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High School Students Quotes

On classrooms, comparisons, and growing up.

These High School Students quotes range from concerns about smoking habits to comparisons of test scores across countries, plus a note about looking to a strong graduating class as an example. It's a mixed snapshot of how people talk about teenagers today.

In 2011, at least a third of middle school and high school students who smoked cigars used flavored little cigars. Six states - Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Wisconsin - already have youth cigar smoking rates that are...

Quotes by Tom Frieden

American high school students trail teenagers from 14 European and Asian countries in reading, math and science. We're even trailing France.

Quotes by Suzanne Fields

Currently, only 70 percent of our high school students earn diplomas with their peers, and less than one-third of our high school students graduate prepared for success in a four-year college.

Quotes by Ruben Hinojosa

Just the example Delaware State University graduates set by the way they live their lives, should be an inspiration to other high school students to go to Delaware State.

Quotes by Michael N. Castle

American Quotes

Lower standards tell students that they don't need to work hard and leave more high school students unprepared for college and the workplace.

Quotes by Mercedes Schlapp

I know we can all remember the days of sitting in algebra class asking ourselves, 'why will I need algebra or chemistry in the future?' The answer was and still remains that advanced math and science classes help high school...

Quotes by Mercedes Schlapp

I went to Washington, D.C, for the first time my senior year as part of Girls Nation, put on by the American Legion Auxiliary, which sends high school students to D.C. to form a pretend federal government. There was an...

Quotes by Kristen Soltis Anderson

It's a staggering transition for high school students that found they could study five hours a week and make As and Bs.

Quotes by John W. Gardner

The majority of U.S. high school students don't know within 50 years when the Civil War occurred.

Quotes by Jim Leach

Asian Countries Quotes

'Never change' is the thing that probably high school students have written in each other's yearbooks for time immemorial. They think that command is possible!

Quotes by Jane Hamilton

Every year, some 65,000 high school students - many of them star students and leaders in their communities - are unable to go to college or get a good job because they have no legal status.

Quotes by Gary Locke

Many high school students are under so much competitive pressure. They are sometimes taught that if they don't have a 4.0 GPA, score in the 99th percentile on admissions tests, and demonstrate leadership in sports and participate in clubs, they...

Quotes by Elizabeth Thornton

I've been really humbled by other women who've reached out to me across the country. Not just women who are running for Congress and federal office, but elementary school students running for student council or high school students who are...

Quotes by Elise Stefanik

When nearly a third of our high school students do not graduate on time with their peers, we have work to do. We must design our middle and high schools so that no student gets lost in the crowd and...

Quotes by Christine Gregoire

Better Quotes

Math and science fields are not the only areas where we see the United States lagging behind. Less than 1 percent of American high school students study the critical foreign languages of Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean or Russian, combined.

Quotes by Cathy McMorris Rodgers

A lot of high school students on TV and in Broadway are played by people in their late 20s and even early 30s. That seems weird to me.

Quotes by Ansel Elgort

Imagine if baseball were taught the way science is taught in most inner-city schools. Schoolchildren would get lectures about the history of the World Series. High school students would occasionally reproduce famous plays of the past. Nobody would get in...

Quotes by Alison Gopnik

It worries me that undergrads and high school students are forced into books they aren't ready for, like Faulkner's, and then they are afraid of putting their toes in the water again.

Quotes by Alice McDermott

Frequently Asked Questions

What topics do the High School Students quotes touch on?
The page covers academic comparisons between countries, health habits like flavored cigar use, and moments of inspiration drawn from graduating classes.
Why would someone look up quotes about high school students?
Parents, educators, and students themselves often want language that captures both the pressures and the potential of the teenage years, and these quotes reflect both sides.
Is there a quote comparing American students to other countries?
Yes, one quote states that American high school students fall behind their peers in over a dozen European and Asian nations when it comes to reading, math, and science scores.
Do any quotes mention health concerns among students?
Yes, one quote cites data on flavored little cigar use among middle and high school students across several states, an example of the health angle covered here.
What other quote collections pair well with this one?
Browse Asian Countries quotes for more on the comparisons mentioned, or Change quotes on improving outcomes.

For more, browse Asian Countries quotes on the countries mentioned in these comparisons, or Change quotes on what people hope to see improve.