I went to the school of hard knocks.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
As my father would have said, I went through the college of hard knocks.
I was a hard rocker when I was in high school.
I've had the school of hard knocks, and I've worked my way up to be the governor of this great state of Connecticut.
I went to a regular school, not one of those fame academy things.
I definitely had a top-notch education.
I was a geek in high school.
I was a good student - a geek, really - editor of the school paper, thought I was going to go to university.
I went to Syracuse University.
I was at a pretty rough school, and the only thing I was good at was art.
I went to Carnegie Mellon.