Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar

It's my goal to make martial arts compulsory for girls in school. In China, you have to do two years of martial arts' training without which you cannot get a graduation degree.

Alex Guarnaschelli
Alex Guarnaschelli

I woke up on May 15, 1991, the day of my Barnard graduation, and I said to myself, 'By the end of today you will decide what you want to do with the rest of your life.'

Alexa Von Tobel
Alexa Von Tobel

For many, graduation marks the end of formal student life - the end of long spring breaks and of thinking that a 10 A.M. class is far too early.

Alexandra Robbins
Alexandra Robbins

Adults tell students that it gets better, that the world changes after school, that being 'different' will pay off sometime after graduation. But no one explains to them why.

Andy Behrman
Andy Behrman

After graduation in June of 1984, I moved to Manhattan. My first stop was a psychiatrist, who in less than our first fifty-minute session again diagnosed me with depression.

Angad Bedi
Angad Bedi

I have studied and graduated out of Delhi. I moved to Mumbai after graduation.

Ayelet Waldman
Ayelet Waldman

I was a lesbian for a semester at Wesleyan - it was a graduation requirement.

Chance The Rapper
Chance The Rapper

One of the first times I ever performed in front of a big group of people was at my kindergarten graduation. I did, like, a Michael Jackson impersonation as, like, a five year old. I had the suit and blazer, the glove and the fedora, and I just performed a whole Michael Jackson song. I'm sure it was 'Smooth Criminal.'

Chloe Kim
Chloe Kim

I missed out on a few proms, homecomings, might miss my graduation. I wouldn't want it any other way... it's worth it.

Chris Gethard
Chris Gethard

I quit drinking in 2002, mere months before my college graduation.