Our promise to our children should be this: if you do well in school, we will pay for you to obtain a college degree. Ruth Ann Minner childcollegedegree Change image and share on social
I teach one semester a year, and this year I'm just teaching one course during that semester, a writing workshop for older students in their late 20s and early 30s, people in our graduate program who are already working on a manuscript and trying to bring it to completion. Tobias Wolff 20s30sbring share on social
Mentors provide professional networks, outlets for frustration, college and career counseling, general life advice, and most importantly, an extra voice telling a student they are smart enough and capable enough to cross the stage at graduation and land their first paycheck from a career pathway job. Gerald Chertavian advicecapablecareer share on social
For many, graduation marks the end of formal student life - the end of long spring breaks and of thinking that a 10 A.M. class is far too early. Alexa Von Tobel breakclassearly Change image and share on social
In my second year in graduate school, I took a computer course and that was like lightening striking. Ted Nelson computergraduatelighten Change image and share on social
I've told my children that when I die, to release balloons in the sky to celebrate that I graduated. For me, death is a graduation. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross ballooncelebratechild Change image and share on social
I was really desperate. I don't know if you can remember back that far, but when I went to graduate school they didn't want females in graduate school. They were very open about it. They didn't mince their words. But then I got in and I got my degree. Shannon Lucid backdegreedesperate share on social
The morning after my high-school graduation found me up early job hunting. The dream of college I put on the back burner. Martha Reeves backburnercollege Change image and share on social
In 1858 I received the degree of D. S. from the Lawrence Scientific School, and thereafter remained on the rolls of the university as a resident graduate. Simon Newcomb degreegraduatelawrence Change image and share on social
I always wanted to have my own album released before I graduated from high school. Christina Aguilera albumgraduatehigh Change image and share on social