Quotes About Education

So, the struggle for equal educational opportunity continues.

I had four children, we all had to struggle to get up and get educated, and they all did their part, and we all did the best we could, and that's what a family and a parent is supposed to do.

Bonnie and Clyde grew up in absolute poverty. They didn't go to school or have any money; the only way they could figure out how to get ahead was to steal. The banks were foreclosing on everyone's homes. I think a lot of people will be able to relate to that struggle.

I struggled to get through high school. I didn't get to go to college. But it made me realize you can do anything if you want to bad enough.

I grew up with no money. No money. I always struggled and had the sense that there was this other class of people who went to college - this was when I was younger.

I struggled academically in high school because it was hard to focus. It was hard to focus on those things that were other than artistic stuff.

My concern for education in New Mexico has always been there. I'm one of those kids that struggled through school, and I feel like I fell through the cracks.

I went to a private school, and I struggled academically. It was really disheartening to always be considered bad at that.

For me, school was a nightmare. I struggled.

I struggled with math and had no interest in sports.

At school I was really heavily dyslexic, so I really struggled academically with reading and writing.

In middle school and high school, I had straight A's, and I graduated at the top of my year. On the flip side of that, I struggled with very severe performance anxiety.

So much of school, you have to write, but I just struggled. I couldn't help it.

I was born to a single mother and often struggled to find my next meal. With the right opportunities from public education and mentors, I achieved the American dream.

I was diagnosed with dyslexia - I struggled a lot in school and didn't enjoy it. I'm not great when it comes to sitting in a classroom - I'm much more about doing things. Boxing massively helped with that frustration and anger.

The working classes in every country only learn to fight in the course of their struggles.

It is only through such real-life daily struggles and challenges that a genuine sensitivity to human rights can be inculcated. This is a truth that is not limited to school education: it applies to all of us.

One of the problems maths struggles with is that it's invisible. We haven't got explosions on our side.

When we have financial struggles, kids are so much more aware of things than we want them to be.

Dad always said, 'Get a degree and do something on your own before you start movies.' He always kept me grounded, telling me the realities of the business and the struggles even the legends had to go through.

The more I'm in the public eye and I get opportunities to speak out about the condition the better. So many people don't understand the condition, they don't understand the struggles we have to deal with.

I think the problem is when people hear 'arts education,' they think, 'I don't want my son to be some painter that's going to be hanging in some museum after he dies. I don't want my daughter to be a struggling artist making no money.' People don't realize it's more than that. It's beautiful. It brings beauty to our lives.

The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living.

Repeating a grade needs to be the last resort, not an automatic response to a child who is struggling to learn.