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School Quotes (page 44)

Dante Gabriel Rossetti quote: "The Stealthy School of Criticism."
The Stealthy School of Criticism. Dante Gabriel Rossetti
An eternal question about children is, how should we educate them? Politicians and educators consider more school days in a year, more science and math, the use of computers and other technology in the classroom, more exams and tests, more certification for teachers, and less money for art. All of these responses come from the place where we want to make the child into the best adult possible, not in the ancient Greek sense of virtuous and wise, but in the sense of one who is an efficient... Thomas Moore
When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment; I told them they didn't understand life. John Lennon
You meet me after school right here", I said."Why?" he asked. I couldn't believe he was so stupid."Because we're going to finish this fight."You're crazy," Roger said. He got to his feet and walked away. His gang stared at me like I was a serail killer, and they followed their leader. I was absolutely confused. I had followed the rules of fighting. i had behaved exactly the way I was supposed to behave. But these white boys had ignored the rules. In fact, they followed a whole other set of... Sherman Alexie
Nicholas Sparks quote: "Life, I've learned, is never fair. If people teach anything in..."
Life, I've learned, is never fair. If people teach anything in school, that should be it. Nicholas Sparks
I seem to remember telling you both that I would have to expel you if you broke any more school rules? said Dumbledore. Ron opened his mouth in horror. J. K. Rowling
Seth Godin quote: "Transparency in the traditional school might destroy it."
Transparency in the traditional school might destroy it. Seth Godin
Ozzy Osbourne quote: "All these polo-necked wankers from grammar schools were going..."
All these polo-necked wankers from grammar schools were going out and buying songs like Ozzy Osbourne
At school he had done things which had formerly seemed to him very horrid and made him feel disgusted with himself when he did them; but when later on he saw that such actions were done by people of good position and that they did not regard them as wrong, he was able not exactly to regard them as right, but to forget about them entirely or not be at all troubled at remembering them. Leo Tolstoy
Nothing mattered much to me for a time there, after you told me you could never love me, Anne. There was nobody else -- there never could be anybody else for me but you. I've loved you ever since that day you broke your slate over my head in school. L. M. Montgomery
The not-self cannot have the bad, meaning they of the government and the judges and the schools cannot allow the bad because they cannot allow the self. Anthony Burgess
I'll drown more sailors than the mermaid shall; I'll slay more gazers than the basalisks; I'll play the orator as well as Nestor, Decieve more slily that Ulysses could, And like a Sinon, take another Troy. I can add colors to the chameleon, Change shapes with Proteus for advantages And set the murderous Machiavel to school. Can I do this, and cannot get a crown? Tut! were it further off, I'll pluck it down. William Shakespeare
Jodi Picoult quote: "You'd think someone who'd been to medical school would be able..."
You'd think someone who'd been to medical school would be able to hear through a stethoscope that somebody was empty inside. Jodi Picoult
Despite different cultures, middle-class youth all over the world seem to live their lives as if in a parallel universe. They get up in the morning, put on their Levi's and Nikes, grab their caps and backpacks, and Sony personal CD players and head for school. Naomi Klein
Education is the silver bullet. Education is everything. We don't need little changes. We need gigantic revolutionary changes. . . . Competition for the best teachers should be fierce. They should be getting six-figure salaries. Schools should be incredibly expensive for government and absolutely free of charge for its citizens, just like national defense." --Sam Seaborne, West Wing Aaron Sorkin

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