While I do commend the Administration on its commitment and focus on high school reform, I believe that we must focus on graduation as the key accountability measure. Ruben Hinojosa accountabilityadministrationcommend Change image and share on social
After graduation, I was floundering in L.A., doing stand-up comedy and working in a shoe store in the Valley. Kevin Spacey comedyfloundergraduation Change image and share on social
I pretty much bailed on high school. I mean, I graduated, but I wasn't even there for my own graduation. Tommy Caldwell bailgraduategraduation Change image and share on social
It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree. John F. Kennedy degreeeducationharvard Change image and share on social
Since graduation, I have measured time in 4-by-5-inch pieces of paper, four days on the left and three on the right. Every social engagement, interview, reading, flight, doctor's appointment, birthday and dry-cleaning reminder has been handwritten between metal loops. Sloane Crosley appointmentbirthdayclean share on social
Just after graduation in 1966, like many of my contemporaries, I applied for research training at the National Institutes of Health. Perhaps because his wife was a poet, Ira Pastan agreed to take me into his laboratory, despite my lack of scientific credentials. Harold E. Varmus agreeapplycontemporary share on social
No graduation speaker will ever tell you that the future is anything but uncertain. It never is. But graduations need not only be obsessed with looking ahead; a graduation can be a day on which we turn back and trace our steps to see how we ended up where we are. Taylor Mali aheadbackday share on social
For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences. Miguel de Cervantes attaincostdegree Change image and share on social
When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money. Ray Bradbury depressiongraduatehigh Change image and share on social
It makes little difference how many university courses or degrees a person may own. If he cannot use words to move an idea from one point to another, his education is incomplete. Norman Cousins coursedegreedifference Change image and share on social
