All students should have the opportunity to receive their high school diplomas and be fully prepared for college or the workplace.
I grew up in a little cul-de-sac in the suburbs and went to public school. I went to Costco on the weekends.
When I turned 15, I left school having failed to make the minimum grade. With little direction I enlisted at the local culinary school. Here the academic demands were less rigorous.
There are schools teaching 'stage decoration' as a subject, and they actually call it that. I say: 'Burn those schools!'
I am a big fan of the Impressionists, and in my school days, I was inspired by Caravaggio, Velazquez and Rembrandt.
Since I was in high school, I wanted to play professional football and professional baseball, be a two-sport star.
I flunked three grades before I got out of high school.
In high school, my prom date fooled around with another guy - on prom night!
I'm getting more into fashion. I'm surprised that I'm getting into it because I was always wearing goofy stuff in high school.
In sub-Saharan Africa, fewer than 1 in 5 girls make it to secondary school.
I'm still the fat kid from high school who never had a date.
I've taught Sunday school, I've sung in the choir, I directed a choir.
I went to England for five months when I was in high school, by myself, so I did experience a bit of being the fish out of water.
We are from the very middle class family. We have not come from the English medium school. We came from our regional languages school.
Very few, if any, first-generation black or white or Asian kids will pursue a Ph.D. They'll pursue the professions for economic security. Many will go to law school and/or business school.
McCain is the kid who was really cool in middle school but never got high school game and people are sick of him acting like he's still popular.
You can think of Hollywood as high school. TV actors are freshmen, comedy actors are maybe juniors, and dramatic actors - they're the cool seniors.
I'd like to see the high schools put in a rule that limits recruitable athletes from playing on teams outside a 100-mile radius from their home or school.
For my senior year, I'm home schooled. It's working well with the acting. Juggling school with the acting is hard, but you know, what can you do?
Akron, Ohio, is my home. I will always be here. I'm still working out at my old high school.
I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope that more opportunities become available.
