“This may surprise you, but I was arrested in high school.” MaySchoolHigh SchoolSurpriseArrested Author:Pat Boone
“It always surprises me when donors who operate successful businesses assume that just building a school structure means that a community now has access to education. When creating a business, does renting an office space now mean that you're producing goods, training staff and generating revenues?” MeanDoeSchoolCommunitySpaceSuccessfulBuildingOfficeCreatingTrainingStructureAssumingSurpriseAccessGoodsStaffRevenueSuccessful BusinessSurprise MeDonorsAccess To EducationOffice Space Author:Adam Braun
“The people who run the international tests told us, "the biggest predictor of student success is choice." Nations that "attach the money to the kids" and thereby allow parents to choose between different public and private schools have higher test scores. This should be no surprise; competition makes us better.” PeopleShouldDifferentRunningKidsSchoolChoicesNationsParentStudentsHigherTestsCompetitionSurpriseInternationalScoreStudent SuccessPrivate SchoolTest Scores Author:John Stossel
“Speaking of food, English cuisine has received a lot of unfair criticism over the years, but the truth is that it can be a very pleasant surprise to the connoisseur of severely overcooked livestock organs served in lukewarm puddles of congealed grease. England manufactures most of the world's airline food, as well as all the food you ever ate in your junior-high-school cafeteria.” WorldYearsWellsSchoolFoodTruth IsHigh SchoolCriticismEnglandCookingSurprisePleasantCulinaryOrgansUnfairJuniorsAirlineCuisineJunior HighGreasePuddlesLukewarmConnoisseurCafeteriaLivestockHigh School JuniorPleasant SurprisesSchool CafeteriaAirline Food Author:Dave Barry
“I grew up on movie sets, so it was something I just found familiar. When I was growing up also, in high school, I would audition for things and my parents let me audition for things - with the thought that I wouldn't get them. And then I would get them... sometimes, and it would surprise them.” SometimesSchoolFoundParentGrowing UpGrowingGrewGrew UpHigh SchoolLet MeSurpriseFamiliarAuditionsMovie Sets Author:Jake Gyllenhaal