“When I first thought of the idea for 'Sweet Valley High,' I loved the idea of high school as microcosm of the real world. And what I really liked was how it moved things on from 'Sleeping Beauty'-esque romance novels where the girl had to wait for the hero. This would be girl-driven, very different, I decided - and indeed it is.” WorldFirstsIdeasDifferentRealWould BeSchoolRomanceGirlWaitingSleepNovelSweetHeroHigh SchoolDecidedMovedDrivenReal WorldValleysRomance NovelMicrocosmSleeping Beauty Author:Francine Pascal
“My high school wasn't a big public school; it was tiny. There were 36 girls in my graduating class. We were a big group of girls that by the time senior year came along couldn't wait to get away from school fast enough but we loved each other. It's really fun to see the girls at reunions now.” YearsEnoughBigsSchoolGirlFunWaitingClassGroupsHigh SchoolTinyGet AwayGraduatesSeniorPublic SchoolReunionSenior YearGraduating Class Author:Cecily von Ziegesar
“If I had a dollar for every time someone made fun of me in high school-oh wait, I do!” IfsMadeSchoolFunWaitingHigh SchoolDollars Author:Bill Gates
“I was actually pretty miserable in high school. I couldn't wait for it to be over. And when it finally was, I remember sitting at graduation with all these classmates getting nostalgic and emotional already and all I could think was, "Get me out of here. I never want to see you people again." So it's ironic that I spend half my day putting myself back there by choice [while writing].” PeopleThinkingWantWritingSchoolRememberChoicesWaitingHalfEmotionalHigh SchoolSittingMiserableIronicNostalgicClassmatesWant To See You Author:Sarah Dessen
“I couldn't wait to grow a mustache. I stopped shaving my upper lip the day I graduated from high school.” SchoolGrowsWaitingHigh SchoolLipsMustacheShaving Author:John Oates
“I went to high school with some wonderful people, but my entire high school experience was just waiting to leave.” PeopleSchoolWaitingWonderfulHigh SchoolSchool Experience Author:Dana Gould
“Hillary Clinton said we need to bring back vocational education in high school. We need to support community colleges. We need to make sure that people who are not going to finish college have a job waiting for them and the skills to do the job. These are all - have become fairly standard Democratic policy positions.” PeopleNeedsSaidSchoolJobsWaitingCommunitySupportPolicyPositionCollegeSkillsStandardsHigh SchoolDemocraticClintonCommunity CollegeVocational Education Author:George Packer
“If I reformed school, I would do two things: We can improve a child's IQ by three percent by teaching them a foreign language by seven-years-old. We shouldn't be waiting until high school when they are neurologically not ready to learn it. Second, we emphasize reading too young.” SchoolReadingLanguageWaitingTeachingHigh SchoolNot ReadyForeign Language Author:Paul Orfalea
“If you wait until your children are high school seniors to spring it on them that there's not a whole lot of money for school, they won't have too many options.” IfsChildrenWholeSchoolWaitingSpringHigh SchoolYour ChildrenLots Of MoneySeniorHigh School Senior Author:Suze Orman
“When people ask where I studied to be an ambassador, I say my neighborhood and my school. I've tried to tell my kids that you don't wait until you're in high school or college to start dealing with problems of people being different. The younger you start, the better.” PeopleDifferentProblemKidsSchoolAsksWaitingCollegeHigh SchoolNeighborhoodBeing DifferentAmbassadorsDealing With Problems Author:Andrew Young
“I suppose he's making a real fashion statement, but this is high school. You're not supposed to be real. You're supposed to be enough like everyone else to get through and out into the waiting world.” WorldRealEnoughSchoolWaitingFashionHigh SchoolStatementsSupposed To BeBeing RealReal YouFashion Statement Author:Elizabeth Scott
“In the darkest hour of winter, when the starlings had all flown away, Gretel Samuelson fell in love. It happened the way things are never supposed to happen in real life, like a sledgehammer, like a bolt from out of the blue. One minute she was a seventeen year-old senior in high school waiting for a Sicilian pizza to go; the next one she was someone whose whole world had exploded, leaving her adrift in the Milky Way, so far from earth she was walking on stars.” WorldWayYearsRealWholeHappensSchoolEarthNextStarsWaitingHoursHappenedMinutesWalkingHigh SchoolBlueLeavingWinterReal LifeWhole WorldSeniorPizzaBoltsSeventeenThe Next OneOne MinuteMilky WayAdriftDarkest HourSicilianStarlingsSeventeen Years OldHigh School Senior Book:Local Girls Source: Local Girls
“I always wanted to be grown up. When I was little I couldn’t wait to be a teenager and go to high school. When I got there I wanted to be done with it, wanted to get out into the world, the real one, and live in it. The thing is, that world doesn’t exist. All growing up means is that you realize no one will come along to fix things. No one will come along to save you.” WorldMeanLittlesRealDoneWantedSchoolWaitingRealizingGrowing UpGrowingHigh SchoolTeenagerReal Ones Author:Elizabeth Scott
“There's a lot for you to live for. Good things are definitely in your future, Leonard. I'm sure of it. You have no idea how many interesting people you'll meet after high school's over. Your life partner, your best friend, the most wonderful person you'll ever know is sitting in some high school right now waiting to graduate and walk into your life - maybe even feeling all the same things you are, maybe even wondering about you, hoping that you're strong enough to make it to the future where you'll meet.” PeopleKnowsPersonsIdeasEnoughFeelingsSchoolStrongWaitingWalksInterestingWonderWonderfulRight NowHigh SchoolSittingGood ThingsPartnersNo IdeaGraduatesYour FutureStrong EnoughYour Best FriendPeacockIt Gets BetterLife PartnerAfter High SchoolWonderful PersonLeonard Peacock Author:Matthew Quick
“One of the most unfortunate things I see when identifying youth players is the girl who is told over the years how great she is. By the time she's a high school freshman, she starts to believe it. By her senior year, she's fizzled out. Then there's her counterpart: the girl waiting in the wings who quietly and with determination decides she's going to make something of herself. Invariably, this humble, hardworking girl is the one who becomes the real player.” YearsBelieveRealSchoolGirlSportsWaitingPlayerYouthHigh SchoolDeterminationWingsHumbleCoachingMotivational SportsUnfortunateSeniorVolleyballIdentifyingCounterpartsHardworkingFreshmanSenior YearUnfortunate Things Author:Anson Dorrance
“I was so shy. Instead of waiting in line with other kids at lunch, I'd go to a corner and buy a pretzel and orange juice. I think I had that for lunch the first three years of high school.” ThinkingYearsFirstsKidsSchoolThreeWaitingLinesHigh SchoolCornersShyLunchThree YearsOrangeJuiceOrange JuicePretzelsWaiting In Line Author:Peter Facinelli