Middle School – Quotes

I don’t want everyone

I don’t want everyone to think of me as just ‘that kid who called Jesse Jackson a communist in middle school.’ That’s why I decided to become a famous actress. Evangeline Lilly

On the first day of middle school I wore high-heeled shoes that you weren’t allowed to wear. I remember being so embarrassed because in every class I went to they kept pointing out that I couldn’t wear these shoes. I wanted to call my mom and have her bring me new shoes! Emma Stone

In middle school I

In middle school I wrote a paper on Hemingway and none of the sentences had more than five words. Elizabeth Crook

I was a man

I was a man by middle school. Edgerrin James

I\’ve been entrepreneurial since

I’ve been entrepreneurial since middle school. I was always arranging bake sales, dances and school trips to raise money for the Dalton School. Dylan Lauren

A person’s a person,

A person’s a person, no matter how small. Dr. Seuss

I guess my voice

I guess my voice kind of changed in middle school. It was what it is now. I remember there was this boy who used to walk behind me and sing that song that goes, Walk like a man, talk like a man and I was devastated. So I learned that I can pick up my … Read more

People only rooted for

People only rooted for the underdog in movies, not in middle school. David Wright

Our approach to education

Our approach to education has remained largely unchanged since the Renaissance: From middle school through college, most teaching is done by an instructor lecturing to a room full of students, only some of them paying attention. Daphne Koller

I want to help

I want to help middle-school girls stay interested in math and be good at it, and see it as friendly and accessible and not this scary thing. Everyone else in society tells them it’s not for them. It’s for nerdy white guys with pocket protectors. Danica McKellar