“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
“My dad didn't graduate from high school, ended up being a printing salesman, probably never made more than $8,000 a year. My mom sold real estate and did it part time.” YearsMadeRealSchoolMomDadHigh SchoolMy DadMy MomGraduatesEstatesPrintingSalesmanPart TimeGraduating High School Author:Al Franken
“Mom, thanks for letting me drop out of high school. Haha!” SchoolMomFameHigh SchoolThanksHahaRock And Roll Hall Of Fame Author:Dave Grohl
“I grew up going to musicals with my mom here in New York, going to Broadway. I used to be in musicals in high school.” SchoolUsedNew YorkGrewMomGrew UpHigh SchoolMy MomUsed To BeBroadway Author:Sharon Van Etten
“My brother was a year younger than I am and he was never in the home with me hardly at all, ... My mom had to take him to every school there possibly was to get him some education. He ended up first in Columbus, Ohio, for grade school, then went to a high school for the deaf and Galludet in Washington.” YearsFirstsHomeSchoolBrotherMomHigh SchoolMy MomMy BrotherGradesDeafOhioColumbusGrades In SchoolColumbus Ohio Author:Les Miles
“So why you pushin' it? Why you lyin' for? I know where you live, I know your folks, you was a sucka as a kid. Your persona's drama that you acquired in high school in actin' class, Your whole aura is plexiglass. What's-her-face told me you shot this kid last week in the park; That's a lie, you was in church with your moms.” KnowsWholeKidsSchoolLastsFacesLyingChurchClassWeekMomDramaHigh SchoolShotsFolksHip HopRapParksPersonaYour MomAurasWhere You Live Author:O.C.
“My mom was a pretty hard worker. She worked her ass off, but I'd say we were middle class. I had a car in high school, so I loved the idea that I could mimic this lifestyle.” IdeasHardSchoolClassMiddleCarHard WorkMomHigh SchoolWorkersMy MomLifestyleAssMiddle ClassHard Worker Author:Reggie Watts
“I didn't make any kind of grades in high school. My mother was a single mom, putting my three sisters through college, and I was such a bad student that I knew I had no right to take her money. But I loved being in classes and learning. I took in a huge amount of what I learned, but I had a feeling of always being behind and being in trouble.” KindFeelingsSchoolMotherThreeBehindsClassTroubleStudentsCollegeHugeMomAmountHigh SchoolGradesSingle MomThree Sisters Author:Louis C. K.
“My mom wouldn't let me buy clothes she didn't like, so I dressed like a middle-aged woman in high school.” SchoolMiddleMomClothesHigh SchoolLet MeMy MomMiddle Aged Author:Gillian Jacobs
“I’m very much half-American - my mom is American. I grew up in Australia until I was 16 then I finished high school over here because I got into this performing arts high school.” ArtSchoolHalfGrewMomGrew UpHigh SchoolMy MomFinishedPerformingAustraliaPerforming Arts Author:Betty Who
“I guess I have sort of an atypical relationship with my mom for someone my age, because I think I started so young with the music thing and I had my parents always on the road with me. So at a time when I think I should have been rebelling like in high school, they were actually my best friends.” ThinkingShouldHas BeensAgeSchoolYoungParentMomHigh SchoolShould HaveMy MomMy Best FriendShould Have Been Author:Mandy Moore
“If you did go to high school and then college, there's definitely a solidarity with someone that is from your hometown and knows your mom, and all that stuff. There's this weird politeness that we have, as a society. You don't want to make it hard for anybody.” IfsKnowsWantHardSchoolStuffCollegeMomHigh SchoolSolidarityPolitenessYour MomHometown Author:John Krasinski
“My childhood was epitomized by my parents who were uneducated but had a doctorate in love. My dad pressed coats and through my mom and dad I learned about love, family and respecting people. They never went to high school but they had within them every element that makes a great American. They had pride and a great work ethic and they knew how to do things the right way.” PeopleWaySchoolParentChildhoodPrideMomDadElementsEthicsHigh SchoolMy DadMy MomCoatsRight WayWork EthicGreat WorkFamily LoveGreat AmericanMom And DadUneducatedDoctoratesLove My DadGreat Work Ethic Author:Dick Vitale
“My father played in high school. My uncles played. From age five or six, I remember watching all the games. And I remember saying to my mom and dad even then that I was going to play in the NFL, and buy them a house and a car.” PlayAgeSchoolRememberFatherGamesHouseFiveCarMomDadSixHigh SchoolMy MomNflUnclesMom And Dad Author:Thomas Jones
