Convincing yourself Quote by Khat Leen

The teachers thought there was something wrong with me because I wouldn’t talk to other kids. I was almost playing mind games with them.

— Mikey Way

That awkward moment, when your class is so immature it could easily be mistaken for 3rd graders.

— Anonymous

Teachers didn't like me very much. They thought I was just this punk kid and they always wanted to kick me out.

— Clea DuVall

My parents made it clear that I should never display even the slightest disrespect to individuals who had the power to let me skip…

— James D. Watson

I didn't think I was good at anything, didn't do well in school. And then in the third grade, I was going to a…

— Charles Koch

I got good grades but no particular comment stands out in my memory, I'm afraid. I was one of those annoying and rather boring…

— Stephen Curry

I was definitely the kid in the back of the class with his head down the whole time not wanting to speak up and…

— Washed Out

I was always kind of a loudmouth to the point where I annoyed my teachers and friends.

— Cenk Uygur

I was the class clown in high school, but I always took it too far, so nobody liked me. I was annoying. Like, I…

— Pete Davidson

I was talking and playing pranks and skipping school, failing pretty much every class I took.

— Tig Notaro

Grade school was perilous. ... I can see how I must have worried them. I was the kind of kid who, for no apparent…

— Sue Grafton

I was just a quiet kid, really. I wasn't the class clown at all.

— Greg Kinnear