477 quotes found
“When I went to school every teacher had a BOARD of education.”
“If I used a higher percentage of my brain I wouldn't of had to ride on the short bus.”
“Gina Rodgers raised her hand, triggering a class-wide bristle. Everyone wanted to impress Mr. Tipton, but it was Gina who always raised her hand first, like he was going to fall in love with her fo...”
“No school without spectacular eccentrics and crazy hearts is worth attending.”
“Seventh grade had a full complement of creeps, weirdos, future criminals, and nerds.”
“Oh, he was a decent-enough high school student, good grades and well-liked, but his test scores were nothing to write home about. He might as well have Christmas-treed the math test.”
“Institutional wisdom tells us that children need school. Institutional wisdom tells us that children learn in school. But this institutional wisdom is itself the product of schools because sound co...”
“Schools themselves pervert the natural inclination to grow and learn into the demand for instruction.”
“It's always a kind of liberation to leave the classroom during a lesson, even just for a few minutes. As if you have managed to steal a little time for yourself, to take a break from reality”
“all children are required to attend School, which is like a party to which everyone forgot to bring punch, or hats, or fiddles, and none of the games have good prizes.”
“Now, in the Kingdom of School, to be asked into another child's room is like being asked inside their heart.”
“That's like telling an elementary schooler to ignore the bully giving him swirlies and pay attention to the teacher.' he said, stuffing graham crackers in his mouth. 'Hey Raven, do you want me to b...”
“But that's life. That's your education. A series of opportunities and missed opportunities. Exams and grades and blue books and blue balls and majors and minors and liberal arts and liberal minds. ...”
“Is this what Principal Fontana meant by the phrase 'well-rounded'?Its fucking spherical, Catamounts.”
“The butterflies in my stomach turn into vampire bats as we pull up to the school.”
“School was my solace, and studying let me escape, allowing me to live a thousand vicarious lives.”
“Schools important at the moment.Unsexiest statement ever.”
“The trouble with school is they give you the answer, then they give you the exam. That's not life....”
“School is one long illness with symptoms that switch every five minutes so you think it's getting better or worse. But really it's the same thing for years and years.”
“Within the grand scale of things, sitting in a classroom day after day is so utterly meaningless and pointless that it actually makes his chest hurt to think about it.”
