“Each year more than 100,000 high school graduates, with proved ability, do not enter college because they cannot afford it. And if we cannot educate today's youth, what will we do in 1970 when elementary enrollment will be 5 million greater than 1960? And high school enrollment will rise by 5 million. College enrollment will increase by more than 3 million.” IfsYearsTodaySchoolAbilityMoneyEducationMillionsGreaterYouthCollegeHigh SchoolIncreaseEducateGraduates1960sGraduating High SchoolEnrollmentToday's Youth Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“Today, 8 million adult Americans, more than the entire population of Michigan, have not finished 5 years of school. Nearly 20 million have not finished 8 years of school. Nearly 54 million - more than one-quarter of all America - have not even finished high school.” YearsTodaySchoolAmericaEducationMillionsHigh SchoolAdultsPopulationFinishedQuartersMichigan Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“Today I discovered two kinds of people who go to high school: those who wear new clothes to show off on the first day, and those who wear their oldest clothes to show they think school is unimportant.” PeopleThinkingFirstsKindTwoShowsTodaySchoolClothesHigh SchoolAdolescenceUnimportantShowing OffNew Clothes Book:Strider Source: Strider
“Today age segregation has passed all sane limits. Not only are fifteen-year-olds isolated from seventy-year-olds but social groups divide those in high school from those in junior high, and those who are twenty from those who are twenty-five. There are middle-middle-age groups, late-middle-age groups, and old-age groups - as though people with five years between them could not possibly have anything in common.” PeopleYearsAgeTodaySchoolSocialCommonFiveGroupsMiddleLimitsLateHigh SchoolTwentiesOld AgeFive YearsDividesIsolatedSaneFifteenSeventiesSegregationMiddle AgesJuniorsTwenty FiveFifteen YearsJunior HighSocial Groups Author:Suzanne Gordon
“We believed we could prepare our kids for a more competitive world. And today, our younger students have earned the highest math and reading scores on record. Our high school graduation rate has hit an all-time high. And more Americans finish college than ever before.” WorldKidsTodaySchoolReadingRecordsStudentsCollegeHighestHigh SchoolRateMathAll TimeScoreHigh School GraduationSchool Graduation Author:Barack Obama
“[On a high school visit by Destiny's Child:] Then they appeared, golden Glamazons resplendent in hot pants the size of a dryer sheet and gold stiletto boots. The kids in the front row, clearly on funkiness overload, had the walleyed look of the Today's Catch section of the supermarket.” LooksChildrenKidsTodaySchoolDestinyFrontsHigh SchoolGoldHotSizeGoldenPantsBootsSheetsSectionsSupermarketsOverloadDryersStilettosHot Pants Author:Jancee Dunn
“I can tell that fame is probably the most unadorable thing about acting. High School Musical is what got me here today and I'm very grateful - but the fame part isn't so fun.” I CanTodaySchoolFunActingFameHigh SchoolGratefulMusicalHigh School Musical Author:Zac Efron
“Training the workforce of tomorrow with today's high schools is like trying to teach kids about today's computers on a 50-year-old mainframe.” TryingYearsKidsTodaySchoolTeachTomorrowComputerTrainingHigh SchoolWorkforceMainframe Author:Bill Gates
“I could have spoken from Rhode Island where I have been staying ... But I felt that, in speaking from the house of Lincoln, of Jackson, and of Wilson, my words would better convey both the sadness I feel in the action I was compelled today to make and the firmness with which I intend to pursue this course until the orders of the federal court at Little Rock can be executed without unlawful interference." (On sending troops to enforce integration in Little Rock AR High School)” FeelsLittlesHas BeensTodayActionSchoolLawTimeOrderCoursesHouseFeltEducationSadnessTeachingRocksSorrowHigh SchoolCourtPursueIslandsStayingTroopsIntegrationCompelledMonarchyInterferenceWilsonFirmnessUnlawfulRhode IslandLittle Rock Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“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
“Do you remember that kid that had sex with his high school teacher? I was reading online that he died today. He died from hi-fiveing.” HumorKidsTodaySchoolFunnyRememberReadingSexTeacherHigh SchoolDiedOnlineSchool TeachersHigh School Teachers Author:Zach Galifianakis
“One of the biggest challenges in investing is that the opportunity set available today is not the complete opportunity set that should be considered. Limiting your opportunity set to the one immediately at hand would be like limiting your spouse to the students you met in high school” ShouldHandsWould BeTodaySchoolOpportunityChallengesStudentsMetsHigh SchoolInvestingAvailableSpouse Author:Seth Klarman
“America's high schools are obsolete. By obsolete, I don't just mean that they're broken, flawed, or underfunded, though a case could be made for every one of those points. By obsolete, I mean our high schools-even when they're working as designed-cannot teach all our students what they need to know today.” KnowsNeedsMeanMadeTodaySchoolAmericaTeachCasesStudentsBrokenHigh SchoolFlawedObsolete Author:Bill Gates
“Being a senior in high school means you're not only getting closer to adulthood, but also ready to start thinking about your dreams and aspirations, whether that's applying for college, joining the military, or seeing the world. It's never too early to start thinking of your future, so use these high school senior year quotes about following dreams to inspire yourself and those around. Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.” IfsThinkingWorldYearsMeanUseDreamTodaySchoolDiesForeverSeeingMilitaryInspireCollegeReadyHigh SchoolFollowingYour DreamsAspirationOur FutureAdulthoodSeniorYour FutureJoiningLive ForeverSeeing The WorldThinking About YouThinking Of YouFollowing DreamsSenior YearDreams And AspirationsHigh School SeniorJoining The Military Author:James Dean
