Eric Stonestreet Quotes

I didn't get lessons of any kind I slept through school.

I was a very good student. Procrastinating gives me anxiety, and getting a B really ticked me off. Sure, I didn't always want to do my homework, but I actually really liked school. As nerdy as it sounds, I love learning.

Children are sent to school to be civilized, to learn to be part of the social enterprise.

When I went to college, I was doing well in school, but I didn't have any drive to study.

One of my great laments is that education today seems to have... be less about passion and more about process, more about tactic or technique.

I would not, by any means, turn the school room into a motion picture theater, I would use the picture as a means to enlist the pupil’s interest.

For the high achievers, studying gave them the pleasing, absorbing challenge of flow 40 percent of the hours they spent at it. But for low achievers, studying produced flow only 16 percent of the time; more often that not, it yielded anxiety, with the demands outreaching their abilities...The low achievers found pleasure and flow in socializing, not in studying.

Apart from two periods of intense study, of music between the ages of 12 and 14 and of mathematics between the ages of 14 and 16, I coasted, daydreaming, through most of my school years.

Games shouldn't only be fun. They should teach or spark an interest in other things.

I don't remember one thing I learned in school.

There are some subjects in school that I love, but it can still feel like a chore. Acting never feels like a chore.

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.

I didn't say I was that smart, I said I went to class and I enjoyed what I was doing.

It's not even my job to educate, but what I do is try to facilitate by creating a book that works on different levels. I do want to entertain and bring some joy to the reading experience. If it holds a little kernel of knowledge that readers choose to explore, well, that's great.

I think like a lot of people, you look back on your life and say, 'Gee, why didn't I apply myself?' If I would have spent as much time studying as I did conniving, trying to do as little as possible, I probably would have got the A's.

The best teacher is an entertainer.

In theory, I always think I should totally go back to school, because I don't want to start sinking slowly... I want to learn, blah blah blah. Then I think about actually going and sitting in classes and, man, it sounds terrible.

My goal in the classroom was always to make sure they were having so much fun that they didn't realize they were learning.

I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.

You can only learn by opening yourself up to engage with different sources of information. How can you learn something if you never see it, read it, or hear it?

It feels important to go school; not necessarily to further my education, but more like a hobby.

I'm never satisfied with my performance. I want to keep pushing myself. The great thing about being an actor is you're always learning. That's what excites me about the job and what continues to drive me.

I think reading is important in any form. I think a person who's trying to learn to like reading should start off reading about a topic they are interested in, or a person they are interested in.

I liked English and art and did a lot of painting. And for some reason I was good at math, but I wasn't an A student. I really had to work hard to get good grades.

I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message.