Students Quotes

You know, that's racist within itself. I mean, what you're saying is that if you're minority, you can't have a good school if you've got minorities, so you view minorities as a liability that you balance around. That is the underlying racist point when you start with that premise and say we have to balance minority numbers and diversity numbers, your premise that you start out with is that minority students are an inferior student and that's where the racist comment and thought pattern comes from. - Lindsey Tippins

You know you're desperate for an answer when you look on the second page of google. - Unknown

You know this city will track you down if you owe it a parking ticket, there's no reason why we can't track all of our students. - Fernando Ferrer

You kind of say once the ball goes up, it won't be important, but that was a huge crowd for us. We filled up one whole side of the gym. It was family, students, faculty, staff and alumni support. Everywhere I turned, it was one of those groups. - David McLaughlin

You kind of have to do what's in the best interest of your district and your students, and I understand that. We're going to do what we've done in the past. We're pushing forward like normal. - Paul Hughes

You just can't say enough about the students, ... When we made that turn (to start the walk), it was just breathtaking. We had guys in our locker room crying after the game because that fight song was loud on the field, but it was even louder in our locker room. - Terry Hoeppner

You just can't pay for that kind of exposure. Most students make the decision on where they will attend college in March and April. The fact that this happened during decision month really helps us. - Jana Lucky

You just can't fake that... You can tell so much by how the school feels. When you are at T.C., it's clear what kind of leader John Porter is by seeing that the ways he engages the students and teachers. If there's a piece of trash on the floor, he will pick it up. - Rebecca Perry

You hear so much from your students about being in Brazil. Now it's like, wow, I love Brazil. If I was Brazilian, I would be really proud of my country. - Suzanne Smith

You hear people say that Philadelphia doesn't have corporate or banking work. The fact is that I don't think most law students really understand what banking work really is, let alone whether a firm has a good practice. And I do think Philadelphia firms need to be more clear about the sophistication level of the work they do because there are a lot of misconceptions. - Chris Beals