Quotes about Grade

The honours system gets to grade people. Graded grains make finer rice. Votes: 3

Economics is half psychology and half Grade Three arithmetic, and the U.S. does not now have either half right. Votes: 3

I was filling entire school notebooks with stories by Grade 3. Of course, they were double-spaced, and the handwriting was huge. Votes: 3

There I am, in the Grade Six class picture, smiling broadly. Happy as a clam, is what my mother says for happy. I am happy as a clam: hardshelled, firmly closed. Votes: 3

When red-haired people are above a certain social grade their hair is auburn. Votes: 2

I went to a public school through sixth grade, and being good at tests wasn't cool. Votes: 2

I have never been jealous. Not even when my dad finished fifth grade a year before I did. Votes: 2

I couldn't speak English. I'm in kindergarten, and the only reason I got through to first grade is because I cheated. Votes: 2

Had my own car at twelve years old. Left school in the tenth grade. Married when I was sixteen. Ain't hard to figure out; I was a man at a very young age. Votes: 2

In fourth grade, I learned that reading was serious business, not just a pleasant way to pass the time, and that like medicine or engineering, it had a definite, valuable purpose: to foster 'comprehension.' Votes: 2

Real education is about genuine understanding and the ability to figure things out on your own; not about making sure every 7th grader has memorized all the facts some bureaucrats have put in the 7th grade curriculum. Votes: 2

If you had asked me back in grade school what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would have said my first choice was an actor, but if I couldn't be that, I'd want to be a superhero. Votes: 2

In the third grade, a nun stuffed me in a garbage can under her desk because she said that's where I belonged. I also had the distinction of being the only altar boy knocked down by a priest during mass. Votes: 2

I'm always trying to push the envelope and go with a different hairstyle that you're not going to see on anybody else. I have a really good grade of hair, and I can do a lot of different things with it. Votes: 2

When I was in seventh grade, I totally had a crush on a guy who was older than me, and he listened to alternative music. So he was into Days of the New and stuff like that, and more poppy stuff, too, like Matchbox Twenty. Votes: 2

Math was a two-part exam and I once didn't go for the second part. I knew I'd done so badly on the first it was hopeless. I re-took it about four or five times. I think I eventually got it by getting the top GCSE grade. Votes: 2

I stopped going to school in the middle of fourth grade. Everyone grows up with the peer pressure, and kids being mean to each other in school. I think that's such a horrible thing, but I never really dealt with it in a high school way. Votes: 2

I was a girly-girl until I moved to New York. Then I got really into the androgynous look of the early-'90s club scene. I had really short hair and started blurring the line a bit. But for me, grade school was about Benetton, Esprit, and Guess jeans. Votes: 2

I grew up below the poverty line; I didn't have as much as other people did. I think it made me stronger as a person, it built my character. Now I have a 4.0 grade point average and I want to go to college, and just become a better person. Votes: 2

Like it or not, life is a series of competitions. You may be competing for a grade, a spot on a team, a job, or the largest account in town. The higher your self-esteem is, the better you get along with yourself, with others, and the more you'll accomplish. Votes: 2

My mother taught public school, went to Harvard and then got her master's there and taught fifth and sixth grade in a public school. My dad had a more working-class lifestyle. He didn't go to college. He was an auto mechanic and a bartender and a janitor at Harvard. Votes: 2

When I was in first grade, everyone made fun of my name, of course. I think it's kind of a big name to hold up when you're nine years old. It seemed goofy. I used to tell people I wanted to change the world and they used to think, 'This kid's really weird'. Votes: 2

My parents separated before I was 1 year old. I moved in with my aunt and uncle when I was in fourth grade. I was, like, 8 or 9 years old. I was getting in a lot of trouble when I was in Southern California. My older sisters were in gangs. My older brother was in gangs. Votes: 2

I was not good in school. I could never read very fast or very well. I got tested for learning disabilities, for dyslexia. Then I got put on Ritalin and Dexedrine. I took those starting in the eighth grade. As soon as they pumped that drug into me, it would focus me right in. Votes: 2

I have this firm belief that I am who I am for a reason. If I change something, I'm cheating myself of whatever it is I'm supposed to learn from my body. You know, I'm legally blind. I'm 20/750, since I was in fifth grade. I wear glasses and contacts. But I won't even get LASIK. Votes: 2

I was always a clown. In the eighth grade I won a city speech contest by doing an Eddie Murphy routine. I'm no good at public speaking, but if I can assume a role and speak as that person, then I'm fine. When I had to give a book report, I always did it in character. Votes: 2

In ninth grade, I came up with a new form of rebellion. I hadn't been getting good grades, but I decided to get all A's without taking a book home. I didn't go to math class, because I knew enough and had read ahead, and I placed within the top 10 people in the nation on an aptitude exam. Votes: 2

My mother's dad dropped out of the eighth grade to work. He had to. By the time he was 30, he was a master electrician, plumber, carpenter, mason, mechanic. That guy was, to me, a magician. Anything that was broken, he could fix. Anybody anywhere in our community knew that if there was a problem, Carl was there to fix it. Votes: 2

All the years I coached, we sent a card to every professor for each kid I had, and I was able to keep track on a daily basis who cut class or who was dropping a grade average. What I did was bring that kid in at 5:00 in the morning, and he would run the stairs from the bottom to the top until I told him to quit. Votes: 2

I wasn't a jock in school, and by the 10th grade, when I was in boarding school I was carrying water buckets for the girls' hockey team. I was the kid with long hair and glasses and acne trying to learn how to play guitar and piano in the music center. I was not an athlete past the age of 13 or 14 when they start throwing the ball really fast. Votes: 2

