There's a reason that students don't grade their own papers. There's a reason defendants don't sentence themselves. And there's the reason the… — Trey Gowdy Copy Share Image
My mother always told me to embrace both sides of my background. And she also taught me one very useful thing when… — Lenny Kravitz Copy Share Image
Marriage and fatherhood heighten the disillusion that we all think we are born handy. We confidently believe that we can fix things… — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a jazz pianist, but I wasn't good enough. I got into city college because I didn't have the… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share Image
How could you feel worthless when God has honoured you by creating you and choosing you to be with Him, in this… — Yasmin Mogahed Copy Share Image
I have strong doubts that the first Thanksgiving even remotely resembled the 'history' I was told in second grade. But considering that… — Ellen Orleans Copy Share Image
In Jamaica we had the English way of schooling from the age of four, so when I got to America I was… — Grace Jones Copy Share Image
One thing about school - I always had this attitude that I was in school to learn, and attempted to do whatever… — Bram Cohen Copy Share Image
In the first grade, I already knew the pattern of my life. I didn't know the living of it, but I knew… — Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Copy Share Image
i was raped, too sexually assaulted in seventh grade, tenth grade. the summer after graduation, at a party i was 16 i… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
My teacher in the seventh grade told me that if I didn't fool around during class, I could have 15 minutes at… — Jim Carrey Copy Share Image
My brother was a year younger than I am and he was never in the home with me hardly at all, ...… — Les Miles Copy Share Image
The idea that the majority of students attend a university for an education independent of the degree and grades is a hypocrisy… — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
I had decent but not great grades in high school because I was highly motivated in some subjects, like the arts, drama,… — J. C. Chandor Copy Share Image
The whole concept of higher education is negated unless the sole criterion used to determine if students qualify is the grades they… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
If you're a kid, it's all you think about if you stutter. Kids can be so mean. My grades suffered. Class participation… — Kenyon Martin Copy Share Image
When I was in fourth grade... this wonderful teacher said you didn't have to write a book report, you could just talk… — Didi Conn Copy Share Image
When I see vegan food sold in single-use plastic containers, I get frustrated knowing that plastic is not really recycled; it is… — Karen Dawn Copy Share Image
My English teacher wanted to have sex with me in Junior High. The only problem was, my English teacher was a guy.… — Eminem Copy Share Image
My first job was in sixth grade, sweeping the clay tennis courts at the yacht club near my house, which I was… — Chloe Sevigny Copy Share Image
When I was in the eighth grade, I wrote this huge long paper about how I had no idea what I was… — Shantel VanSanten Copy Share Image
It makes little sense to spend a month teaching decimal fractions to fourth-grade pupils when they can be taught in a week,… — David Elkind Copy Share Image
I have always wanted to work in the theater. I've always felt the glamour of being backstage and that excitement, but I've… — Wes Anderson Copy Share Image
I've always learned on-the-job, in real time. A problem comes up; I research it, and try to solve it. You can't study… — Tom Szaky Copy Share Image
I was the daughter of an immigrant, raised to feel that I needed to get excellent, flawless grades and a full scholarship… — Susan Choi Copy Share Image
Accolades and lists may tell us about accomplishments, but life is meant to be experienced, not just accomplished. It's like the difference… — LZ Granderson Copy Share Image
The best way to measure how much you've grown isn't by inches or the number of laps you can now run around… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was not familiar with the book [before filming in The Outsiders] , though. Interestingly, The Outsiders had not reached the point… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
My daughter is seven, and some of the other second-grade parents complain that their children don't read for pleasure. When I visit… — Anne Fadiman Copy Share Image
“I got an A on the third quiz in American history, an A, dammit. Last time I got a B up from… — Thalia Chaltas Copy Share Image
I lived in South Africa until I was 11 when we first immigrated. My mom had sent me back there when I… — Kandyse McClure Copy Share Image
“There had been something about the island that made the girls forget who they had been. All those rules and shalt nots.… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
If your kids attend school and grades are up that will make $1,000 contributions to some 10,000 kids across the country, are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The only good grades I ever got in school before I was kicked out were for creative writing. I thought that fiction… — Rick Springfield Copy Share Image
My mom was always keen I stayed in school and got good grades, and she was always keen for me to do… — Iain De Caestecker Copy Share Image
But now inquiry is being made concerning these issues. First, can any believer enlist in the military? Second, can any soldier, even… — Tertullian Copy Share Image
I've always been shy, but I see that as a good thing because it kept me focused on music. When I was… — Hunter Hayes Copy Share Image
I have four daughters, with the two youngest being four years old and a year and a half. When one of my… — Jim Cummings Copy Share Image
...I believed passionately that Communists were a race of horned men who divided their time equally between the burning of Nancy Drew… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
And I wanted to do a movie [Moonrise Kingdom] about a childhood romance - a very powerful experience of childhood romance. About… — Wes Anderson Copy Share Image