Back Quote by Robert J. Shiller

I almost flunked first grade and also the second, third, forth, and fifth; but my younger brother was in the grade behind me and…

— Robert Munsch

I was a good pupil at primary school: in the second class I was writing with no spelling mistakes, and the third and fourth…

— Jose Saramago

I attended a very small junior high and specially in the end that became a disaster. The principal was pretty senile and a drunk,…

— Jonathan Brandis

At Libertyville High, I was a bad student, chronic truant, and all-round incorrigible. I was forever being sent to the principal's office to be…

— Marlon Brando

After my stellar first grade academic achievements, I continued to perform well in the city primary schools - except for penmanship, which was not…

— Vernon L. Smith

You know, I went to Oberlin. At that time, grades were - you elected to have them or not. It was all of that…

— Julie Taymor

I went to a private school, and I struggled academically. It was really disheartening to always be considered bad at that.

— Gia Coppola

I had very little going for me as a kid except for the fact that I had demanding parents and was very good at…

— Andrew Yang

I went to public school, and I didn't do well in school. And it wasn't until, actually, I got into school at Juilliard -…

— Jessica Chastain

In primary school I was terrible. I don't think I was particularly well behaved in high school, but I started to apply myself.

— Jonathan LaPaglia

I failed eighth grade twice, and then they moved me up to ninth grade. Then I failed that and dropped out. My teacher would…

— Tig Notaro

I always got good grades; I just didn't go to school much. I didn't like it.

— Lil Peep