“The promise of learning is a delusion.... Tomorrow would alter the sense of what had already been learned, that the learning process is extended in this way, so that from this standpoint none of us ever graduates from college, for time is an emulsion, and probably thinking not to grow up is the brightest kind of maturity for us, right now at any rate.” ThinkingWayKindGrowsProcessGrowing UpCollegeTomorrowPromiseRight NowRateMaturityDelusionGraduatesStandpointLearning Process Book:Selected poems Source: Selected poems
“Let's also make sure that a high school diploma puts our kids on a path to a good job. Right now, countries like Germany focus on graduating their high school students with the equivalent of a technical degree from one of our community colleges, so that they're ready for a job. At schools like P-TECh in Brooklyn ... students will graduate with a high school diploma and an associate degree in computers or engineering. We need to give every American student opportunities like this.” NeedsGivingCountryKidsSchoolJobsOpportunityCommunityPathFocusStudentsCollegeReadyRight NowDegreesComputerHigh SchoolGermanyGraduatesEngineeringAssociatesGood JobBrooklynOur CommunityDiplomaCommunity CollegeHigh School StudentsHigh School Diploma Author:Barack Obama
“The saving of empty beer and liquor bottles is a strange college phenomenon. I bet most of you college students reading this right now have some empties on a shelf in your room. Everyone knows how much college kids like to drink, do we really need to display it? It's a good thing, though, that this trend stops after college. Wouldn't it be weird if your parents had empty wine bottles up on their bedroom wall?” IfsKnowsNeedsKidsReadingParentRoomsKnow HowStudentsCollegeStrangeWallDrinkRight NowEmptyWineGood ThingsSavingBeerPhenomenonBottlesTrendsDisplayBedroomShelvesLiquorYour RoomCollege StudentsBedroom Wall Author:Aaron Karo
“I studied music for my first two years in college. When I went to UC Berkeley, I failed the admission requirements to get into the music school there, so I studied communications and public policy, which actually were a greater engine for my career than a musical education would have been. If I had gotten into the music department at Berkeley, I'd probably be a timpanist in an orchestra right now.” IfsYearsFirstsHas BeensTwoSchoolCareersGreaterPolicyCollegeCommunicationRight NowMusicalDepartmentTwo YearsEnginesRequirementsOrchestraAdmissionPublic PolicyBerkeleyMusical EducationUc Berkeley Author:Stewart Copeland
“We kind of just got more mature and more realistic with what we're doing. We kinda said, "We quit our jobs and we quit college to do this, and we're going to be playing these songs every day just about, y'know, on a stage... so let's write songs that we're never gonna get sick of playing." Songs that aren't just gonna follow a trend of what's going on right now, y'know?” KnowsWritingKindSaidJobsSongStageCollegeRight NowSickQuittingMatureTrendsRealistic Author:Jordan Buckley
“Our great history has been that people came to Michigan because you didn't have to have a college degree to get a good-paying job. Consequently, we have got a larger number of our population that right now are facing outsourcing, et cetera, without higher or advanced degrees.” PeopleHas BeensJobsNumbersCollegeHigherRight NowDegreesPopulationMichiganCollege DegreeOutsourcingGreat History Author:Jennifer Granholm
“We have to do more to make it easier for parents to balance work and family. If you left college with a ton of loans, it`s not enough just to make college more affordable. You need help right now with the debt you already have.” IfsNeedsEnoughHelpingLeftParentCollegeBalanceEasierRight NowDebtLoanAffordableNeed Help Author:Hillary Clinton
“Times change, and right now what people need is, they need to be able to send their kids to college, they need to able to buy a house.” PeopleNeedsKidsAbleHouseCollegeRight Now Author:Amy Klobuchar
“I rebelled during my high school years really bad. I started messing around with drugs and having relationships with girls and partying. And I used to tell God, "Hey God, after college I'm going to serve You because I know that's what I want to do with my life. I know that's the best way. I know that's why I was created. But right now I want to sin because I love it. I want to have a lot of fun."” KnowsWayWantYearsSchoolUsedGirlFunSinPartyCollegeRight NowDrugHigh SchoolBest WayHeySchool Years Author:Dominic Balli