Good schools underpin not only our economy, but the social fabric of our lives.
I was always pretty good at school, but a lot of it was memorising, maybe cheating off your mates, stuff that gets you through.
My parents divorced when I was seven. Because divorce is messy, for good or ill, they sent me to boarding school.
I'm not exactly a maths genius - I'm really good at maths, maths was my favorite subject in school, but I wasn't a genius.
I had many good teachers, but only three of them were school teachers.
I wasn't good with authority, went to lots of schools, didn't like the fact that there was no autonomy.
In school, I wasn't a very good student - I was very irresponsible and never did the studying but always liked to get the laugh.
I was a really good student. I was nerdy and ambitious. I was involved with every large theater production at my school.
This man used to go to school with his dog. Then they were separated. His dog graduated!
Capucci was the biggest schooling I had. It wasn't just about the technical knowledge, such as color and volume, but also about the secret rules, and the beautiful codes of respect between the atelier and the master.
It's frightening, the way life speeds up. When you're at school, time can't go fast enough.
I was very fortunate and didn't personally encounter any bullies in school, however bullies exist in many ways in life.
I grew up in Pittwater, north of Sydney; Elvina Bay, Scotland Island area. I had to go to school by boat. To get to the mainland, we had to go by boat, so it was just a way of life.
Drugs are in every walk of life - doctors, lawyers, preachers, the guy who works for IBM, teenagers on the street, teenagers in school.
From the time I started school, it was clear to everyone that I wasn't learning at the same pace as other kids.
I'm not going to school just for the academics - I wanted to share ideas, to be around people who are passionate about learning.
I never intended to be a teacher. I just like going to school and learning things.
I can get motivated seeing a kid at my son's school overcome a learning disability.
I love being a student, if I could, I'd stay in school forever.
Outreach appearances in the schools are usually part of my contracts, and I love doing them.
Well, I love tattoos and have been drawing them on my binders in school since I was little.
