“This is a perfect example of the power and ridiculousness of a website like Wikipedia. I did give a slightly contentious graduation speech, where I decided not to be funny as my classmates had hoped, which was why I was chosen. I was not valedictorian, that's for sure. Instead, I talked about the failure to communicate between the administration and the teachers and students. That's what was contentious about it. At some point, somebody wrote about that incident on my Wikipedia page. And then somebody added the bit about me exposing my genitals to the crowd.” GivingBitsPerfectTeacherExampleStudentsSpeechPagesDecidedCrowdsCommunicateChosenAdministrationIncidentsWebsiteExposingWikipediaTeacher And StudentClassmatesContentiousGraduation SpeechValedictorians Author:Nick Kroll
“Maybe I was just flirting with madness the way I flirted with my teachers and my classmates.” WayTeacherMadnessFlirtingClassmates Author:Susanna Kaysen
“Fears to look bad in front of other people, to say something wrong, to be laughed at - all those fears deprive us of half of our abilities. This is one of the main school problems. That teacher understands it, who can teach students to study without fear of the teacher, without fear of classmates, and, the most important, without fear of a subject.” PeopleLooksImportantProblemSchoolAbilityHalfTeachStudyTeacherSubjectsFrontsStudentsLaughedClassmates Author:Simon Soloveychik
“When my reputation was at its height, classmates insulted me right to my face as I walked down the hall. When a teacher called on me, boys snickered and girls rolled their eyes. My body and face burned. I felt mortified. I contemplated suicide.” BodyEyeFacesGirlFeltBoysTeacherSuicideReputationHeightHallsBurnedInsultedClassmates Author:Leora Tanenbaum
“Because my parents were American missionaries who sent me to public schools in rural Japan, I had to confront Hiroshima as a child. I was in the fourth grade - the only American in my class - when our teacher wrote the words "America" and "Atomic Bomb" in white chalk on the blackboard. All forty Japanese children turned around to stare at me. My country had done something unforgivable and I had to take responsibility for it, all by myself. I desperately wanted to dig a hole under my desk, to escape my classmates' mute disbelief and never have to face them again.” ChildrenCountryDoneWantedSchoolAmericaFacesParentWhiteResponsibilityClassTeacherHolesStaringBombsGradesJapanFortyFourthDesksTaking ResponsibilityPublic SchoolDisbeliefMuteAtomic BombHiroshimaClassmatesChalkUnforgivableFourth GradeBlackboard Author:Linda Hoaglund
“No child is taught to kill, but he has to be taught to love, respect, honor and value, not only his own life, but the lives of his classmates, parents and teachers. He has to experience love and acceptance. He has to know his life has purpose and meaning. No amount of money can do that.” KnowsChildrenPurposeValuesParentCan DoTeacherAcceptanceTaughtAmountHonorClassmatesLove RespectParents And TeachersLove And AcceptancePurpose And MeaningExperience Love Author:Cal Thomas
“I went to school with butterflies of fear every day for years - from primary school onwards - not just worried about being bullied by classmates, but by teachers.” YearsSchoolTeacherPrimariesWorriedButterflyBulliedClassmatesBeing BulliedPrimary School Author:Robert Winston