Quotes of: Private-schools Keyword

Sometimes I think high school is one long hazing activity: if you are tough enough to survive this, they'll let you become and adult. I hope it's worth it.

Speak

We had some good times at school. I didn't know how good those times was till I left, but I guess that's the way of it

Serena

We represent the true human condition, the one permanent victory over cruelty and chaos. . . . Our true home is the imagination, and our kingdom is the wide-open world.

Shouldn't You Be in School?

It’s hard when you’re missing your family. You wake up every morning like someone took one of your legs.

Shouldn't You Be in School?

Vous perdez votre temps! (You're wasting your time.)

The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter, and Tears at the World's Most Famous Cooking School

You cannot have a really terrific library without at least one terrific librarian, the way you cannot have a really terrific bedroom unless you can lock the door.

Shouldn't You Be in School?

The story of the book filled the car with exciting adventures of the sort that are fun to read about, so we didn’t have to think about the exciting adventures of the sort that are no fun to live through.

Shouldn't You Be in School?

When you find the sort of people who will show up to give you a ride exactly when they've promised to do so, hold on to them for dear life.

Shouldn't You Be in School?

Invent nothing, deny nothing, speak up, stand up, stay out of school.

True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor

The third year at a school for any head coach is the most important year for the program they are attempting to develop.

Team Of One: We Believe

The Friday before winter break, my mom packed me an overnight bag and a few deadly weapons and took me to a new boarding school.

The Titan's Curse

… between the irrational promoted in churches and the Darwinian pseudo-science taught in schools, a revolution in the way we understand reality is not only necessary but also long overdue.

A Time of Change

Why couldn't she have given him a sultry laugh as she'd seen women do in movies instead of giggling like some enchanted, mindless school girl?

Truth

My advice for a healthy life: love, laugh, and pee in the shower. High school class reunions would be better if divided by gender and held in the locker rooms.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

I still remember my middle school locker combination. Maybe I should go back to my old locker to see if I left my innocence in there.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

The first thing, of course, is to find a vacancy, a place where a teacher is wanted, and the second thing is to make the school officials believe you are just the person for the position.

Twenty Talks to Teachers

A good roommate may be the single most important thing to have when one is away at school.

A Voice of Her Own: Becoming Emily Dickinson

I felt bad for the girls in my school, who flocked to prom like it was the second coming of Christ, complete with double-rainbows and unicorns.

Vegan Teenage Zombie Huntress

I never intended to become a zombie huntress; I had only intended to protest prom, high school’s last bastion of patriarchal society.

Vegan Teenage Zombie Huntress

If a deadly snake slithering around in a pre-school bit a child, would you box it up for a month as punishment, and then release it to prey upon the children once again?

When Everything Changed

In the school of success, information is the greatest asset. The more you read, the more you discover, the more you discover, the more you recover and the better your life become.

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