In the 1820s, the U.S., Japan, and the U.K. were some of the only countries where the average population received at least two years of formal schooling.
Schools that are to cater for the whole population must offer courses that are as rich and varied as are the needs and abilities of the children who enter them.
One of the first things I did on arriving at school was to break my left arm falling into a bomb crater.
There is a whole school of Canadian academics, media personalities, and politicians whose definition of a Canadian is a North American who fears or dislikes the United States.
I knew nothing about the industry, I didn't go to fashion school, but I was brave enough to do things in a different way.
I have been expelled from five different schools when I was a kid. And I learned basically all what I do by myself.
Something stopped me in school a little bit. Anything that I'm not interested in, I can't even feign interest.
I was playing rugby and the other games English school children do, and there was an event in which races were run, and I won these by a considerable margin.
Never tell a mother how she has to raise her children and give no advice over their schooling, health or nutrition if you are not asked to.
Seven Ages: first puking and mewling Then very pissed-off with your schooling Then fucks, and then fights Next judging chaps' rights Then sitting in slippers: then drooling.
I didn't have a very starry school career, I was medium to above average, nothing special.
I think I would abolish schools which systematically inculcate sectarian beliefs.
You don't learn acting, you nourish it. I don't regret not going to drama school because I was very afraid of all the lessons. I'm allergic to technicality.
For too long, we financed our schools in a way that has systematically left large segments of our population behind.
I got a feeling I had loads when I was in primary school, 'cause I had red hair; you know, like Duracell.
I played basketball. I went to school and played basketball and was trying to pursue that as a career path and kind of just fell into acting.
That first responsibility as a school board member - meals for latch-key children - was absolutely critical in my understanding of the extraordinary problems of poverty.
When I was applying to college, my mother told me I could apply to any school within the Boston subway map.
I played trumpet in school once because I joined band because a cute boy played trumpet too. And I was really bad at trumpet.
I loved it, but had to forget about acting after elementary school because it was the sort of thing you just didn't do in my rough neighborhood.
I was born in Dallas; then I moved to Allen, Texas. But then I got sent to boarding school, where I started to get fascinated with actors like Al Pacino.
