Education Quote by Chevy Chase

Chevy Chase frames rebellion as origin story, but he does it with the loose, offhand shrug of a comedian who knows the audience is already primed to like the troublemaker. “Always” is doing a lot of work: it turns a handful of expulsions into a personality trait, a lifelong posture. And “the guy” makes it archetypal, as if he’s not confessing but auditioning for a familiar role - the class clown as minor outlaw.

The phrase “attitude problem” is the real punchline. It’s administrative language, the euphemism schools use when they don’t want to litigate the actual conflict: a kid who won’t perform respect in the approved way. Chase repeats the label without disputing it, which is sly. He accepts the indictment while draining it of moral weight, inviting us to read “attitude” as early comic sensibility: impatience with authority, a refusal to play the straight man in someone else’s script.

Context matters because Chase’s entire persona is built on that friction. From the smug charm of early SNL to the abrasive entitlement of his later reputation, he’s been cast - and has cast himself - as the guy who pushes past social boundaries and acts surprised when there’s a consequence. The subtext is less “school was unfair” than “I’ve always had a problem with containment.” In a culture that routinely romanticizes the misfit, he’s selling defiance as both explanation and alibi, the first draft of a brand.