“I saw myself as an outsider as a teen. I was home-schooled and got my G.E.D. when I was 16; I wasn't interested in high school at all and figured that college might be more entertaining.” HomeMightSchoolSawsCollegeHigh SchoolEntertainingOutsidersSchooled Author:Maggie Stiefvater
“I finished high school, moved to Nashville for college, and set out to break into the music business. Every night when I called home with news of my experiences, my mom and dad would encourage me to keep taking those small steps.” HomeSchoolNightStepsBreakCollegeMomDadNewsHigh SchoolMovedMy MomFinishedEvery NightMusic BusinessNashvilleMom And DadSmall Steps Author:Trisha Yearwood
“While Romney has an overall deficit with women voters, his biggest disadvantage is with college educated women - wherever they work, at home, in an office, a store or a factory.” HomeCollegeOfficeStoresEducatedVotersFactoriesDeficitRomneyDisadvantagesEducated Women Author:Mara Liasson
“The Minnesotans I talk to are really concerned about what the future holds for their families. They're trying to pay for health care and send their kids to college, they're worried about declining home values, they're scared for a loved one they have serving in Iraq.” TryingHomeCareKidsValuesPayCollegeConcernedIraqScaredHealth CareWorriedServingLoved OnesMinnesotans Author:Al Franken
“Fresh out of college, you tend to join a company because it's a job. But, you tend to stay because it becomes a career; you start to feel at home. In the beginning of your career, you're focused on you: 'I like this place because I'm doing rewarding work; they take good care of me; the people are nice; there's runway for me,' etc.” PeopleFeelsHomeCareJobsCompanyCareersNiceCollegeFocusedEtcRunway Author:Ursula Burns
“Some conservatives have expressed outrage that the views of professors are at odds with the views of students, as if ideas were entitled to be represented in proportion to their popularity and students were entitled to professors who share their political or social values. One of the more important functions of college that it exposes young people to ideas and arguments they have not encountered at home is redefined as a problem.” PeopleIfsImportantIdeasProblemHomeYoungPoliticalValuesSocialViewsShareStudentsCollegeArgumentFunctionProportionProfessorsOddsPopularityEntitledOutrageSocial Values Author:Ellen Willis
“And when your minister asks you for money for missionary purposes, tell him there are higher, and holier, and nobler missions to be performed at home. When he asks for colleges to educate ministers, tell him you must educate woman, that she may do away with the necessity of ministers, so that they may be able to go to some useful employment.” MayHomeAblePurposeAsksAtheismCollegeHigherMissionsPositive AtheismEmploymentMinistersEducateMissionary Author:Ernestine Rose
“In Venezuela, which doesnt have thousands of prestige universities like the U.S., people usually stay at home while attending to college. After they graduate, they move for a job or get married.” PeopleHomeJobsMovingCollegeMarriedUniversityGraduatesPrestigeAttendingStay At HomeVenezuela Author:Juan Pablo Galavis
“Well, it looks like John Boehner will be the new Speaker of the House. He is the son of a bartender, one of 12 children. He grew up in a two room home with just one bathroom, worked his way through school, became the first person in his family to graduate from college. And, sadly, fell in with the wrong crowd and wound up in Congress.” WayFirstsWellsLooksChildrenPersonsTwoHomeSchoolHouseRoomsCollegeSonGrewGrew UpCongressCrowdsWoundsJust OneGraduatesSpeakersBathroomFirst PersonBartenderWrong Crowd Author:Jay Leno
“We made music seated on the grass of Brasilia's super-squares, at home, at college. It was a creative time, more ingenuous, when the people amused more themselves, played more.” PeopleMadeHomeCreativeCollegeGrassSquaresAmused Author:Katya Chamma
“Figuring out how to eat healthfully on your own without your parents' guidance is one of the hardest lessons you must learn when you leave home for college.” HomeParentCollegeLessonsHardestGuidance Book:The Dorm Room Diet: The 10-Step Program for Creating a Healthy Lifestyle Plan That Really Works Source: The Dorm Room Diet: The 10-Step Program for Creating a Healthy Lifestyle Plan That Really Works
“I went to college in Connecticut, which was when I still lived at home. I worked at a video store, a wine store, and did odd jobs here and there like landscaping.” StillsHomeJobsCollegeWineStoresVideoOddHere And ThereConnecticutLandscapingOdd Jobs Author:Christopher Abbott