“It's useful to know how much society's holding you back. My mother would talk about how she was told by the head of her art school that she was the best painter, but that she wouldn't get the biggest prize because she would waste her talent by having children. I think we have to get honest with girls about how they can expect the world to block them, and we have to prepare girls, and ourselves, to break through those blocks.” ThinkingKnowsWorldChildrenArtSchoolMotherGirlBreakKnow HowHonestTalentWasteBlockPainterPrizeBreak ThroughArt SchoolHaving Children Author:Erica Jong
“I remember coming home from school one time and saying very calmly to my mum, 'I'm not going any more. It's a waste of time. I gotta get going with this music thing. School's getting in the way.' It freaked her out.” WayHomeSchoolRememberWasteComing HomeWasting TimeOne TimeMum Author:Kid Rock
“If i wouldn't have done comedy, I would have been a teacher. I was really good when I took an exploratory teaching class in high school, at getting kids' attention, and delivering lesson plans. Though my principal even told me that this was what I was meant to do. And that being a big-mouth comedian was a waste of time.” IfsHas BeensDoneBigsKidsSchoolAttentionClassComedyTeacherPlansTeachingLessonsWasteMouthsHigh SchoolComedianWasting TimePrincipalDelivering Author:Gabriel Iglesias
“After high school, I enrolled at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, but I stayed only a year and a half. I felt college was a waste of time; I wanted to start working.” YearsWantedSchoolFeltHalfCollegeWasteHigh SchoolUniversityWasting TimeNebraskaAfter High School Author:Evan Williams
“Strangely enough, through all those school years I decided at 13 or 14 I was going to be a musician and so school was just something to get out of the way, a waste of time and not to bother with it.” WayYearsEnoughSchoolWasteMusicianDecidedBotherWasting TimeSchool Years Author:Alvin Lee
“The core of America is not racist. It is not hostile to women. It is increasingly offended by gay bashing. Yet it abhors government waste. It believes strongly in fiscal responsibility such as balanced budgets. It is pro-economic growth. It is concerned about the environment. It is intolerant of people on welfare who disdain the notion of work. But it wants poor kids to have school lunches and it wants to spend money to have good schools. In sum, most Americans are sensible, good-hearted, and prudent. The issue, then, is whether there is a political party that can welcome them home.” PeopleWantBelieveHomeGovernmentKidsSchoolAmericaPoliticalGrowthPoorPartyResponsibilityIssuesEnvironmentEconomicGayWasteConcernedNotionCoreWelcomeBudgetsWelfareRacistLunchSensibleBalancedHostilePolitical PartiesOffendedHeartedEconomic GrowthPrudentDisdainGood SchoolGood HeartedBalanced BudgetFiscal ResponsibilitySchool LunchGovernment Waste Author:Paul Tsongas
“You can't have an honest fourth grade school teacher. Mr. and Mrs. Jones, Johnny, your son, your only child, the fruit of your loin, is a moron. I have no idea how this kid finds a door to get out of the house in the morning. If I were you, I would waste him and start over. Now, I say that with all due respect.” IfsChildrenIdeasKidsSchoolHouseMorningTeacherDoorsHonestSonWasteFruitDuesNo IdeaGradesFourthStarting OverMoronOnly ChildYour SonSchool TeachersGrades In SchoolFourth Grade Author:Dom Irrera
“Talent is important, and some background as well. This really is not beginner's school. I want to work with people that have achieved a certain level and with whom i can easily communicate, which means you don't have to do too much explaining so you won't waste precious time. I don't do much explaining during rehersals and we are just adjusting minor details. Simply, there is no space nor time for one to learn and each of them has to do their homework on time. That means practising, transitioning from a level to level.” PeopleWantWellsMeanI CanImportantSchoolCertainSpaceLevelsToo MuchTalentWasteDetailsCommunicateBackgroundsMinorsExplainingHomeworkBeginnersAdjustingPrecious Time Author:Vlatko Stefanovski
“I was on a TV show when I was 13, and I had a tutor for high school. Everyone was like "Oh, you're missing out on the high school experience," so I'd go with my cousins to parties where there would be a keg and people doing body shots and playing quarters. I was like, What a waste of time. I didn't want to be doing E [ecstasy] and making out with a guy three years older than me who's a loser.” PeopleWantYearsShowsBodyWould BeSchoolGuyThreePartyMissingTvsWasteHigh SchoolShotsEcstasyLoserQuartersWasting TimeThree YearsTv ShowsCousinMy CousinMissing OutTutorKegsSchool Experience Author:Jessica Alba