I only finished first grade. Votes: 0

I did plays in grade school. Votes: 0

Old teachers never die, they just grade away. Votes: 0

I was a class clown since second grade. Votes: 0

My first dunk was actually in sixth grade. Votes: 0

I was home schooled starting in seventh grade. Votes: 0

I loved teaching. I used to teach fourth grade. Votes: 0

I knew school was stupid since the fifth grade. Votes: 0

I was obsessed with Agatha Christie in sixth grade. Votes: 0

I wrote my first short story in third grade. Votes: 0

I did not think I would make the grade. Votes: 0

I never cared what kind of grade I got. Votes: 0

The ninth grade. I went from 5'9 to 6'8. Votes: 0

In fourth grade, I missed 82 days of school. Out of 160. Votes: 0

I taught sixth grade for three and a half years. Votes: 0

There should be a course in first grade on love. Votes: 0

In my 8th grade yearbook picture I had on 2 chains. Votes: 0

Language instruction should start in the first grade. Writing, also. Votes: 0

In my 8th grade yearbook picture I had on 2 chains. Votes: 0

I bought an electric scooter in sixth grade. Bankrupted me. Votes: 0

I started getting letters from college in the tenth grade. Votes: 0

Congress is like first grade, only not as well behaved. Votes: 0

The last generations's worst fears become the next one's B-grade entertainment. Votes: 0

Leadership is like third grade: it means repeating the significant things. Votes: 0

In seventh grade, false feelings and false faces are the rule. Votes: 0

I'm stuck in 7th grade & I just keep getting let back Votes: 0

The last generation's worst fears became the next one's B-grade entertainment. Votes: 0

If I memorize enough stuff, I can get a good grade. Votes: 0

I played tournament chess from fifth grade up into high school. Votes: 0

Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices. Votes: 0

That girl is a grade one a-hole with a severe attitudinal problem. Votes: 0

I was slicking my hair back when I was in sixth grade. Votes: 0

The low-grade plagiarism of popularity will never lead you to true contentment. Votes: 0

I'm sure kids had masturbated by sixth grade. I had for sure. Votes: 0

I wrote my first piano piece when I was in 4th grade. Votes: 0

When I was in sixth grade, I wanted to become a priest. Votes: 0

You might think you see a lucky man who made the grade. Votes: 0

I ran for ninth grade class president. Came in a close second. Votes: 0

I spent three of the best years of my life in 10th grade. Votes: 0

the only means by which field-grade officers can expect a promotion is combat. Votes: 0

When red-headed people are above a certain social grade their hair is auburn. Votes: 0

Those who don't remember the past are condemned to repeat the eleventh grade. Votes: 0

Before the eighth grade, I probably went to seven or eight different schools. Votes: 0

In seventh and eighth grade, grammar and vocabulary were not my favorite subjects. Votes: 0

No creature can attain a higher grade of nature without ceasing to exist. Votes: 0

I was the ghost-faced killer for Halloween in the third or fourth grade. Votes: 0

True class can never receive the highest grade..for its grade is endless Votes: 0

I started trying to write when I was in second or third grade. Votes: 0

I have been playing since the third grade. It just makes me happy. Votes: 0

Mid-grade readers don't have short attention spans, they just have low boredom tolerance. Votes: 0

I don't like heights. This is why I stopped growing at fifth grade. Votes: 0

My nickname in grade school was salamander because I have a lazy eye Votes: 0

My mom is a public school teacher and works with third grade students. Votes: 0

Do you ever tell the truth?""Once. In fourth grade. It was overrated. Votes: 0

I was a paper boy, beginning the summer between my fourth-grade and fifth-grade years. Votes: 0

I failed public speaking in grade school, 'cause I was so nervous and scared. Votes: 0

I wrote my first story in second grade, and was trying novel-length by sixth. Votes: 0

I started out as a Cold Warrior, even my last years in grade school. Votes: 0

I did the 'Wizard of Oz' in third grade, and I was a witch. Votes: 0

And I thought to myself, 'I haven't had a Schlitz since the third grade! Votes: 0

If ignorance is indeed bliss, it is a very low grade of the article. Votes: 0

I didn't play soccer; I played that other football in grade school through college. Votes: 0

I began writing fictional stories and little screenplays when I was in fifth grade. Votes: 0

My mother had been a grade-school teacher, and my father had an eighth-grade education. Votes: 0

Schooling after the second grade plays only a minor role in creating or reducing gaps. Votes: 0

I've been recording myself since grade 10. Back then, it was just really crappy rock stuff. Votes: 0

I've known Woody Weatherman since fifth grade and I'm 46 so that's a long time man. Votes: 0

over protective? a butler in a grade- B movie? someones jewish mother? you got it Votes: 0

If children are reading well by the 3rd or 4th grade then everything else works. Votes: 0

From sixth grade on I was a real Pillsbury doughboy. Overweight, long hair, thick glasses. Votes: 0

I have an equal amount of patience as my grade-school children, which is not great. Votes: 0

I had my two front teeth knocked out by a sixth grader in first grade. Votes: 0

You wouldn’t know it by looking, but I had no teeth in first grade. Votes: 0

I married way out of my pay grade. I have no idea how that happened. Votes: 0

All the math you need in the stock market you get in the fourth grade. Votes: 0

I grew up taking piano lessons and liking Wagner when I was in second grade. Votes: 0

I had been writing fiction since I was in eighth grade, because I loved it. Votes: 0

I had a very high-grade publisher tell me I was incapable of writing a memoir. Votes: 0

If you think I'm annoying and preachy now, you should have known me in grade school. Votes: 0

When somebody turned me on to a Coltrane record around seventh grade, I took up saxophone. Votes: 0

At thirteen I began modeling, doing my first television commercial in ninth grade for Pizza Hut. Votes: 0

At thirteen I began modeling, doing my first television commercial in ninth grade for Pizza Hut. Votes: 0

I was a very, very serious child... I was valedictorian of my kindergarten and eighth-grade class. Votes: 0

My dad has had a rare form of leukemia since I was in about 7th grade. Votes: 0

I was born in Everett; I went through grade school in Everett, high school in Seattle. Votes: 0

The most unsuccessful three years in the education of cost estimators appears to be fifth-grade arithmetic. Votes: 0

Discovered W. Somerset Maugham in about 5th grade. Didn't understand the plots, but loved the descriptions. Votes: 0

I spent most of my seventh grade summer dehydrated, green-tongued, and smelling like a Malaysian whorehouse. Votes: 0

If you thought eighth grade was tough, try it with fangs and a fear of garlic. Votes: 0

I played in the percussion section 4th grade through high school - snare and timpani mostly. Votes: 0

You might be a redneck if you missed 5th grade graduation because you had jury duty. Votes: 0

You see, I went to the sixth grade and that was the highest I ever went. Votes: 0