“My mother did an incredible job - one, of just being a great mom, but two, of instilling a tremendous amount of empathy into me as a young man, as a young person. My mom was kind of this collector of people; throughout my childhood, it didn't matter who you were. She was a high school counselor and then a junior high counselor, and she didn't just counsel students, she counseled other teachers and administrators and coaches.” PeopleMenKindPersonsTwoMatterSchoolJobsYoungMotherTeacherChildhoodStudentsMomAmountEmpathyHigh SchoolIncrediblesMy MomCoachesYoung ManJust BeingJuniorsCollectorsCounselorJunior HighAdministratorsGreat Mom Author:Morgan Spurlock
“My brother and I were born in an Irish county called Tipperary. We were both very math- and science-inclined in high school. My dad trained as an electrical engineer, and my mom is in microbiology.” SchoolBornBrotherMomDadHigh SchoolMy DadMy MomMathMy BrotherEngineersCountyElectricalMath And ScienceMicrobiology Author:John Collison
“My mom is a painter, so I've been doing drawings and paintings as early as I can remember. Then there was this gap where I was doing graffiti in high school and making as much [traditional] art.” ArtI CanSchoolRememberPaintingMomHigh SchoolMy MomDrawingTraditionalPainterGapsGraffitiDrawing And Painting Author:Alec Monopoly
“If it wasn't for her literally doing my homework for me, I would not have even graduated high school. Guaranteed . . . My mom always said, 'Luck is nothing but preparation and opportunity.' I think because I've had that history of not really being great in school, I probably try to overcompensate. That's why I try to read so many books. Just so I don't feel . . . uneducated.” IfsThinkingFeelsTryingSaidBookSchoolOpportunityMomHigh SchoolLuckMy MomPreparationHomeworkUneducatedPreparation And Opportunity Author:Channing Tatum
“When I was in high school, my mom gave me a paperweight. It was when I was going through my 'not that interested in doing homework or really working on anything' phase and the paperweight said "If you're not the lead dog, the view never changes." And that's sort of the same thing, if you're not always working to be in the front.” IfsSaidSchoolViewsDogFrontsMomHigh SchoolMy MomPhasesNever ChangeHomeworkAlways Working Author:Amanda Schull
“I listened to my first comedy album in 6th grade. It was Bill Cosby. My brother and I would play it over and over on a Fisher Price record player. A friend in high school also introduced me to Richard Pryor. I wasn't writing material back then, but I would say funny stuff. I was good at making fun of people's moms. If I knew something personal about you, it would be used against you.” PeopleIfsWritingFirstsPlayWould BeSchoolUsedFunStuffRecordsComedyPlayerBrotherMaterialsMomHigh SchoolBillsAlbumsMy BrotherGradesFunny StuffRecord Players Author:Felipe Esparza
“But at the same time, my parents always encouraged my brother and me to be happy with what we were doing. My parents were athletes in high school; my mom and my dad were the stars of the basketball team, but they never pushed my brother and me to be anything we didn't want to be.” WantSchoolStarsParentTeamBrotherMomDadBasketballHigh SchoolMy DadAthleteMy MomMy BrotherBasketball Team Author:Jonathan Groff
“My mom is very proud of introducing music to all her kids. But I played in some bad rock bands my junior and senior years of high school.” YearsKidsSchoolRocksMomProudBandHigh SchoolMy MomIntroducingSeniorJuniorsRock BandsSenior Year Author:Miles Teller
“My mom and dad met at Anaheim High School. After they got married, all they wanted to do was have four children, and they did.” ChildrenWantedSchoolFourMomDadMetsMarriedHigh SchoolOur ChildrenMy MomMom And Dad Author:Gwen Stefani
“My Mom played violin and piano when she was growing up and she insisted, and I don't know if you can imagine how uncool it is to play the violin when you're eight and ten years old, but I told my Mom that I would quit every day until I went to high school and I met these other gentlemen who would become Yellowcard, and my friends, and I really fell in love with music and it wasn't just classical music, just submerged in the arts in the school I was in.” IfsKnowsYearsArtPlaySchoolGrowing UpGrowingImagineMomMetsTenHigh SchoolMy FriendsMy MomEightQuittingPianoGentlemanClassical MusicViolinSubmergedUncool Author:Sean Mackin
“My mom was my English teacher in high school. So to be able to bend the rules and be the class clown and get to take on my religion, my mom, and my town all at the same time was glorious. I think the desire to be funny was a mixture of wanting to be liked but also wanting to throw your elbows a bit. If you're cracking a joke in school, it's sort of anti-authority, but it's in the nicest, "Please like me!" way.” IfsThinkingWayAbleSchoolDesireBitsClassTeacherMomPleaseAuthorityJokesHigh SchoolTownsMy MomLike MeGloriousClownMixturesElbowsEnglish Teacher Author:Paul Rust
