I want to see kids go to college more.
I believe that we parents must encourage our children to become educated, so they can get into a good college that we cannot afford.
When students get into a great university, it's a huge aspirational lift for their village. These students become beacons of hope.
Getting that degree is something that is very important to me and my family.
I definitely would like to go to university.
In my teens, I developed a passionate idolatry for a teacher of English literature. I wanted to do something that he would approve of more, so I thought I should be some sort of a scholar.
I came from a Hindi medium school... the principal felt that I would not fit into an English medium college. Though I was top in my class in school, and I got admission in other colleges, but I really wanted to study in St. Xavier's.
I have promised my mum that I am going to get a degree even if I turn 50.
Somewhere in Rwanda, a rural farmer is dreaming of providing an education for her children. Not just high school, but maybe even a university degree. Such a dream used to seem out of reach.
I really want to go to college.
I realized that the only way to get into a good college was to be valedictorian or salutatorian. So that was my goal.
The greatest finish line for me was finishing college - it was a pact I made with my mother, during a time when she fell ill. That happened during my Freshman year, and unfortunately she never saw me compete in the Olympics. But she really wanted me to finish college, because she never finished Junior High.
I have a long connection with Kent and Canterbury and I hope to help other young men and women to achieve their ambitions through a wonderful university experience.
I want to finish high school, but that will be it.
I just wanted to set myself up for life, and that degree from Villanova, I thought, is very special.
I am definitely going to college!
I didn't want to go to any school but Duke: the best of the best.
In spite of the fact of my dad telling me that if I did well, I could go to the military, I said, 'No, I want to go to college.'
My parents always raised us with the idea of having college in mind. You sort of need a college education. It's part of life. It's something that you do - like going to your prom.
He who leaves school, knowing little, but with a longing for knowledge, will go farther than one who quits, knowing many things, but not caring to learn more.
I would definitely love to finish school.
I spent two years in the Army. And my older brother, who was also a great positive influence on me, encouraged me to think about law school, and I said - well, I didn't have any money.
I loved reading and writing, and teaching was the most exalted profession I could imagine.
I could always see myself being a teacher. I remember sitting in class as a kid, listening to the teacher and thinking, you know, I'm pretty sure I could explain that a little bit better.