I kicked a boy in the shins in second grade for making fun of my father. Votes: 0

My most memorable teacher was Rich Campe, my third-grade teacher at Fairlands Elementary in Pleasanton, California. Votes: 0

My parents moved back to New York from Florida when I was in the ninth grade. Votes: 0

When I was in fourth grade I was drawing Jordans when my mama couldn't afford them. Votes: 0

Your old grade book is a waste of space and time. Don't hesitate; just throw it Out. Votes: 0

Experience, they say, is the best teacher, but we get the grade first and the lesson later. Votes: 0

I have been training since 8th grade, but it has to do with listening, more than practice. Votes: 0

Yo, I failed ninth grade three times, but I don't think it was necessarily 'cause I'm stupid. Votes: 0

I was one of those dorky kids who'd wanted to go to Harvard since the fifth grade. Votes: 0

I just couldn't make the grade as a hack-that, like everything else, requires a certain practiced excellence. Votes: 0

We never graduate from first grade. Over and over, we have to go back to the beginning. Votes: 0

Any fourth grade history student knows socialism has failed in every country, at every time in history, Votes: 0

In third grade I thought I loved her - by sixth grade, I was sure of it Votes: 0

I remember in the fifth grade my dad would take me to Manhattan to shop for clothes. Votes: 0

The 9th grade was the best three years of my life. I was benching 85 lbs, drug free! Votes: 0

Basketball was not my main sport in grade school, or even the first year of high school. Votes: 0

I failed first grade, which is my biggest problem. You always feel like a failure, like you're stupid. Votes: 0

I once had this massacred afro in third grade. Parts were bigger than others. It was just terrible. Votes: 0

As Donald Trump continues to dominate the 2016 field, the Republican establishment's low-grade anxiety is becoming an all-out panic Votes: 0

When I was in the fourth grade, I became intensely interested in geography and I learned it well. Votes: 0

I was eleventh-grade class president. That was the first elective office I held until I came into Congress. Votes: 0

the weekly thirty minutes of sexual stress was a chronic but low-grade discomfort, like the humidity in Florida Votes: 0

I have a lot of memories of Falls Church. I went to grade school in Madison Elementary School. Votes: 0

I did attend Catholic schools up to the ninth grade, and I admire much in the Catholic Church. Votes: 0

I went through seventh grade in private school. I went to private school from kindergarten to seventh grade. Votes: 0

I lived in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, until eighth grade, and then my high-school years were in Rochester, New York. Votes: 0

Every child has a right to go to high school and end up with a third grade education. Votes: 0

I got kicked out in grade school because I staged a riot because I wanted more library time. Votes: 0

I did my first show in second grade. I was a munchkin in 'The Wizard of Oz.' Votes: 0

All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things. Votes: 0

By the time I was in the fourth grade, I sounded exactly like my father on the phone. Votes: 0

I quit high school the first day of 10th grade because I felt like I was wasting time. Votes: 0

By the time I was in sixth grade I could bound every country in the world from memory. Votes: 0

I started working out with my mom in 4th grade. She used to take me to the track. Votes: 0

I had a very wise mother. She always kept books that were my grade level in our house. Votes: 0

I was at a public school until I was in sixth grade when I moved to New York. Votes: 0

Sir, I didn't deserve the grade you gave me on this test. Do you know a lower one? Votes: 0

My big break was back in the third grade playing the third monkey in 'Horton Hears a Who. Votes: 0

I was involved with drama departments since the 5th grade. I played at it. It was an escape. Votes: 0

I'm from Wisconsin; well, that's where I went to school from, like, sixth grade till I graduated high school. Votes: 0

My mind spun like the flywheel on an antique John Deere, merry-go-round during second-grade recess, hard spun roulette wheel." Votes: 0

The Method of Bisection is a sophisticated version of a tool used in fifth grade called "Guess and Check". Votes: 0

My big break was back in the third grade playing the third monkey in 'Horton Hears a Who.' Votes: 0

Life is like a school; one can learn, one can graduate, one can skip a grade or stay behind. Votes: 0

I learned the word non-conformist in fourth grade and immediately announced that I would grow up to become one. Votes: 0

If grade inflation continues, a college bachelor's degree will have just as much credibility as a high school diploma. Votes: 0

I did one pageant in sixth grade, and I loved it! I loved the dresses and the big hair. Votes: 0

I've loved vampires for a very long time. In eighth grade, I guess, my research paper was on vampires. Votes: 0

I've only been in one fight in my whole life... in 7th grade, yet everyone thinks I'm a maniac. Votes: 0

Sixth grade was a big time, in my childhood, of hoops and friendship, and coming up with funny things. Votes: 0

The big scandal was when I was in seventh grade and I modeled a bathing suit. Everybody freaked out! Votes: 0

I liked this girl in my sixth grade class. I dared her to kiss me -- but she didn't! Votes: 0

I am especially indebted to a 10th grade English teacher who encouraged me to read great works of literature. Votes: 0

I think generally I'm a pretty good person if I had to grade myself. Or toot my own horn. Votes: 0

We broke up in eighth grade when Tara-Mae Forrester offered to let me touch her boobs. And I did. Votes: 0

I still can't manage to keep a journal, and people have been telling me to since the fourth grade. Votes: 0

I kind of fell into acting, but I have sung and trained since I was in the eighth grade. Votes: 0

I changed my name from Gail to Gayle in seventh grade because I liked to make a loopy 'y. Votes: 0

I never went to school beyond the 3rd grade, but my mother taught me the difference between right and wrong. Votes: 0

When I played 'Annie' in the seventh grade, I knew from then on that I wanted to be an actor. Votes: 0

I moved around 13 different times before I was in fifth grade, not having money, not having a lot of friends. Votes: 0

My grandfather could barely read. My grandmother had a sixth-grade education. They were people who were industrious. They were frugal. Votes: 0

I was barely in grade school when I helped my mother rearrange the living room furniture for the first time. Votes: 0

If we learned everything there is to know in kindergarten, it was promptly drummed out of us in first grade. Votes: 0

Everyone has the brainpower to follow the stock market. If you made it through fifth-grade math, you can do it. Votes: 0

