“I don't want to return to the past. I don't yearn for when I was 18 years old. I was in high school then. I had acne. I had a terrible hairdo. I'm sure I was sporting polyester pants.” WantYearsSchoolPastReturnTerribleHigh SchoolPantsAcneHairdos Author:Joe Scarborough
“I was a terrible high school student outside of the fact that I did well in physics, but there's a big difference between being good at physics and being a physicist, so I jettisoned that very quickly.” WellsFactsBigsSchoolDifferencesStudentsTerribleHigh SchoolBe GoodPhysicsPhysicistHigh School Students Author:Timothy Simons
“In 1985, I was living with my sister in Virginia, and since I was still in high school, I worked at McDonald's to save money to get an abortion. It sounds really terrible, but it was the best decision I ever made. It was the first time I took responsibility for my actions. I messed up, had sex without contraception, and got pregnant at 15.” FirstsMadeStillsActionSchoolSexSoundDecisionResponsibilityTerribleHigh SchoolFirst TimeMade ItAbortionMy SisterPregnantVirginiaSaving MoneyMcdonaldsMessed UpContraception Author:Kathleen Hanna
“I was a terrible student in high school and the thing that the auto accident did - and it happened just as I graduated, so I was at this sort of crossroads - but it made me apply myself more, because I realized more than anything else what a thin thread we hang on in life, and I really wanted to make something out of my life.” MadeWantedSchoolHappenedStudentsTerribleHigh SchoolAccidentsI RealizedThreadCrossroads Author:George Lucas
“Most people you'd tell "I'm gonna be a musician," they'd say, "you're crazy, you're gonna starve, you're gonna be poor, a drug addict, go to jail, you'll never make it, there's too much competition, it's a terrible business," etc. But my chorus teacher in high school said, "you've got what it takes to be a really good professional musician, you should consider it." That was an epiphany for me. So I thought, well, maybe I can help somebody, too.” PeopleShouldWellsSaidI CanHelpingSchoolPoorToo MuchTeacherCrazyTerribleDrugMusicianHigh SchoolCompetitionEtcJailAddictEpiphanyChorusDrug Addict Author:Billy Joel
“I'd written my first novel for adults, which was called Basic Eight and was set in a high school, and we were having a devil of a time selling it. It ended up in the hands of an editor of a children's publishing house, for which it was entirely inappropriate. She said, "Well, we can't publish this, but I think you should write something for children," which I thought was a really terrible idea.” ThinkingShouldWritingFirstsWellsChildrenSaidIdeasHandsSchoolHouseNovelWrittenTerribleHigh SchoolDevilAdultsEightSellingEditorsPublishingPublishInappropriatePublishing House Author:Daniel Handler
“With Die Hard it was just something that I, you know, I grew up with those movies. I made a Die Hard movie with my friends in my backyard during high school. It was terrible.” KnowsMadeHardSchoolDiesGrewTerribleGrew UpHigh SchoolMy FriendsBackyards Author:Len Wiseman
“In high school, my friend and I discovered that your cable-access station had to let you do whatever you wanted - it was like the Wild West. We made a couple weird things, like a tribute to the Zucker brothers, where we had a panel discussion about the Naked Gun movies. We wrote a script and made jokes that I'm sure were terrible and showed clips of The Naked Gun without permission.” MadeWantedSchoolBrotherCoupleTerribleJokesGunHigh SchoolMy FriendsWestScriptsAccessNakedDiscussionStationsPermissionCablesTributeWeird ThingsClipWild West Author:Michael Schur
“America has a terrible educational problem in the sense that we have too many youngsters not finishing school. A third of our kids don't finish high school, 50 percent of minorities don't finish high school.” ProblemKidsSchoolAmericaTerriblePercentHigh SchoolThirdsEducationalMinoritiesFinishingYoungstersFinishing School Author:Colin Powell
“I couldn't really be a part of high school, because I have a terrible time doing things that I don't want to do. I'm not good at it. It's not even like, I'm a rebel. I'm just bad at it, you know?” KnowsWantSchoolTerribleHigh SchoolRebelTerrible Times Author:El-P
“In high school, I had a teacher there who was really great to me and with whom I finally dared to admit I wanted to be a writer myself, and we did a project where I wrote terrible, 17-year-old fiction. But I remember a couple of the stories. I'd love it if I could read with pride something that I wrote that long ago, but it hasn't happened yet.” LongSchoolRememberTeacherPrideCoupleTerribleHigh SchoolReally Great Author:Jonathan Dee
“Once in high school, I completely over plucked my left eyebrow all the way up to where you're not supposed to. I had no idea what I was doing and it looked terrible! My mom was like 'What did you do to yourself?' I was so embarrassed.” WayIdeasSchoolLeftMomTerribleHigh SchoolMy MomNo IdeaEmbarrassedEyebrows Author:Ashley Tisdale
“When asked "What do we need to learn this for?" any high-school teacher can confidently answer that, regardless of the subject, the knowledge will come in handy once the student hits middle age and starts working crossword puzzles in order to stave off the terrible loneliness.” NeedsAgeSchoolOrderAnswersTeacherMiddleSubjectsLonelinessStudentsTerribleHigh SchoolPuzzlesMiddle AgesHandySchool TeachersCrosswordsHigh School Teachers Book:Me Talk Pretty One Day Source: Me Talk Pretty One Day
“It was a time of great loneliness. He had a group of friends, and suddenly I had no one and did not understand why. I felt excluded. Some days, the majority was in high school and did not know who to talk to. And that is something really terrible when you're twelve years old.” KnowsYearsSchoolFeltGroupsLonelinessTerribleHigh SchoolMajorityTwelveExcludedGroup Of Friends Author:Taylor Swift