David Levithan Quotes about School

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School is school-she wants it to be over, but she's afraid of it being over, because then she'll have to figure out what comes next.

School is school-she wants it to be over, but she's afraid of it being over, because then she'll have to figure out what comes next.

David Levithan

School, Want, Next

David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.13, Egmont UK

everyone in our school has afterschool activities. mine is going home.

David Levithan

Home, School, Mines

David Levithan (2015). “Hold Me Closer: The Tiny Cooper Story”, p.151, Penguin

teenagers are never joking. when seeking to prove a point, principals and teachers should remember that teenagers are never, ever sarcasic or ironic. if they say "I wish someone would drop a bomb on this school right now," that means they have arranged for a nuclear arsenal to be emptied onto the school and should be immediately suspended and ridiculed. if they say they were merely coming up with a joking excuse to postpone a bio test, reply that all jokes are funny, and that since dropping a bomb on a school is not funny, it is therefore not a joke.

David Levithan

Teacher, Teenager, School

aloof, adj. It has always been my habit, ever since junior high school, to ask that question: “What are you thinking?” It is always an act of desperation, and I keep on asking, even though I know it will never work the way I want it to.

David Levithan

School, Thinking, Asking

David Levithan (2011). “The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel”, p.13, Macmillan