I was in, like, nine schools by ninth grade, so I moved a ton of times when I was younger. Votes: 0

In first grade, I told my friends I had a third story in my house filled with jewels and lions. Votes: 0

My only foray into anything stock-market-related was in my eighth grade social studies class. I have steered clear ever since. Votes: 0

I finished all the math books by third grade and most of the reading books. So I was considered disruptive. Votes: 0

I didn't feel so different until maybe, like, around third grade. Kids started blaming me for my people killing Jesus. Votes: 0

I moved in fourth grade in the middle of the school year, and I was the new kid in school. Votes: 0

Whatever education I got was from experience and reading. But I also realize I wouldn't pass my friend's sixth-grade class. Votes: 0

My sister taught me everything I really need to know, and she was only in sixth grade at the time. Votes: 0

It was my fifth grade teacher who introduced the idea that writing could be more than a hobby for me. Votes: 0

I'm a huge fan of Billy Idol. I spiked my hair every day like him in 7th and 8th grade. Votes: 0

Dog parks are more cliquish than any other human gathering with the possible exception of seventh grade. Deal with it. Votes: 0

Life with most teenagers was like having a low-grade bladder infection. It hurts, but you had to tough it out. Votes: 0

I forgive nothing. If you stole my orange crayon in the fifth grade, you're still on my hit list, buddy. Votes: 0

I really haven't paid attention to Madonna since about like 7th or 8th grade when she used to be popular Votes: 0

I remember learning how to play 'The Fool On The Hill' on piano when I was in maybe fifth grade. Votes: 0

The best I could say about third grade was that it was a more or less continuous state of dread. Votes: 0

Always consider investing in a grade-A man with a grade-B idea. Never invest in a grade-B man with a grade-A idea. Votes: 0

In America there must be only citizens, not divided by grade, first and second, but citizens, east, west, north, and south. Votes: 0

I would not call myself Catholic anymore, but I went to 16 years of Catholic school: grade school, high school and college. Votes: 0

That's the great thing about being in the third grade. If you've got one polysyllabic adjective, everyone thinks you're a genius. Votes: 0

Repeating a grade needs to be the last resort, not an automatic response to a child who is struggling to learn. Votes: 0

My second grade teacher told me I would never graduate high school. That I was going to be a juvenile delinquent. Votes: 0

Sixteen years I've pounded my head against the mentality of America, which...I'd say it's about an 8th grade emotional level. Votes: 0

Most companies can survive even if their debt ratings are lowered below investment grade, although they will have higher borrowing costs. Votes: 0

You know, it's been proven that 35 to 40 hours a year with one-on-one attention, a student can get one grade level higher Votes: 0

I quit school in the sixth grade because of pneumonia. Not because I had it, but because I couldn't spell it. Votes: 0

I only went to school up until the beginning of tenth grade and I think that's when my style was developing. Votes: 0

I was in seventh grade, and getting a part in Full House was huge. It opened so many doors for me. Votes: 0

The second I learned to read in first grade, when I was 5, I preferred it to life. And I still do. Votes: 0

I have a daughter who is a sophomore in college and another who is in the 11th grade of high school. Votes: 0

There would not be a perfect likeness of God in the universe if all things were of one grade of being. Votes: 0

In 2nd grade, a girl who was a friend of mine gave me a homemade valentine. Like, a real, handwritten one! Votes: 0

If stakes and garlic were the top two things that could kill a vampire, ninth grade gym was a close third. Votes: 0

I was born in L.A. County Hospital, but I grew up in Pasadena. I married my 8th grade sweetheart, Marcia. Votes: 0

I remember in third grade, I asked my mom, 'How does an engine work?' So my mom bought me a book. Votes: 0

In projecting the future, I think Apple did a good job of figuring out when the technology was ready to be consumer-grade. Votes: 0

I started to explore computers on my own and first used one at the age of 6, when I was in first grade. Votes: 0

If you don't know the difference between dictatorship and leadership then you got to go back to a fifth grade civics class. Votes: 0

I only went to the third grade because my father only went to the fourth and I didn't want to pass him. Votes: 0

I only got a seventh-grade education, but I have a doctorate in funk, and I like to put that to good use Votes: 0

The greatest reward for a student is not a good grade. It is the willingness of his teacher to listen to him. Votes: 0

My entire high school career - my entire school career - I've been like three feet taller than everyone in my grade. Votes: 0

I auditioned for a play in fifth grade, and that's when I knew that I wanted to be a singer and performer. Votes: 0

Crosses?" "Definitely" "Why?" "Because they're evil, soulless, bloodsucking fiends?" "So was my sixth-grade gym teacher, but he wasn't afraid of a cross. Votes: 0

I feel like you learn how to do school in second grade through fifth grade. During those years, I was never home. Votes: 0

She's in tenth grade,' he said. 'I hear she's been homeschooled till now.' Maybe that explains it,' I said. Votes: 0

II know very, very little about the ukulele, but I actually grew up playing the viola from 4th grade through high school. Votes: 0

Tolerance is a cheap, low-grade parody of love. Tolerance is not a great virtue to aspire to. Love is much tougher and harder. Votes: 0

I was a big baseball player, and my passion in life, in third grade, was collecting baseball cards. That was my childhood thing. Votes: 0

Really, he called me that? Ellen DeGenerate? I've been getting that since fourth grade. I guess I'm happy I could give him work. Votes: 0

I didn't write anything at all except book reports until I was in seventh grade, and then I wrote mostly poetry for myself. Votes: 0

I'm dyslexic, although they didn't have a word for it when I was in grade school. The teachers said I had 'word blindness. Votes: 0

I didnt write anything at all except book reports until I was in seventh grade, and then I wrote mostly poetry for myself. Votes: 0

The teachers liked me. In grade school, they make you copy pictures from books. I think the first one was Robert Louis Stevenson. Votes: 0

My mother was a first-grade teacher, so I credit her with this lifelong intellectual curiosity I have, and love of reading and learning. Votes: 0

I enjoy going to campuses and reading and doing a class or teaching and then running away and not having to grade papers. Votes: 0

I've been doing the academic side of music and the rock side of music in conjunction, basically, since I was in fourth grade. Votes: 0

In grade school I was smart, but I didn't have any friends. In high school, I quit being smart and started having friends. Votes: 0

