School

Everyone has a right to a university degree in America, even if it's in Hamburger Technology.

Everyone has a right to a university degree in America, even if it's in Hamburger Technology.

I'm not impressed by someone's degree... I'm impressed by them making movies.

I'm not impressed by someone's degree... I'm impressed by them making movies.

I didn't even go to my prom. I didn't have one date in high school.

I didn't even go to my prom. I didn't have one date in high school.

We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame read more

We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.

Every board member should have the right to stand up and vote the way they believe in. Just because the read more

Every board member should have the right to stand up and vote the way they believe in. Just because the board is not voting 5-0 doesn't mean it's dysfunctional.

Grades are a problem. On the most general level, they're an explicit acknowledgment that what you're doing is insufficiently interesting read more

Grades are a problem. On the most general level, they're an explicit acknowledgment that what you're doing is insufficiently interesting or rewarding for you to do it on your own. Nobody ever gave you a grade for learning how to play, how to ride a bicycle, or how to kiss. One of the best ways to destroy love for any of these activities would be through the use of grades, and the coercion and judgment they represent. Grades are a cudgel to bludgeon the unwilling into doing what they don't want to do, an important instrument in inculcating children into a lifelong subservience to whatever authority happens to be thrust over them.

I learned just enough in school to figure out that everything is not all there is to know.

I learned just enough in school to figure out that everything is not all there is to know.

I never let schooling interfere with my education.

I never let schooling interfere with my education.

I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to read more

I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach you how to be famous. They don't teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don't teach you how to walk away from someone you don't love any longer. They don't teach you how to know what's going on in someone else's mind. They don't teach you what to say to someone who's dying. They don't teach you anything worth knowing.

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're read more

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.