“I was sent to the regular public schools until I had to go to Belmont Hill. Because I wasn't doing anything. The public school was nothing, just a total waste of time.” SchoolWasteHillsWasting TimePublic School Author:Paul Laffoley
“We must encourage energy conservation and sustainable development. Young people are the ones who are most environmentally conscious in Ireland, so that to some extent they are educating their parents. They are tackling issues of waste disposal and so on. The schools help, because they put a lot of stress on environmental awareness.” PeopleHelpingSchoolYoungEnergyParentIssuesAwarenessDevelopmentWasteConsciousStressEnvironmentalIrelandConservationSustainable DevelopmentTacklingEnergy ConservationWaste Disposal Author:Mary Robinson
“I think it's your mental attitude. So many of us start dreading age in high school and that's a waste of a lovely life. 'Oh... I'm 30, oh, I'm 40, oh, 50.' Make the most of it.” ThinkingAgeSchoolAttitudeWasteHigh SchoolLovelyBirthdaySentimentalMental AttitudeLovely Life Author:Betty White
“P.S. Nothing personal, but I think this journal assignment is a waste of time. I know I have to do something to make up for all the work I'm missing at school, but I HATE busywork. And that's what this journal thing is. Half the teachers at school assign work they never read. When we get stupid assignments like that, I always write somewhere on my paper "blah blah blah" or "I bet you're not even reading this," are you? or "Give me a sign if you're reading this." They never are.” IfsThinkingKnowsGivingWritingSchoolHateReadingHalfTeacherMissingStupidWastePaperI HateGive MeWasting TimeJournalAssignmentsBlah Author:Kate Klise
“What being home-schooled has taught me, more than anything, is what a waste of a life high school is.” HomeSchoolTaughtWasteHigh SchoolSchooledHouse Rules Book:House Rules: A Novel Source: House Rules: A Novel
“Strip back the beliefs pasted on by governesses, schools, and states, you find indelible truths at one's core. Rome'll decline and fall again, Cortés'll lay Tenochtitlán to waste again, and later, Ewing will sail again, Adrian'll be blown to pieces again, you and I'll sleep under the Corsican stars again, I'll come to Bruges again, fall in and out of love with Eva again, you'll read this letter again, the sun'll grow cold again. Nietzsche's gramophone record. When it ends, the Old One plays it again, for an eternity of eternities.” EndsStatesPlaySchoolFallBeliefStarsGrowsSleepSunRecordsPiecesColdWasteLettersEternityLaysCoreRomeDeclineSailIndelible Book:Cloud Atlas: A Novel Source: Cloud Atlas: A Novel
“Brookfield High School. How may I direct your call? No, sir, this is not a waste- disposal unit, I'm afraid you have the wrong number.” MaySchoolNumbersWasteHigh SchoolDirectUnitsWrong NumberWaste Disposal Book:The Year of Secret Assignments Source: The Year of Secret Assignments
“From the standpoint of the child, the great waste in the school comes from his inability to utilize the experiences he gets outside the school in any complete and free way within the school itself; while, on the other hand, he is unable to apply in daily life what he is learning at school. That is the isolation of the school — its isolation from life.” WayChildrenHandsSchoolJusticeWasteSocial JusticeIsolationDaily LifeInability Author:John Dewey
“With its array of gadgets and machines, all powered by energies that are destructive of land or air or water, and connected to work, market, school, recreation, etc., by gasoline engines, the modern home is a veritable factory of waste and destruction. It is the mainstay of the economy of money. But within the economies of energy and nature, it is a catastrophe. It takes in the world's goods and converts them into garbage, sewage, and noxious fumes-for none of which have we found a use.” WorldUseHomeSchoolFoundEnergyWaterMoneyEconomyAirModernLandWasteDestructionMachinesConnectedDestructiveEtcGoodsEnginesFactoriesCatastropheGarbageRecreationRenewable EnergyGadgetsGasolineSewageEnergy Use Author:Wendell Berry
“I have never understood the importance of having children memorize battle dates. It seems like such a waste of mental energy. Instead, we could teach them important subjects such as How the Mind Works, How to Handle Finances, How to Invest Money for Financial Security, How to be a Parent, How to Create Good Relationships, and How to Create and Maintain Self-Esteem and Self-Worth. Can you imagine what a whole generation of adults would be like if they had been taught these subjects in school along with their regular curriculum?” IfsMindChildrenImportantSelfWholeSeemsWould BeSchoolEnergyParentTeachImagineGenerationsSubjectsSecuritySelf EsteemTaughtBattleWasteUnderstoodAdultsImportanceFinancialSelf WorthHandleEsteemFinanceCurriculumHaving ChildrenGood RelationshipPower Of ThoughtFinancial SecuritySubjects In School Author:Louise Hay