When I feel off, I read the 'Tao Te Ching' to get my equilibrium right. I started reading it in the eleventh grade. Votes: 0

I had a ninth grade teacher who told me I was much smarter and much better than I was allowing myself to be. Votes: 0

Of course you don't want your kids swearing. But remember how fun it was to cuss when you were in the first grade? Votes: 0

I grew up in my mom's third grade classroom and always helping her, and I also got a passion for kids that way. Votes: 0

I don't look at myself as a hero or smart person. I have a seventh-grade education, but I've had a lot of fun. Votes: 0

Books have always been important to me - my mom was a first grade teacher, so I grew up reading all the time. Votes: 0

I was forced to go to Cotillion when I was in seventh grade. So I learned what fork is what and dance steps. Votes: 0

I wrote my first rhymes around 8th grade. After serving a year in juvenile detention, I decided to pursue my career as an artist. Votes: 0

I'm watching my own daughter grow up. I see this overt sexual culture coming at her like a Mack truck. She's in seventh grade. Votes: 0

I played football in eighth grade, and even though I had a passion for it, it turned out I'm no good at playing it. Votes: 0

As a child, my number one best friend was the librarian in my grade school. I actually believed all those books belonged to her. Votes: 0

In my fourth grade classroom, I even instituted a government structure, because I was really interested in people having positions and there being law. Votes: 0

First grade is very cheap. It's the later grades where you have to spend a lot of money if you don't do it right. Votes: 0

When I was in fifth grade, a boy put a rose on my desk and I threw it away. The attention makes me nervous. Votes: 0

I walked to Seward School first through fourth grade. It's just amazing to me now that we'd walk down 10th Avenue on Capitol Hill. Votes: 0

When I read the Upanishads, which are part of Vedanta, I found a profundity of worldview that made my Christianity seem like third grade. Votes: 0

When I read the Upanishads, which are part of Vedanta, I found a profundity of worldview that made my Christianity seem like third grade." Votes: 0

Young kids are always singing and painting. When you get to that second and third grade level, you're supposed to put all that aside. Votes: 0

It may sound lame, but I've been journaling since I was in third grade. I love it! It makes me feel calm and happy. Votes: 0

A fourth-grade reader may be a sixth-grade mathematician. The grade is an administrative device which does violence to the nature of the developmental process. Votes: 0

This disease they call 'rap' - some kind of rhythmic pulse is going by, while some sociopathic idiot is belching out grade school poetry. Votes: 0

I been drunk most my life, don't ask me why. Through ninth grade, I ain't go to high school, ...I went to school high. Votes: 0

I don't know why I always liked aerospace engineering. I was in the 10th grade when I figured that's what I wanted to do. Votes: 0

talking to yourself again, jas? yes, it beats talking to you. oh, time machine back to first grade much? only to visit your brain. Votes: 0

Whether you're an obstetrician or a third-grade teacher or a real estate agent, you know when you're doing good work. You're passionate about it. Votes: 0

A church is an incubator, a nursery, a grade school. You start where people are and move them to where they need to be. Votes: 0

I was always a reader. In the fifth grade, I got some sort of prize for having read hundreds of books from the library. Votes: 0

I quit school in ninth grade, even though I was good at the studies. I knew I didn't need school for what I wanted. Votes: 0

You can never be too old or too young to be attracted to someone. I still remember my first crush back in grade school. Votes: 0

Determine a single measure that you can use to grade your progress and success in each area of your life. Refer to it daily. Votes: 0

From the time I was ten, I thought of myself as 'good with words,' thanks to a perceptive and supportive fifth grade teacher. Votes: 0

I been drunk most my life, don't ask me why. Through ninth grade, I ain't go to high school, ...I went to school high. Votes: 0

When I was in grade school I was into chess club, Latin club, D&D, computer camp - everything that made vaginas go away. Votes: 0

I played Winnie the Pooh in first grade. I was an early adopter of standing in front of people and looking like an idiot. Votes: 0

Children don't drop out of high school when they are 16, they do so in the first grade and wait 10 years to make it official. Votes: 0

All my friends went to the Madonna concert when I was in, maybe, the 9th grade, and my mother refused to let me go. Votes: 0

In seventh grade...I found a place on the [library]shelf where my book would be if I ever wrote a book, which I doubted. Votes: 0

I loved school. But when I started 'Party of Five' in the fifth grade, I was taken out of school and tutored on the set. Votes: 0

I have a weird vision of relationships because my parents have known each other since second grade, and they got married right out of college. Votes: 0

When I was in grade school I was always the guy that got 20 or 18 points. Even back then, I would lead my team in scoring. Votes: 0

Burnin marijuana pon di corner, It keep me calmer, It mek me smarter. Burnin pon di highway, its the highest grade, gettin into my head. Votes: 0

In fourth grade I had a high school reading level, but I didn't want to go to school and I didn't feel I belonged there. Votes: 0

If hot food is they key to maintaining an expedition's stamina, then low grade gut-rot alcohol is the key to sustaining its sense of pleasure. Votes: 0

Running a school where the students all succeed, even if some students have to help others to make the grade, is good preparation for democracy. Votes: 0

A talking computor with an attitude problem? Haven't I seen that in a dozen b-grade sci-fi flicks?" "Where do you think I got the idea? Votes: 0

I took a Logo programming class in fifth grade. Logo is a language specifically designed for the classroom environment. It was basically doodling through words. Votes: 0

Schoolwork came kind of natural to me, but when I brought home a grade that wasn't up to par, my parents let me know it. Votes: 0

My mother started taking us to church when I was in seventh or eight grade. That was always a question, Do you believe in God? Votes: 0

I didn't go to high school, and I didn't go to grade school either. Education, I think, is for refinement and is probably a liability. Votes: 0

If you let him go and he doesn't come back to you, he wasn't yours to begin with. It's a lesson learned in first grade Votes: 0

I was a bookworm who aced every test - until third grade, when my teacher handed out a pop quiz about Jesus and the Apostles. Votes: 0

In our Nation, approximately 22.5 million children ride school buses to and from school each day, which accounts for 54 percent of all students attending grade school. Votes: 0

