“I used to watch 'Coming to America' every day after school. I have full-on long-running inside jokes with friends and family about different scenes in that movie alone. Also, my brother and I loved 'The Golden Child,' so, yeah: I was a huge fan of Eddie Murphy growing up.” ChildrenLongDifferentRunningSchoolAmericaUsedWatchesGrowing UpGrowingFansBrotherHugeSceneJokesYeahGoldenMy BrotherFamily And FriendsMurphyAfter SchoolComing To AmericaInside JokesGolden Child Author:Gabourey Sidibe
“I was in every band class I could get in, like after school jazz band and marching band, and that's where I really learned to read music from elementary all the way through junior high and high school.” WaySchoolClassBandHigh SchoolJazzJuniorsJunior HighAfter SchoolMarching BandJazz Band Author:Chad Smith
“When I was growing up in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, I sold doughnuts, popcorn and Kool Aid every day after school so that my family had some money and I could pay my school fees. It was a tough life.” SchoolPayGrowing UpGrowingToughMy FamilyAidsFeesPopcornDoughnutAfter SchoolTough LifeKool Aid Author:George Weah
“I did theater as a kid, more of an after-school program. But every night I would put on a movie and fall asleep to it.” KidsSchoolNightFallProgramTheaterEvery NightAfter SchoolAfter School Programs Author:Scoot McNairy
“So, after school, I needed to learn a trade and started to work as a tailor.” SchoolNeededTradeTailorsAfter School Author:Desmond Dekker
“I don't know what compassionate conservative means. Does it mean cutting kids out of after school programs, Does it mean drilling in the arctic wildlife refuge? Does it mean sending kids to Iraq without body armor that's state of the art?” KnowsMeanDoeArtStatesBodyKidsSchoolCuttingProgramIraqConservativeCompassionateRefugeWildlifeArmorArcticAfter SchoolDrillingAfter School Programs Author:John F. Kerry
“Most of the homeschooled children I know have about the same amount of after-school peer time as the rest of the population but, obviously, without that school day together, they do spend less time with their peers. Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing is still open to debate.” KnowsChildrenStillsSchoolTogetherAmountGood ThingsPopulationDebateBad ThingsPeersHomeschoolingAfter SchoolSchool Days Author:Quinn Cummings
“I started doing drama after school, and it just developed into something that I did and I enjoyed very much.” SchoolDramaEnjoyedAfter School Author:Dominique McElligott
“I'm a huge fan of Warner Brothers cartoons. I would spend many hours alone after school watching Daffy Duck. I think Daffy Duck is one of the great comedic villains.” ThinkingSchoolHoursBrotherVillainCartoonComedicAfter School Author:Roger Bart
“I was the girl in the black leather jacket with the black fingernails, picked up after school by guys with loud cars and motorcycles. I carried straight-A grades, but I had a little trouble with rules. I tended to have a bit of an authority problem.” LittlesProblemSchoolGuyGirlBitsBlackTroubleCarAuthorityLoudGradesJacketsLeatherMotorcycleFingernailsAfter SchoolLeather Jackets Author:Melissa Marr
“I had always sung in my dad's shop. I worked there after school, and I'd be singing along with the top-40 records of the day.” SchoolRecordsDadSingingMy DadShopsAfter School Author:Neil Diamond