“Teenagers talk about the idea of having each other's 'full attention.' They grew up in a culture of distraction. They remember their parents were on cell phones when they were pushed on swings as toddlers. Now, their parents text at the dinner table and don't look up from their BlackBerry when they come for end-of-school day pickup.” LooksIdeasEndsSchoolRememberCultureParentAttentionGrewGrew UpTablesPhonesDinnerCellsTeenagerLook UpDistractionSwingsCell PhoneToddlerDinner TableBlackberriesPickupsSchool Days Author:Sherry Turkle
“I don't think I made a conscious decision as a career choice. From my school days I had decided, persuaded by my parents, to prepare myself for the law. Then the Japanese occupation came and we went through three and a half years of what I would call the university of life, it was hard, it was harsh.” ThinkingYearsMadeHardSchoolLawChoicesThreeParentDecisionHalfCareersConsciousDecidedUniversityOccupationHarshHalf A YearSchool DaysCareers Choices Author:Lee Kuan Yew
“I was a scholarship minor public school day boy at Ardingly College and later Whitgift School. Then, straight into work as a journalist - a wonderful thing for a writer.” SchoolBoysWonderfulCollegeJournalistMinorsWonderful ThingsPublic SchoolScholarshipSchool Days Author:Neil Gaiman
“You're always looking at last year, or 10 years ago, or your school days, or your teenage years, your formative years. Because that's exactly what they are, they're your formative years.” YearsSchoolLastsYears AgoLast YearTeenageTeenage YearsSchool DaysFormative Years Author:Paul McCartney
“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 loved history in my school days, and I have always been a voracious reader. But in India, you end up doing MBA, engineering or medicine.” EndsSchoolReaderIndiaMedicineEngineeringMbaSchool Days Author:Amish Tripathi