There hasn't been a day in my life since I started Latin in ninth grade that I haven't benefited by the lives of the ancients. Votes: 0

Communities and neighborhoods are affected. Idling trains, traffic backups, grade crossing accidents and other safety issues all affect the quality of life in our neighborhoods. Votes: 0

I think my masks reference artists who reference primitivism. They're not directly connected to tribal arts. I think they look more like third-grade art projects. Votes: 0

I cried every day of first grade. In class. Which meant I ended up getting comfortable emoting in a place where it wasn't the norm. Votes: 0

Blacks can get into medical school with a lower grade ... If that's true, a Jew should be able to play basketball with a lower net. Votes: 0

It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides. Votes: 0

[Kid] never learned to read in kindergarten, first, and second, so in third grade he begins to be placed in the EMH or the learning-disabled rooms. Votes: 0

You surround yourself with amazing, grade-A talent, and you're going to have to lift your game. You kind of thrive just by being around such people. Votes: 0

Some of my very closest friends are my guy friends, going back to the third grade, so I believe in the integrity of the male-female friendship. Votes: 0

The pupil is ... 'schooled' to confuse teaching with learning, grade advancement with education, a diploma with competence, and fluency with the ability to say something new. Votes: 0

I taped the autopsy photos from Marilyn Monroe's death to my lunch box in fifth grade, and I would write stories in which someone inevitably died. Votes: 0

My favorite book is 'Go Away Big Green Monster.' I wrote it for my granddaughter Adrian, who was in the third grade at the time. Votes: 0

You surround yourself with amazing, grade-A talent, and you're going to have to lift your game. You kind of thrive just by being around such people." Votes: 0

Once I started first grade, I started going to Emmanuel Baptist Church regularly. I went to Sunday school. We had Bible readings and things like that. Votes: 0

My first girlfriend in high school, I had a girlfriend in grade school, but my first girlfriend in high school was Mare Winningham, very fine actress. Votes: 0

Head Start graduates are more likely to graduate from high school and less likely to need special education, repeat a grade, or commit crimes in adolescence. Votes: 0

My name's Todd but I changed it in the first grade because there was another kid named Todd and I didn't understand that that was possible. Votes: 0

I was running since I was 10. Since grade one at school people looked at me and thought, oh gosh she can really run, she's a natural. Votes: 0

I started drawing in first grade. Because the kid next to me was drawing, and I remember thinking: I want to be able to do that! Votes: 0

Whatever your grade or position, if you know how and when to speak, and when to remain silent, your chances of real success are proportionately increased. Votes: 0

After my stellar first grade academic achievements, I continued to perform well in the city primary schools - except for penmanship, which was not my forte. Votes: 0

Life expects us to make a reasonable amount of progress in a reasonable amount of time. That's why they make those second grade chairs so small. Votes: 0

The town I grew up in was at least fifty percent Jewish, so every weekend in the 7th grade, we went to Bar and Bat Mitzvahs. Votes: 0

Intelligent people tend to talk about the facts. They don't sit around and call each other names. That's what you can find on a third grade playground. Votes: 0

Intelligent people tend to talk about the facts. They don't sit around and call each other names. That's what you can find on a third grade playground. Votes: 0

No Child Left Behind's fourth-grade gains aren't learning gains, they're testing gains. That's why they don't last. The law is a distraction from things that really count. Votes: 0

By the time they get to 6th grade honor roll students won't risk making a mistake, and sometimes to be successful, you have to risk making mistakes. Votes: 0

Ideas are like pizza dough, made to be tossed around, and nearly every book represents what my son's third grade teacher refers to as a "teachable moment. Votes: 0

Nobody makes bouillabaisse from scratch. It's all a bunch of malarkey. Even the restaurants buy a commercial-grade product. I had a very famous chef tell me that. Votes: 0

I learned in grade-school that after WWII European politicians considered sending Jews to Madagascar instead of Palestine. At the time I thought: Madagascar would've been so great. Votes: 0

Sometimes I'll dress like a boy, sometimes I'll dress like a Japanese crazy teenybopper. I have clothes from the 7th grade that I've kept and still wear. Votes: 0

Hey anyone who thinks a non-military–grade rappelling cable can support the weight of two grown men and a miniature donkey deserves to fall off a cliff. Votes: 0

I don't recall exactly when I first began reading about Lewis and Clark and their Corps of Discovery, but I suspect that it was in fourth grade. Votes: 0

Every author really wants to have letters printed in the papers. Unable to make the grade, he drops down a rung of the ladder and writes novels. Votes: 0

God does not care what good you did, but why you did it. He does not grade the fruit but probes the core and tests the root. Votes: 0

I've been playing youth basketball ever since I was in sixth grade; I've been traveling ever since I was in sixth grade, so I'm used to it. Votes: 0

I made the decision that I was going to make rap music in, like, fourth grade, so it's been something I was saying for a long time. Votes: 0

I just really want to make a good show and make it as interesting as I can, and anything else is kind of above my pay grade. Votes: 0

I never really called people out. It was more along the lines of teasing a person. It started for me in fifth grade on the basketball court. Votes: 0

I'm blessed because I had my mom as a teacher - sixth through eighth grade - and she is one of the best teachers I've ever had. Votes: 0

I grew up in Del Mar, Calif., north of San Diego. I got my first job the summer after eighth grade at a small Internet service provider. Votes: 0

Of course, in our grade school, in those days, there were no organized sports at all. We just went out and ran around the school yard for recess. Votes: 0

During the debate, Palin winked, wrinkled her nose, and gave a shout-out to a third-grade class. Well, you know, that says commander-in-chief to me right there. You betcha! Votes: 0

I dunno, around 11th grade, 12th grade I was just like "yeah. This is something I want to do". I was always known; I was always the rapper. Votes: 0

I read Holes in 10th grade, and I havent read a full book since. The movie version with Shia LaBeouf was OK, but the book was way better. Votes: 0

I wrote a song at age five about algae on the pond by our house, then the next 'real' song was in fifth grade about an unrequited crush. Votes: 0

I read 'Holes' in 10th grade, and I haven't read a full book since. The movie version with Shia LaBeouf was OK, but the book was way better. Votes: 0

I played football in the ninth and 10th grade. I looked a lot like Joe Namath, so I think my looks got me there more than my abilities. Votes: 0

