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In primary school in south-eastern Nigeria, I was taught that Hosni Mubarak was the president of Egypt. I learned the same thing in secondary school. In university, Mubarak was still president of Egypt. I came to assume, subconsciously, that he - and others like Paul Biya in Cameroon and Muammar Gaddafi in Libya - would never leave.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
School
Same Thing
Assume
Secondary
President
Others
Secondary School
Libya
Would
Never
He
Primary
Primary School
Like
Learned
Still
Leave
Came
Subconsciously
Cameroon
Same
Egypt
Taught
Gaddafi
Paul
Mubarak
Thing
Nigeria
University
After secondary school, the big thing to do was apply for uni in England or Scotland and then just stay there.
Adrian McKinty
School
Big
Secondary
Secondary School
Stay
Scotland
Just
Big Thing
After
Then
England
Thing
Apply
It was the most exciting thing to leave secondary school and go to college, to have that freedom to study whatever I wanted.
Alek Wek
Freedom
School
College
Whatever
Secondary
Secondary School
Exciting
Study
Most
Leave
Go
Wanted
Thing
When I was younger I was always big; I was a fat boy at school. I had an early growth spurt, and when I went to secondary school I was tall enough to be a policeman.
Alfred Molina
School
Big
Enough
Secondary
Secondary School
Had
Policeman
Tall
Boy
Always
Younger
Growth
Early
Fat
On the one hand, we had great filmic spectacles that brought in big audiences, adults as well as primary and secondary school students. On the other hand, there were attempts to create contemporary Polish film.
Andrzej Wajda
Great
School
Big
Other
Secondary
Secondary School
Brought
Adult
Students
Had
Attempts
Primary
Contemporary
Well
Polish
Audiences
Were
Hand
Create
Film
Spectacles
I wasn't good at examinations, but I went to a very good secondary school - Bolton-on-Dearne - with wonderful teachers, who taught me drama and encouraged me in every way.
Brian Blessed
Good
Me
Wonderful
School
Every
Secondary
Drama
Secondary School
Way
Examinations
Encouraged
Very
Taught
Teachers
Who
This is a great continent. I went to primary school on this continent, secondary school, university. I've worked on this continent, and I think that it's a great disservice that, for whatever reason, people have usurped an imagery of Africa that is absolutely incorrect.
Dambisa Moyo
Great
People
School
Whatever
Think
Secondary
Disservice
Secondary School
Absolutely
Primary
Primary School
Continent
Africa
Worked
Reason
Usurped
Imagery
Incorrect
University
We need to drive down requirements for the schools. In the 19th century, we increased the quality of the schools by higher education saying, 'You can't come in unless you have these skills, unless you've taken these courses.' We did that in Wisconsin when I was there, it helped to transform the secondary school system.
Donna Shalala
Education
Saying
You
Quality
School
Higher Education
Drive
Down
Increased
Secondary
Secondary School
Unless
System
Higher
Taken
Wisconsin
School System
Come
Schools
Courses
Did
Transform
Century
Requirements
Skills
Helped
Need
I went to elementary school in Ottawa, and then to a private secondary school.
Douglass North
School
Secondary
Secondary School
Ottawa
Private
Then
Elementary
Elementary School
I still have friends from primary school. And my two best girlfriends are from secondary school. I don't have to explain anything to them. I don't have to apologize for anything. They know. There's no judgment in any way.
Emma Watson
Best
School
Judgment
Secondary
Secondary School
Way
Girlfriends
Primary
Primary School
Know
Still
Friends
Any
Anything
Explain
Them
Apologize
Two
Going through secondary school in Ireland, everyone's like, 'What are you gonna do when you finish school? Go to college? Study business? Study electronics?' I was like, 'Well I kinda love wrestling, so I don't see why I should want to study anything else except wrestling.' For me, it was a no brainer.
Finn Balor
Love
Me
You
Business
School
College
Secondary
Secondary School
Else
Everyone
Kinda
See
Finish
Wrestling
Except
Through
Study
Like
Well
Go
Ireland
Going
Want
Anything
Anything Else
Gonna
Should
Electronics
Why
Around 80% of Liberians are unemployed and only half of all children go to primary school. Just one in 20 go on to secondary school. Young children are on the streets instead of in the classrooms. We are not giving them the opportunity to learn and they will struggle to get jobs when they grow up.
George Weah
Struggle
School
Opportunity
Will
Giving
Half
Young
Secondary
Secondary School
Jobs
Only
Classrooms
Instead
Primary
Primary School
Learn
Around
Go
Up
Unemployed
Get
Just
Children
Young Children
Just One
Them
Grow
Grow Up
Streets
At primary school, I thought I was George Best. Then I got to secondary school, and it was more serious.
Ian Brown
Best
School
Thought
Secondary
Secondary School
More
Primary
Primary School
Got
George
Then
Serious
When I started secondary school, it was assumed that the girls would do domestic science and the boys would do science, and I wasn't too happy with that.
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Science
Happy
School
Girl
Assumed
Too
Secondary
Secondary School
Would
Boy
Domestic
Started
I've been acting since I was 5 years old, from primary school to secondary school, did training at drama school, which was the big thing for me because they trained me, put me out into the industry.
John Boyega
Me
Training
School
Old
Big
Secondary
Drama
Secondary School
Drama School
Out
Put
Primary
Primary School
Since
Industry
Because
Been
Years
Trained
Did
Big Thing
Which
Acting
Thing
My first secondary school was in East Finchley, and I was one of only five white people in the year. I was really skinny and flat-chested with frizzy hair. I don't consider myself posh, but my mum brought me up to speak properly, and they picked up on that, as all kids do.
Kaya Scodelario
Myself
Me
People
Speak
School
Hair
First
Year
White
Secondary
Secondary School
Consider
Kids
East
Brought
Properly
Only
Picked
Up
Five
Really
Skinny
Mum
Posh
My parents didn't do office hours, and they did not do vacations, so if you had a problem, you could always come around. I watched them and thought, 'OK, this is what you are supposed to do.' I was very engaged in my local primary school and when I went to secondary school and to university. And one thing led to another, and here I am.
Margrethe Vestager
You
Problem
School
Thought
Parents
Secondary
Secondary School
Local
OK
One Thing
Could
Had
Primary
Primary School
Come
Supposed
Hours
Another
Around
Always
Am
Led
Very
Office
Did
Them
Engaged
Thing
Watched
Vacations
Here
University
At age 11 in 1960, I moved to an academic state secondary school, Harrow County Grammar School for Boys.
Paul Nurse
Age
School
Secondary
Secondary School
State
Academic
County
Boy
Moved
Grammar
Grammar School
It was during my time at secondary school that I abandoned religion.
Paul Nurse
Time
Religion
School
Secondary
Secondary School
Abandoned
My Time
Growing up, I was your classic Catholic Irish kid. I went to mass every Sunday. Then in secondary school I went to boarding school, and there was mass seven days a week before breakfast - it may have put me off!
Deirdre O'Kane
Me
School
Sunday
Before
Breakfast
Every
Every Sunday
Secondary
Secondary School
Seven
Kid
Classic
Week
Put
Mass
Days
Catholic
Off
Up
Irish
May
Boarding
Boarding School
Then
Your
Growing
Growing Up
I believe in education, but I think the balance has to be right between theory and practical experience. I think from secondary school onwards it should be more about preparing you for life and work in the real world.
Kano
Life
Work
Education
You
Balance
Experience
World
School
Believe
Think
Secondary
Secondary School
I Think
I Believe
I Believe In
About
More
Between
Practical
Real
The Real World
Real World
Should
Theory
Preparing
Right
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