Grace VanderWaal Quotes

I'm a big fan of regular school and regular education. I just learn better in a classroom where I can talk to other students. I want to go to prom and dances and have that social aspect.

I loved being a student more than being in school. I was kind of the nerd type; I was more into my career and my studies than the dances and being popular.

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

I loved the college experience of studying.

I wanted to go to regular high school - it looked like a lot of fun.

College was the greatest four years of my life.

I was on the cheerleading squad and drama and the choir, but I was friends with everybody. I was not a partier. I was too Type A and crazy about my grades, but I was still there at everything.

I want to have a normal high-school experience.

I wasn't shuffling from one sport to the next that much. I had downtime to just be a high school student.

My fondest part of college was the interaction and everything I did with my fellow students.

The social scene at the Harvard I knew was outside the rules of literature. It was less poignant.

When I was in high school, I wasn't a troublemaker. I didn't get in fights. I was a good student and I had a lot of friends.

The whole 'School of Rock' experience was really cool, and just meeting new people from all over.

Most of my school friends and even a few of my teachers called me 'Duck.'

Since I'm homeschooled, I don't get much kid interaction, so I started at this gym and I got to meet other kids. I actually met one of my best friends there; we hang out all the time.

I'm so thankful for my one year at regular high school in White Plains.

I was a good student, sort of funny and athletic. I had friends.

I've had a wonderful experience here at Penn State.

I did actually like school. When I was 17, I was in college, but before that, I was home-schooled. I was very social. I liked to know everyone.

At boarding school there wasn't much time for much of anything except education.

I would like to have a more social life than I have.

I made a decision when I was in school that I'd have a lot of male friends.

I love college life.

Colleges do not merely offer preparation for the future; they occupy four years of a student's life, and an institution should do what it can to make these years absorbing and enjoyable.

In high school, I was not as much of a grade-follower. I kind of enjoyed more of the social aspect of high school.