I think humor is key [to a successful middle-grade novel]. Kids like to read for entertainment, and the best way to entertain kids is to make them laugh. Votes: 0

I wrote my first novel in eighth grade for a boy named Kenny on whom I had an unrequited crush and who sat behind me in social studies. Votes: 0

Yeah,there was a whole chapter on you in my eight grade History of Angels textbook," Miles said. Arriane clapped. "And they told me that book was banned! Votes: 0

I miss third grade because you could kill people in dodgeball. Remember the rules to dodgeball? If you're fat or have glasses, don't show up because you'll die. Votes: 0

I am the kind of dude that would go to your seventh grade class and sit at the back of the classroom and stare at all your butts. Votes: 0

Morning.""What do you think you're doing?""Hey, you aren't the only one who had a bad night. Fourth grade is rough. I had two hours of homework. Votes: 0

You learn to read in kindergarten or first grade, and suddenly there's this other world that isn't your family or your school or your friends. It's something else. Votes: 0

Growing up, I was always in the kitchen. Even in third grade, I made cooking videos called 'The Little Italian.' Very little production value, but it was good. Votes: 0

In the end all that matters is climbing and pushing your personal limits. No matter the grade, if you climb something that was hard for you, then that's sick. Votes: 0

Growing up, I was always in the kitchen. Even in third grade, I made cooking videos called 'The Little Italian.' Very little production value, but it was good. Votes: 0

When I was really little, my favorite book was 'The BFG'. I read it - my teacher in, like, first grade read it to us. I love that book. Votes: 0

I started writing stories in sixth grade. But writing wasn't cool, like being good at sports, or being part of the in crowd, or winning fights on the playground. Votes: 0

The Sunday School teacher talked too much in the way our grade school teacher used to when she told us about George Washington. Pleasant, pretty stories, but not true. Votes: 0

I once tried to light a joint with a fire ant, but what did I know? I was high on glue and in the third grade, just like grandpa. Votes: 0

The first horror movie I saw, in first or second grade, was My Bloody Valentine [1981], where there's a deranged killer in a miner mask stalking a small coal town. Votes: 0

Experts say that if children can't read by the end of the fifth grade, they lose self-confidence and self-esteem, making them more likely to enter the juvenile justice system. Votes: 0

In the 9th grade I began my first wage work for the West Side Drug store delivering prescriptions and sundries on my bicycle to customers who called in orders. Votes: 0

There was a climber named Bridwell On grade I's he did well. But on grade VI, he got into a fix and rappelled to the talus and hid well. Votes: 0

I played trumpet for about two weeks. Sixth grade. And I didn't practice. Maybe a little longer than two weeks, but I didn't practice and I was faking it. Votes: 0

It would have to be connected with performance art somehow, either in the front of the house or the back. I was myopic about this from fourth grade on Votes: 0

They kept saying 'It's sushi-grade!' And I'm like... 'Put some soy sauce on this. Get me some rice. And cook it. And then get me out of here. Votes: 0

I've always been a fan at home. That's the one joke I have with Sam [Champion]. "I've always loved you! I remember wanting to be you in grade school!" Votes: 0

In the state of Wisconsin it's mandated that teachers in the social sciences and hard sciences have to start giving environmental education by the first grade, through high school. Votes: 0

In the state of Wisconsin it's mandated that teachers in the social sciences and hard sciences have to start giving environmental education by the first grade, through high school Votes: 0

It would have to be connected with performance art somehow, either in the front of the house or the back. I was myopic about this from fourth grade on. Votes: 0

There are several places in Vietnam where they're teaching computer science from second grade in class, so they don't have a gender divide because everybody is expected to program. Votes: 0

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 have someone who always knew what you needed. Votes: 0

I was in elementary school in Mississippi, and when Katrina hit, my mom put me in home school. So ever since sixth grade, I've been home schooled, which was interesting. Votes: 0

I'm condemned by some inner compulsion to think about the daily rituals of my life. I have a low grade fever for improving myself in many ways, including everyday tasks. Votes: 0

We buy them (books) as our budget allows. But eighth grade has four trade books (individual-title books), and you have time to do more than that during the school year. Votes: 0

When I turned 15, I left school having failed to make the minimum grade. With little direction I enlisted at the local culinary school. Here the academic demands were less rigorous. Votes: 0

In the fourth grade, I learned how to fake walking into a door. You know, you hit it with your hand and snap your head back. The girls loved it. Votes: 0

You should never be mean to other girls. I don't care what grade you're in. Be nice to people until you're my age... and you have your own TV show. Votes: 0

I'd love to go back and teach primary school. I used to teach fourth grade and fifth grade. I'd love to spend several years teaching kindergarten or maybe third grade. Votes: 0

When I get compared to artists like José González or Bon Iver, I can't help but think, 'I've been doing this since they were in third grade.' Votes: 0

I had been encouraged a lot by my parents and my sixth grade teacher, James Doyle at Main Street Elementary School. He was an early supporter of my writing ability. Votes: 0

Your tax dollars are being used to pay for grade school classes that teach our children that CANNIBALISM, WIFE-SWAPPING, and the MURDER of infants and the elderly are acceptable behavior. Votes: 0

All of my close friends have been in my life for years. My best friends are all people I met in grade school, going back as far as 3rd grade. Votes: 0

Although simulators are great for building step-by-step knowledge of a procedure, the worst thing that can happen in a sim is that you get a bad grade on your performance. Votes: 0

Like my grandpa, who dropped out of school to farm, I have a 4th grade education. Of course, I have a college degree, too. Both require the same reading level. Votes: 0

I began writing in the 4th grade. As a matter of fact, I produced a play for the entire school. It was about Leif Ericson and the discovery of America. Votes: 0

Around 5th and 6th grade I thought Dean Martin was the coolest guy in the world; he was a great singer, had his own television show and acted in movies. Votes: 0

I got into therapy in the fifth grade because I said in a sarcastic way that I was going to kill myself, and they didn't get it then. Nothing's changed. Votes: 0

You know the Singaporean. He is a hard-working, industrious, rugged individual. Or we would not have made the grade. But let us also recognise that he is a champion grumbler. Votes: 0

