“We have to mainstream everybody. No matter what their circumstances when they were growing up. Part of that is knowing that after they're finished with school, everybody in this country gets up and goes to work.” CountryMatterSchoolGrowing UpKnowingGrowingCircumstancesNo Matter WhatFinishedGet UpMainstream Author:Donna Shalala
“I went to an all-girls Catholic school. And all the nuns just breathed down our necks "abstinence." And that's not the right thing to do. It does not work. Kids will not listen to that. They're going to experiment no matter what, so you have to be honest. You have to say, "You know what, if you're gonna do it, at least think about the consequences and get protection.” IfsThinkingKnowsDoeMatterKidsSchoolGirlHonestConsequenceCatholicNo Matter WhatProtectionExperimentsBeing HonestThings To DoRight ThingNecksWhat IfNunAbstinenceCatholic School Author:Jenny McCarthy
“Kids make their mark in life by doing what they can do, not what they can't... School is important, but life is more important. Being happy is using your skills productively, no matter what they are.” ImportantMatterKidsSchoolLife IsCan DoSkillsMarkNo Matter What Author:Howard Gardner
“I feel like no matter what happens in my career endeavors after today, going to grad school is one of the best decisions I've ever made.” FeelsMadeMatterHappensTodaySchoolDecisionCareersNo Matter WhatEndeavorGradGrad School Author:Gene Weingarten
“As places of learning, schools have a responsibility to also educate on nutrition, which we all can agree is far more important than algebra, no matter what your third-period teacher claims.” ImportantMatterSchoolResponsibilityTeacherPeriodsThirdsClaimsNo Matter WhatAgreeEducateNutritionAlgebra Author:Lynda Resnick
“I was a jazz major in high school, in an all-jazz band. No matter what I do, it features my musical influences.” MatterSchoolInfluenceBandMajorsHigh SchoolNo Matter WhatJazzMusicalFeaturesJazz BandMusical Influence Author:Wyclef Jean
“You have to run the football and stop the run, no matter what level you play at, whether it's high school, college or professional ranks. I'm a firm believer in that.” MatterPlayRunningSchoolLevelsFootballCollegeHigh SchoolNo Matter WhatBelieverFirm Author:Chip Kelly
“As supportive as my hometown is, in my high school, there are people who would probably walk up to me and punch me in the face. There's a select few that will never like me. They don't like what I stand for. They don't like somebody who stands for being sober, who stands for anything happy. They're going to be negative no matter what.” PeopleMatterSchoolFacesWalksHigh SchoolNegativeNo Matter WhatLike MeSoberSupportiveSelectHometownBeing Sober Author:Taylor Swift
“We've never had our injustices rectified from the top, from the president or Congress, or the Supreme Court, no matter what we learned in junior high school about how we have three branches of government, and we have checks and balances, and what a lovely system. No. The changes, important changes that we've had in history, have not come from those three branches of government. They have reacted to social movements.” ImportantMatterGovernmentSchoolThreeSocialPresidentMovementBalanceHigh SchoolNo Matter WhatCourtInjusticeCongressLovelySupremeChecksBranchesSupreme CourtJuniorsJunior HighSocial MovementsBranches Of GovernmentHigh School JuniorThree Branches Of Government Author:Howard Zinn
“We cannot go beyond the consumer society unless we first understand that obligatory public schools inevitably reproduce such a society, no matter what is taught in them.” FirstsMatterSchoolTaughtNo Matter WhatConsumersPublic School Author:Ivan Illich