoolJobsRoomsHigh SchoolDepartmentFascinatingMailManuscriptsGood MovieEvaluationAfter School Author:Matthew Specktor
“You know, if I look at an auditorium full of high school students and the big man on campus and his girlfriend are busy talking while the lecture's going on, the rest of the room is going to do it because they're powerful sneezers. They have influence. They reach out to a whole bunch of people in a way that makes the idea of being disrespectful spread.” PeopleIfsKnowsMenWayLooksIdeasWholeBigsSchoolRoomsPowerfulTalkingInfluenceStudentsHigh SchoolBusySpreadBunchGirlfriendReach OutLecturesCampusDisrespectfulAuditoriumsHigh School Students Author:Seth Godin
“In high school, some of the guys were really into music. When I first joined the team as a sophomore, I was blown away when we came out for our first home matchI'm getting goose bumps just thinking about it. The seniors would bring their whole stereo system. We started by yelling and stuff inside this little room just off the gym; then the coaches said, "Ready. Go!" We threw open the door and came running out. Even when I hear the songs now I get all jacked up.” ThinkingFirstsLittlesSaidWholeHomeRunningSchoolGuySongStuffRoomsDoorsTeamReadyHigh SchoolCoachesGymSeniorBumpsYellingGeeseBlown AwaySophomoreFirst Home Author:Karch Kiraly
“I used to find places in high school and college, empty rooms or spaces with pianos. Instead of going to a party, I'd play alone for hours. It became my buddy.” PlaySchoolUsedHoursSpaceRoomsPartyCollegeHigh SchoolEmptyPianoBuddyEmpty Rooms Author:Rachael Yamagata
“I've been in towns where there is no library, or where the library for the high school and the library for the town is one room, and it's smaller than my modest living room here. So you don't have many resources in 1950 or even 1970. This is the year, 2013, every town in America is connected to the web. Every town in America is therefore connected to all kinds of resources at the Library of Congress, at 100,000 websites.” YearsKindSchoolAmericaRoomsHigh SchoolResourcesTownsLibraryCongressConnectedAll KindsModestWebsiteLiving Room Author:James W. Loewen
“Honestly my style sense, I guess, started in high school when I was a volleyball player. That was just what I wore: leggings every single day with my sports bra so I didn't have to change into it in the girls' gym locker room and that's kind of how it started.” KindSchoolGirlSportsRoomsPlayerStyleHigh SchoolHonestlyGymVolleyballLockersBrasLocker RoomLeggingsVolleyball Player Author:Gigi Hadid
“I actually live right near a high school and I always walk by...I live in a high school. I actually live in the boiler room of a high school at night. When I see high school guys now I'm actually like, 'Thank f - king God I'm not in high school anymore because they look like they could kick the living s - t out of me.'” LooksSchoolNightGuyWalksRoomsKingsHigh SchoolKicksBoilerBoiler Room Author:Seth Rogen
“What’s with her?” says the painter. “She’s mad because she’s a woman,” Jon says. This is something I haven’t heard for years, not since high school. Once it was a shaming thing to say, and crushing to have it said about you, by a man. It implied oddness, deformity, sexual malfunction. I go to the living room doorway. “I’m not mad because I’m a woman,” I say. “I’m mad because you’re an asshole.” MenYearsSaidSchoolRoomsHeardHavensHigh SchoolMadPainterCrushLiving RoomDoorwaysImpliedDeformityMalfunctionOddness Book:Cat's Eye Source: Cat's Eye
“I would point out that I'm an actress for a reason! If I were popular in high school, I would have considered another career because I wouldn't have been alone in my room, making up other characters for myself. I definitely had growing pains. The popular kids didn't want anything to do with the girl who was starting the drama club.” IfsWantHas BeensReasonCharacterKidsSchoolPainGirlRoomsCareersGrowingDramaHigh SchoolStartingClubsActressesMaking UpGrowing PainsDrama Club Author:Ginnifer Goodwin