“But, once again, when I said I'm so grateful for my mom just being adamant about me staying in public school - that is what allowed me to be exposed to so many different types of people. I went to a high school that was by the beach. I elected to do bussing my junior high school years. And my first year of high school, I would take the bus from my neighborhood to the beach schools. And at those schools, you had such a mix of so many types of kids.” PeopleYearsFirstsSaidDifferentKidsSchoolMomTypeHigh SchoolGratefulMy MomBeachStayingNeighborhoodBusExposedJust BeingPublic SchoolJuniorsJunior HighSo GratefulAdamantSchool YearsHigh School Junior Author:Regina King
“I began filmmaking in high school, at the Chicago Academy for the Arts. My first documentary was about a dysfunctional obese middle-aged carpet cleaner named Bill, who lived with his Mom, and his love affair with Anna, a drug-addicted prostitute. I made that when I was 16.” FirstsArtMadeSchoolMiddleMomDrugHigh SchoolBillsAffairChicagoFilmmakingDocumentariesHis LoveCarpetAcademyLove AffairCleanersMiddle AgedAnnaObese Author:Yony Leyser
“[Kurt] Vonnegut once said, if you ever want to know who somebody is... Like you look at Richard Nixon, or Adolf Hitler, or Ralph Nader, or anybody who seems like a difficult person to understand, and is therefore not part of the pattern of human behavior. Think about who they were in high school, and they will explain themselves to you. So we got a hold of, like, 50 high-school yearbooks, including my mom's from 1925 or something, and we discovered that they're all the same.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantHumansLooksPersonsSaidSeemsSchoolDifficultLike YouMomBehaviorHigh SchoolIncludingPatternsMy MomHuman BehaviorYearbookHigh School Yearbook Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“My mom said the term heavy petting existed a lot when she was in high school.” SaidSchoolTermMomHigh SchoolHeavyMy Mom Author:Lena Dunham
“My mom and my real father divorced before I was one. My mom and my stepfather divorced when I was in high school. Then she fell in love with a guy, and the guy died. That was a rough time. She has handled adversity well. That's where I got my work ethic. So my mother's where I got my love of music, but my father's where I got my athletic ability. And my hair loss. And my love of women.” WellsRealSchoolMotherGuyFatherLossAbilityHairMomEthicsHigh SchoolDiedAdversityMy MomRoughWork EthicDivorcedAthleticMusic LoveRough TimesStepfathersAthletic AbilityReal FatherHair Loss Author:Kenny Chesney
“I grew up in a family of educators - my dad was a professor, my mom was a high school grammar and French teacher - so certainly my entire life education was stressed as incredibly important. And I think especially for my parents, who are both immigrants, and when immigrants come to this country, they understand that education is something that no one can take from them. You might leave the country with absolutely nothing, but no one can take your education from you.” ThinkingImportantCountrySchoolParentTeacherMomDadHigh SchoolMy DadMy MomStressedEducator Author:Soledad O'Brien
“I remember being in high school and my mother would say, "What about such-and-such boy?" I'm like, "Oh mom, he's too nice," we don't like the nice boys when we're 16. I'd say, "He's not attractive," and she'd say "All young people are attractive." And they are, and I get that.” PeopleSchoolRememberMotherBoysNiceMomHigh SchoolAttractiveToo Nice Author:Rosemarie DeWitt
“My mom is Jamaican and Chinese, and my dad is Polish and African American, so I'm pretty mixed. My nickname in high school was United Nations. I was fine with it, even though I identify as a black woman. People don't realize it hurts my feelings when someone looks at my hair or my eyes, and says, "But you're not actually black. You're black, but you're not black black, because your eyes are green." I'm like, "What? No, no, I'm definitely black." Even some of my closest friends have said that. It's been a bit touchy for me.” PeopleFeelingsEyeSchoolBlackRealizingHurtMomDadHigh SchoolMy DadMy MomAfrican AmericanChineseIt HurtsBlack WomenUnited Nations Author:Ayesha Curry
“My mom passed away a day before high school started, and her dream was for me to be a full rock and roll guy, and play drums in a band.” PlayDreamSchoolGuyRocksMomBandHigh SchoolMy MomRock And RollPassed AwayPlaying DrumsMy Mom Passed AwayMom Passed Away Author:Travis Barker
“Even in high school, I'd tell my mom I was sick of swimming and wanted to try to play golf. She wasn't too happy. She'd say, 'Think about this.' And I'd always end up getting back in the pool.” ThinkingTryingEndsPlayWantedSchoolMomHigh SchoolSickGolfMy MomSwimmingPool Author:Michael Phelps
“I was who I was in high school in accordance with the rules of conduct for a normal person, like obeying your mom and dad. Then I got out of high school and moved out of the house, and I just started, for lack of a better term, running free.” PersonsRunningSchoolHouseTermMomDadNormalHigh SchoolMovedYour MomObeyingMom And DadRunning Free Author:Iggy Pop