The room fell quiet. And as I read down the list of over one hundred and fifty eight-grade boys, I realized that… — Wendelin Van Draanen Copy Share Image
I wasn't a good kid in school. I wasn't a bad kid. I just didn't focus. My grades weren't good. I mucked… — Dacre Montgomery Copy Share Image
You teach someone about fallopian tubes in grade school, and you revisit it again in seventh grade for a better understanding of… — Jen Kirkman Copy Share Image
I learned in grade-school that after WWII European politicians considered sending Jews to Madagascar instead of Palestine. At the time I thought:… — Jill Soloway Copy Share Image
Don't go to eighth grade...don't talk about something old...don't bring up old memories that have nothing to do with who we are… — Brad Meltzer Copy Share Image
Our scholastic system isn't structured to make sure that kids in the fifth or sixth grades absolutely know how to read. — Edward Albert Copy Share Image
There was no pressure at home regarding grades. We were expected to study and pass but luckily our parents gave us a… — Zoya Akhtar Copy Share Image
I cried every day of first grade. In class. Which meant I ended up getting comfortable emoting in a place where it… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
Why do men outperform women on the SAT? The SAT's supposed to predict college grades. Women do better in high school and… — John Katzman Copy Share Image
I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
The normal curve is a distribution most appropriate to chance and random activity. Education is a purposeful activity and we seek to… — Benjamin Bloom Copy Share Image
It was much later that I realized Dad's secret. He gained respect by giving it. He talked and listened to the fourth-grade… — Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot Copy Share Image
I was always a good student. I wasn't the A-plus student, but I studied really hard, and I probably had a 3.2.… — Tyra Banks Copy Share Image
In a culture of technique, we often confuse authority with power, but the two are not the same. Power works from the… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
But truth be told, I'm not as dour-looking as I would like. I'm stuck with this round, sweetie-pie face, tiny heart-shaped lips,… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
To solve the drug problem, we have to start at the root - first grade. If a boy has all the toys… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
It was probably in third grade - I had a super fake, gold herringbone chain. I don't remember if it was my… — Big Sean Copy Share Image
I dropped out of school in the 11th grade because there was no purpose in it for me. I'm not proud of… — Lisa Marie Presley Copy Share Image
If grade inflation continues, a college bachelor's degree will have just as much credibility as a high school diploma. — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
As Donald Trump continues to dominate the 2016 field, the Republican establishment's low-grade anxiety is becoming an all-out panic — Dalia Mogahed Copy Share Image
I studied all kinds of dance, all types of music. I got good grades. I started hitting the recording studio around 13. — Jason Derulo Copy Share Image
That boy don't know the meaning of the word fear. In fact, I just saw his grades, and that boy don't know… — Bobby Bowden Copy Share Image
Otis was inspired by a boy who sat across the aisle from me in sixth grade. He was a lively person. My… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
I always was good, even in my times of being bad as hell in school. I always used to get good grades… — Benny the Butcher Copy Share Image
Really, he called me that? Ellen DeGenerate? I've been getting that since fourth grade. I guess I'm happy I could give him… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
School grades can help determine how well a principal or school leader is doing, and yeah, you need to have some way… — Michelle Lujan Grisham Copy Share Image
Hassan couldn't read a first-grade textbook but he'd read me plenty. That was a little unsettling but also sort of comfortable to… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
My only foray into anything stock-market-related was in my eighth grade social studies class. I have steered clear ever since. — Rich Sommer Copy Share Image
In school, many of us procrastinate and then successfully cram for tests. We get the grades and degrees we need to get… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
I played trumpet for about two weeks. Sixth grade. And I didn't practice. Maybe a little longer than two weeks, but I… — Wendell Pierce Copy Share Image
The ideal student would be one who was not working for grades but was working because he was interested in the work… — Carl David Anderson Copy Share Image
Finding out whether I had made the grades for my first choice university course or whether I needed to rethink my future… — Priti Patel Copy Share Image
Academic achievement was something I'd always sought as a form of reward. Good grades pleased my parents, good grades pleased my teachers;… — Caroline Knapp Copy Share Image
Many jobs at Google require math, computing, and coding skills, so if your good grades truly reflect skills in those areas that… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
I am especially indebted to a 10th grade English teacher who encouraged me to read great works of literature. — Samuel Alito Copy Share Image
For me, sports is a big part of my life. It helped me through high school. It helped me get better grades,… — David Charvet Copy Share Image
The ecological principle of unity in diversity grades into a richly mediated social principle; hence my use of the term social ecology. — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
It is hard for me to speak of themes. I like the reader to do that. Otherwise it feels like writing a… — Tim Winton Copy Share Image
I knew this girl named Tropicana, She's always juicin'. Producing cash for a sexual task. She loves men that trick like Halloween… — Lord Jamar Copy Share Image
Tolerance is a cheap, low-grade parody of love. Tolerance is not a great virtue to aspire to. Love is much tougher and… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
