Quotes About Education

School days were very special to me as I never found the time to complete my graduation.

I did schooling and graduation from Delhi and then went to the National School of Drama.

The evidence shows that grammar schools overwhelmingly benefit those from more affluent backgrounds.

I should be better with my grammar and set a better example for my kids. Just not sure that ain't gonna happen.

If I'd been from a different background, I could have gone to a grammar school, I suppose. I might have been a different person.

There's so much pressure on young people to go to university when they're 18 or 19, but actually, in the grand scheme of it, I don't think it matters to do it at that time.

I started at Grand View and all the England stuff. I just wanted to learn and get better, and that's kind of what the experiences were.

My grandchildren love cooking, and it doesn't have to be sweet things.

Just as my father read to us as children, I used to read to my own children and now read to my grandchildren.

I remember my grandfather believed women were second-class citizens and told my mother that it was a shame she had brains because she was a girl and shouldn't carry on her education.

My grandfather and mother were school teachers, so there was always some discussion around books.

I come from a family of scholars who got their Master's degrees. To my grandma - and to a lot of people - an education was a way of making it out of the worst parts of their life.

I had a grandmother who would always encourage me to learn about theater and film.

I'm always telling my students that if they can't explain what they are doing, to their grandmothers, then they probably don't understand it themselves.

I really learned a lot when I worked on my grandpa's film 'Twixt' and got to be with him start to finish and sit next to him every day. That was my film school.

My parents were the first in our family to go to grammar school. My grandparents were in service.

I got a grant for the Old Vic Theatre School in London, which had just started. It was only five terms; they used to break you down and never quite put you together again but it was an excellent training.

I still remember how my father used to wake me up at 4 A.M. and make me study. He also used to take me for a walk and then always dropped me to school. I was very disciplined, as my father inculcated those values in me. Now that my father is no more, I understand that you should not take your parents for granted.

I didn't really enjoy being at college, because I was putting myself through college. We just didn't have the money. I was responsible for that, so I was constantly looking for scholarships, grants, and work-study opportunities.

I have a brother who's a schoolteacher, a sister who's a graphic artist, a brother who is a lawyer. I have a brother who's a carpenter.

I graduated with a Bachelors of Fine Art in Graphic Design, and all in all, I can look back on my collegiate experience and say that I really did enjoy myself.

I went to community college for graphic design, and I loved it, but I wasn't into the school thing, so that didn't work out.

In retrospect, I think I had some kind of learning disorder. I could kind of charm my way through grade school, but in high school... I could never seem to grasp things.

Can't disagree with the need for a grasp of history.