Thomas Friedman Quotes

I went to public school my entire life.

I went to elementary school in Ottawa, and then to a private secondary school.

It makes sense that we came up with our public school system during the Industrial Revolution because it's like everybody is a factory worker, eating their terrible food and going back to the room where you're silent and listening to an idiot. That's an epitomizing idea, getting called 'Nothing' for your whole high school experience.

Luckily, the public school system that I was in had a really great drama program, so I plunged into that. It really sort of kept me afloat because I was bored in school.

Growing up, I was always in normal public school which is very important in my eyes.

As a child, I walked with my friends to Rosa Parks Elementary and then to Ben Franklin Middle School. I rode Muni to Galileo High School. And thanks to amazing teachers who believed in me and supported me along the way, I was able to matriculate to another public school: the University of California at Davis.

Going to our school is an education in itself which is not to be confused with actually getting an education.

When people lose faith in a system as they have in the public school system, they no longer want to support it.

I am increasingly ready to junk the public school system.

I did a show when I was two, but I didn't start acting as a child. I wanted to go to school every day and be with my friends and really have that experience.

I was in the same class of 100 kids from grade 6 through 12, many of whom I still call friends.

The thing that what we're taught in the public school system is everything you should know, I disagree with that. The most brilliant people in the world were dropouts - not that I'm pro-dropping out.

The idea of being with my peers at a real school seemed much more exciting than making movies.

We know that there will never be a great Newark unless there is a great public school system for our city.

I went to private school for two years, then Aptos Middle School, and I finished at McAteer. Several of my classmates at those schools are my friends today.

High school is such a shared experience in North American culture.

My husband and I are both proud public school graduates.

I want to pay tribute to the teachers who, during my life at school in the public education system, saw something in me and encouraged it.

I'm a proud product of the Massachusetts public schools.

Most people I was at school with, if they saw me on telly, wouldn't know I'd been at school with them.

I don't believe most kids enjoy school at all, and that's a shameful waste, considering how curious and excited kids are to learn. They're naturally curious, full of wonder.

When I started going to school, I started getting used to things, like the language. After that, I started adapting to school, friends, and everything. It was really difficult, to start with, but I survived.

I'm not a fan of public school at all; I think it's one of the greatest catastrophes of American history.

I was a diligent little boy at my primary school and then I went to public school and became mediocre at most things and pretty rubbish at others. I had a really tough time. I didn't enjoy it at all. But it made me the man I am today.

I don't miss public school.