Saul David Quotes

My father never forced me, but chemistry was my best subject.

I went to public school all my life and all through college and I liked it.

I say this as a young dad seeing children going into primary school: I don't think we should underestimate the formative effect on a child of those first years in primary school.

They greatly respected scholarship in itself, but they also impressed upon us that there were great opportunities available for those who were well educated. I received my primary and secondary education in Chicago.

I was only fifteen when I finished my high-school studies, always having held first rank in my class. The fatigue of growth and study compelled me to take almost a year's rest in the country. I then returned to my father in Warsaw, hoping to teach in the free schools.

I am a 10th class pass in Hindi. From 7th grade to 12th grade, I was in Delhi; before that, I was abroad. I came in not knowing a word of Hindi in 7th grade and learned Hindi and passed the exam in 10th. I think I was north of 50 percent, so I feel very proud of that accomplishment.

The chips fall into place, but the educational experience I had at Cal, second to none.

When I was 11, I had just started my comprehensive school.

I think there are really are some public schools, incredibly successful public schools, that are inculcating a real educational ethic in their students.

Getting a good education was of immense importance to my parents.

As early as the autumn of 1862, I was made very happy by being sent to school.

I loved school, maybe too much, really. I was summa cum laude in high school. I was driven that way.

It is … interest of all, that every one, from birth, should be well educated.

I went to school here at the University of San Carlos for my primary and high school. I was valedictorian in grade school, and I was number one in high school, and because of that, I received free tuition in school. I thank the school for that.

Had Barack Obama been obliged to take his degree at the University of Akron, say, it is doubtful that his progress would have been remotely as stellar.

I wasn't a great student. My brother is 18 months older than me, so he sort of forged the way for me at school.

I'm a child of academics.

I had tutors, but education was just not a priority.

It is our duty as legislators to protect the success of our students as they pursue higher education.

The most important thing for me is education, and my family were really supportive in making sure I did the best I could.

No one in my family graduated from college until my brother did, and then I did.

My mum and dad pushed me to work hard in my earlier years in education.

School, for me, was not a place where you went to be educated, but a place where you got away from your parents for a couple of hours while they got some respite from you, and where you were able to see your mates.

I know people talk about poverty and other factors, but there is very little I can do to ensure that a child has a stable two-parent home. But what if we can give them a shot in the classroom with a stable, high-standards environment?

I graduated college with a 3.5 GPA, when I came into college barely able to get in.