“You know, when you go to high school or, you know, when kids are younger and there's not an understanding of differences. But I built up a very strong, thick skin.” KnowsKidsSchoolStrongUnderstandingDifferencesHigh SchoolBuiltSkinsVery StrongThickThick Skin Author:Alexander Wang
“Obama has built his public image around his ability to bridge divisions - racial, ideological or generational. And that was his reputation, even at Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the 'Law Review.” FirstsSchoolLawBlackPresidentAbilityBuiltReputationBridgesDivisionReviewsHarvardIdeologicalLaw SchoolPublic ImageHarvard Law School Author:Mara Liasson
“School is an institution built on the axiom that learning is the result of teaching. And institutional wisdom continues to accept this axiom, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.” SchoolResultsEducationAcceptingTeachingEvidenceBuiltInstitutionsContraryDespiteOverwhelmingAxioms Book:The Dawn of Epimethean Man, and Other Essays Source: The Dawn of Epimethean Man, and Other Essays
“One of my first experiences with the space program was with the memorial that was built for the Challenger. When I was in 7th grade my entire class spent the entire school year preparing to launch a spaceship all together. We all had our different jobs that we had to learn how to do, we learned the math that you needed, we learned the practical skills that you needed, and I thought that was really cool. So I think that if you can take a tragedy and find the gold in it and turn it into something positive, that's great.” IfsThinkingYearsFirstsDifferentSchoolTogetherJobsTurnsSpaceClassNeededSkillsBuiltProgramGoldTragedyMathPracticalsGradesPreparingMemorialReally CoolSpaceshipsDifferent JobsSpace ProgramSchool YearsPractical Skills Author:Jonathan Nolan
“if I hadn't gone to a private Christian school, I'd never have built up enough animosity to want to have started a band. And now that I have one, the fact that they are giving me such resistance and publicity, they have made me far bigger than they'd ever have wanted me to have become. So I guess in a strange way the Christians have influenced me the most.” IfsWayWantGivingMadeEnoughFactsWantedSchoolChristianGoneStrangeBandBuiltBiggerResistancePublicityAnimosityChristian Schools Author:Marilyn Manson
“School is established, not in order that it should be convenient for the children to study, but that teachers should be able to teach in comfort. The children's conversations, motion, merriment are not convenient for the teacher, and so in the schools, which are built on the plan of prisons, are prohibited.” ShouldChildrenAbleSchoolOrderTeachStudyTeacherPlansComfortConversationBuiltPrisonConvenientMerriment Book:Tolstoy on Education Source: Tolstoy on Education
“You always give credit where credit is due - to high school coaches, college coaches - but my dad, the foundation that he built with me, is where all of this came from. The speed, the determination, the mindset, just the natural belief that you can do anything you put your mind to, it all comes from my dad.” GivingMindSchoolBeliefCan DoNaturalCollegeDadHigh SchoolBuiltDeterminationFoundationMy DadCreditMindsetDuesSpeedCoaches Author:Robert Griffin III
“The quality of education today decides the tomorrow of Gujarat... Government may build schools, but the future can be built by the schools only. The key responsibility of building Gujarat's tomorrow thus lies with the schools.” MayGovernmentTodaySchoolLyingEducationQualityResponsibilityBuildingKeysTomorrowBuiltIndiaEducation TodayGujarat Author:Narendra Modi