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Education Quote by Ryan Sheckler

"I just motor through school in the morning and then go skating"

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There is a whole worldview packed into how casually Ryan Sheckler shrugs off the “normal” day. “Motor through school” isn’t just teen slang; it’s a verb that turns education into something mechanical, transactional, almost like a commute you endure rather than a place you belong. The morning is framed as obligation, the afternoon as choice. The sentence is built like a schedule, but it’s really a hierarchy of meaning: school first because it has to be, skating next because it’s where life actually happens.

The subtext is the early-2000s action-sports ethic in miniature. Skate culture has always prized authenticity over institution, skill over credentials, the street over the classroom. Sheckler’s phrasing carries that anti-prestige bias without needing to make a manifesto out of it. He’s not rebelling in the dramatic way adults expect; he’s optimizing. Get through the system quickly, then return to the craft.

Context matters: Sheckler became famous young, in an era when skateboarding was rapidly professionalizing through sponsorships, contests, and reality TV. That tension - between a sport built on outsider identity and an athlete being folded into mainstream celebrity - hovers behind the line. The quote works because it refuses to perform maturity or gratitude. It reads as honest, even bluntly pragmatic: my real education starts when the board hits the pavement. In that simplicity, you hear both the freedom and the narrowing of a life built around one consuming talent.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Sheckler, Ryan. (2026, January 16). I just motor through school in the morning and then go skating. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-just-motor-through-school-in-the-morning-and-133839/

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Sheckler, Ryan. "I just motor through school in the morning and then go skating." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-just-motor-through-school-in-the-morning-and-133839/.

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"I just motor through school in the morning and then go skating." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-just-motor-through-school-in-the-morning-and-133839/. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.

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Ryan Sheckler

Ryan Sheckler (born December 30, 1989) is a Athlete from USA.

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