“John Hughes made a certain type of high school movie, and then it stayed static for 30 years. The only thing that changed was that maybe it was found footage or maybe it's a little snarkier, but the actual language that kids live in today, like with texting, motion graphics, the internet and that whole hashtag culture doesn't exist in movies today. It's left on the floor.” YearsLittlesMadeWholeKidsTodaySchoolCertainCultureFoundLeftLanguageChangedTypeInternetHigh SchoolStaticTextingHashtagsHigh School Movie Author:Joseph M. Kahn
“I began seriously concentrating on music study after I entered senior high school. I went to a class in the arts section at the YMCA and learned music theory and composition. Today, there are many classes like this available, but this was not so much the case in those days.” ArtTodaySchoolClassCasesStudyTheoryHigh SchoolAvailableCompositionSeniorSectionsConcentratingMusic TheoryHigh School SeniorYmca Author:Isao Tomita
“Best advice was from a man by the name of James Dean. "Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today". I read that my senior year in high school and have never stopped since.” IfsMenYearsDreamTodaySchoolDiesNamesForeverAdviceHigh SchoolSeniorLive ForeverDeanBest AdviceSenior Year Author:Kelly Blatz
“We see systematically taught in our high schools today that kids not have to hear their parents, that they can make their own rules, and not even live by what their parents, so there's no guidance from the parents. And there's a concerted effort why - government must be their God.” GovernmentKidsTodaySchoolParentEffortTaughtHigh SchoolGuidanceLive By Author:Rafael Cruz
“When I was in high school, I loved paintball. I saved up my allowances and started my own paintball supply company. Everyone thought I was just some obsessed kid, but today the company is one of the biggest paintball suppliers in Canada.” KidsTodaySchoolMy OwnCompanyHigh SchoolSavedObsessedCanadaAllowanceSuppliers Author:Ryan Holmes
“This comes from Mike Gonzalez at the Daily Signal: [ Howard] Zinn's history "set the stage for the grievance mongering that passes for history classes today, and is still widely used. It has sold over 2 million copies since it was first published in 1980 and continues to sell over 100,000 copies a year because it is required reading at many of our high schools and colleges. That's a lot of young minds."” YearsMindFirstsStillsTodaySchoolYoungUsedReadingClassMillionsStageCollegeHigh SchoolSellsCopiesSignalsMikeGrievanceYoung MindsHistory Class Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I think the mild Aspergers have always been there. You see, Asperger's diagnosis did not become common in the U.S. until the early '90s. And an Aspergers has more or less normal speech development and they've always been here, that hasn't changed. I can think back to when I was in high school, this is 40 years ago, I could name kids in my high school class and college class that, today, would be diagnosed as Aspergers.” ThinkingYearsI CanWould BeKidsTodaySchoolNamesCommonClassChangedCollegeDevelopmentSpeechNormalHigh SchoolYears AgoDiagnosisAspergersHigh School Class Author:Temple Grandin
“We're living through an era of higher income inequality than the country has experienced since before the Great Depression. Meanwhile, most people are running in place, and those in the bottom quintile of the economy are being swept backward year in and year out. A worker with a high school education today is likely to earn less in real terms than did their parents and grandparents in the early 1970s. Not coincidentally, while overall life expectancy is increasing in America, for those with low levels of education it's actually declining.” PeopleRealCountryRunningTodaySchoolParentTermEconomyHigh SchoolBottomInequalityGrandparentGreat Depression Author:Sasha Abramsky
“I can't tell you the number of times in high school I was allowed to be disappointed for not making the grade; it's a part of life. So the young students who are being taught by radical leftists in this country today are going to end up growing up in a world for which they are totally unprepared and unequipped.” WorldI CanEndsCountryTodaySchoolYoungNumbersGrowing UpGrowingStudentsTaughtHigh SchoolRadicalGradesDisappointedParts Of LifeLeftistsUnpreparedYoung Students Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Today's Little Leaguers, and there are millions of them each year, pick up how to hit and throw and field just by watching games on TV. By the time they're out of high school, the good ones are almost ready to play professional ball.” YearsLittlesPlayTodaySchoolGamesSportsMillionsFieldsReadyTvsPicksHigh SchoolBalls Book:The Mick Source: The Mick
“If American schooling is inadequate now, just imagine how much more obsolete it will be when today's kindergarten students graduate from high school in just 12 years.” IfsYearsTodaySchoolImagineStudentsHigh SchoolGraduatesInadequateSchoolingObsoleteKindergartenGraduating High School Author:Janet Napolitano
“todays the first anniversary of the asteroid hitting the moon. A year ago i was sixteen years old, a sophomore in high school.” YearsFirstsTodaySchoolMoonHigh SchoolYears AgoHittingSixteenAsteroidsSophomoreSixteen Year OldsFirst Anniversary Book:The Life As We Knew It Collection Source: The Life As We Knew It Collection
“You see what happens in college and high school games today - a three-point shot or a dunk. I think that's the reason that you see a lot of that in the pros today.” ThinkingReasonHappensTodaySchoolThreeGamesCollegeBasketballHigh SchoolShots Author:Oscar Robertson