Guidance Counselor Quotes

• I went to Amherst because my brother had gone there before me, and he went there because his guidance counselor thought that we would do better there than at a large university like Harvard.

  Joseph Stiglitz

  Brother, Gone, Guidance

  "Joseph E. Stiglitz - Biographical". "Les Prix Nobel" ("The Nobel Prizes 2001") edited by Tore Frängsmyr, Nobel Foundation, Stockholm, www.nobelprize.org. 2002.

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• When I was a kid, I thought I was going to be an actor.

  Tom Ford

  Kids, Actors, Eternal Sunshine

  Interview with Jessica Hundley, www.askmen.com. December 11, 2009.

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• A symptomatic example of the way in which violence has saturated everyday life can be seen in the increased acceptance of criminalizing the behavior of young people in public schools. Behaviors that were normally handled by teachers, guidance counselors and school administrators are now dealt with by the police and the criminal justice system.

  Henry Giroux

  Teacher, School, Acceptance

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• I think I was in high school, actually, and it was a guidance counselor or someone said, you know, you're just too loud; like you need to just stop talking so much and stop being so opinionated; like no one wants to listen to you because you're really annoying. And I'm glad that I didn't shut up, because it seems like people are listening.

  Jessica Valenti

  School, Thinking, Talking

  Source: bigthink.com

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• When I was a kid, I thought I was going to be an architect, because when I was 12 years old I had a guidance counselor that convinced me that that was the best career choice for me.

  Al Yankovic

  Kids, Years, Careers

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• That was a mistake, I guess, going out to California. They have these things called guidance counselors in high school. They drink a lot of herbal tea.

  Bonnie Jo Campbell

  Mistake, School, California

  Source: therumpus.net

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• God looks like a guidance counselor, God's got that smile. God says, 'How could this be? That's really odd I guess I'll have to check my records, silly me, you know, I'm only God.'

  Dar Williams

  Silly, Looks, Records

  Song: Alleluia, Album: The Honesty Room

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• I was born and raised in Pawnee City, Nebraska. I lived right next to the sale barn and I raised pigs. My dad was a guidance counselor at Wymore High School. He was also a preacher and did farming as well. We leased out our crop land but had cattle and horses.

  Larry the Cable Guy

  Horse, Dad, School

  Source: www.huskermax.com

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• Bridget who is crazy said that sometimes she thought about suicide when commercials come on during TV. She was sincere and this puzzled the guidance counselors.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Suicide, Crazy, Tvs

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.12, Simon and Schuster

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• My high school guidance counselor, Mrs. Inverholl, once had me take an aptitude test to figure out my future. The number one job recommendation for my set of skills was an air traffic accident investigator, of which there are fewer than fifty in the world. The number two job was a museum curator for Chinese-American studies. The number three job was a circus clown.

  Jodi Picoult

  Jobs, School, Skills

  Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #4: Change of Heart, Handle with Care, and House Rules”, p.1437, Simon and Schuster

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• A guidance counselor who has made a fetish of security, or who has unwittingly surrendered his thinking to economic determinism, may steer a youth away from his dream of becoming a poet, an artist, a musician or any other of thousands of things, because it offers no security, it does not pay well, there are no vacancies, it has no "future".

  Henry Wriston

  Music, Education, Dream

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• Because 'You're perfect just the way you are,' is what your guidance counselor says. And she's an alcoholic.

  Libba Bray

  Perfect, Way, Guidance

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• Wow,” says Peter, “when your guidance counselor tells you to die, you really have problems.

  Adam Selzer

  Wow, Problem, Guidance

  Adam Selzer (2010). “I Kissed a Zombie, and I Liked It”, p.120, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• Let me get this straight," I say. "You're practically ordering me to die. What kind of guidance counselor are you?

  Adam Selzer

  Kind, Guidance, Let Me

  Adam Selzer (2010). “I Kissed a Zombie, and I Liked It”, p.83, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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