In an ideal world, the perfect biographical subject would have been the star of his penmanship class at grade school - and would thereafter write an English that positively sings. Votes: 0

I hate to lose. When I was a kid, I used to cry every time I lost a game, up until, like, the 8th grade. I used to go ballistic. Votes: 0

I dropped out of school in the 11th grade because there was no purpose in it for me. I'm not proud of this, and I'm not trying to promote it. Votes: 0

As a teacher you can see the difference in kids who have parents who were involved. That difference, by the time these kids get to the third grade, is drastic. Votes: 0

She pulled down the blanket and aimed baby Sophie's bottom at him like she might unleash a fusillade of weapons-grade poopage such as the guileless Beta Male had never seen. Votes: 0

She had observed that the more education they got, the less they could do. Their father had gone to a one-room schoolhouse through the eighth grade and he could do anything. Votes: 0

I've been writing plays since the third grade. The biggest difference now is that professionals act in them rather than eight year olds...and the language is a bit more "colorful". Votes: 0

This is my saddest story: In grade school, they would have us open our Valentine's cards and read them out loud. I always sent cards to myself because nobody else did." Votes: 0

I've just returned from my daughter's Halloween parade at grade school. She was supergirl - and she was perfect. And, even better, she still considers boys to be made of kryptonite. Votes: 0

There's always that seventh-grade girl who looks like she's 25. And you're like, How do you do it? How do you do it, Sarah Jaxheimer?Why is your hair always so shiny?! Votes: 0

This is my saddest story: In grade school, they would have us open our Valentine's cards and read them out loud. I always sent cards to myself because nobody else did. Votes: 0

I've been acting since second grade, telling stories, making my parents laugh here and there, so I'm hoping my 'thing' is acting. But I also make a really good bread pudding. Votes: 0

I remember when I was in the sixth grade, my friends used to come over and we would give each other blindfolded makeovers, which turned out interestingly to say the least! Votes: 0

Let us resolve: First, to attain the grace of silence; second, to deem all fault finding that does no good a sin; third, to practice the grade and virtue of praise. Votes: 0

When we home schooled my oldest, Jasper, in eighth grade, I saw how empowering it is for a child to learn in their own way. That rebooted my thinking about education. Votes: 0

Ive been wearing lipstick since I was in 7th grade. That was our form of daring self-expression, because we had to wear uniforms in school. It made our teachers so angry. Votes: 0

our culture is definitely the eighth grade. It's run by eighth-grade boys, and the way these boys show a girl they like her is by humiliating her and making her cry. Votes: 0

I've been wearing lipstick since I was in 7th grade. That was our form of daring self-expression, because we had to wear uniforms in school. It made our teachers so angry. Votes: 0

I've been playing baseball since I was 5 or 6 years old. I've been on a schedule, pretty much, since I was in eighth, ninth grade. I look forward to not doing that. Votes: 0

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 now. THIS is all that matters! TODAY. Votes: 0

The first book I ever wrote was in fourth grade and it was called 'Billy's Booger.' It was an autobiographical piece about a kid who was really bad at math. Votes: 0

I want to reach back into my history with a grade-school pink eraser, scrubbing away my decisions like mistakes on a math test. Too bad I drew my mistakes in ink. Votes: 0

The pros and cons of using the apron are likely above my pay grade, but with or without it, the Indy 500 is always going to be an exciting race to watch. Votes: 0

The room fell quiet. And as I read down the list of over one hundred and fifty eight-grade boys, I realized that to me, there had only ever been one boy. Votes: 0

I went to several different grade schools all over the West Coast. I got polio when I was 8 and spent eight months in the hospital and a rehab clinic in Seattle. Votes: 0

I want to reach back into my history with a grade-school pink eraser, scrubbing away my decisions like mistakes on a math test. To bad I drew my mistakes in ink. Votes: 0

Otis was inspired by a boy who sat across the aisle from me in sixth grade. He was a lively person. My best friend appears in assorted books in various disguises. Votes: 0

Even after 'Gangster' being a success, I was considered a B-grade actress and was a sidekick, even though I was good at what I did, and was jobless for two years. Votes: 0

I apologize for Pam. I accidentally hit her in the head with a baseball when we were in fifth grade and knocked her out cold. She's never been right since. (Tory) Votes: 0

OK, it was black, it was below grade, I was female, Asian American, young, too young to have served. Yet I think none of the opposition in that sense hurt me. Votes: 0

I grew really fast. It's true I went from 5'6" to 6'1" in six months in 8th grade. By the end of 8th grade, I was 6'1". Everyone was freaking out. Votes: 0

All my life I knew I would have a big business. That's what I wanted from the time I was in second grade; there was never a doubt in my mind. Votes: 0

I truly believe that God brought this, Dorothy Day script to me, because for a long time up until I was in eight grade - I wanted to be a nun. Votes: 0

But that did not make Mirko happy - the world was melting away; what was a grade compared with the world? He gazed through the windows and watched the thickly falling snow. Votes: 0

The sixth grade made my life successful by preparing me for the seventh and the seventh by preparing me for the eighth and so on. May it do the same for you. Votes: 0

My first-grade teacher told me I was the dumbest student she ever had. She did me a favor. If she told me I was very smart, I wouldn't have tried to improve. Votes: 0

My brother Bill, who is a year older, is a climber, and when I was in the seventh grade, he taught me how to rappel off the frozen waterfall in our backyard. Votes: 0

I didnt really grow up a comic book fanatic. I was a big baseball player, and my passion in life, in third grade, was collecting baseball cards. That was my childhood thing. Votes: 0

I can remember being bullied and teased. It was absolutely horrible. I got kicked out of ninth grade for throwing a book at a girl who teased me. It was absolutely terrible. Votes: 0

I didn't really grow up a comic book fanatic. I was a big baseball player, and my passion in life, in third grade, was collecting baseball cards. That was my childhood thing. Votes: 0

I got in drama class in high school and I only got in there because there were girls and I thought maybe I could make a grade above a C in something. Votes: 0

There's no true value placed in learning, if the point of you learning something is to simply know it for a test, to get a grade, to go to the good school. Votes: 0

My mother passed when I was in the third grade, my father when I was in the seventh, and that's when I was shipped to Los Angeles to live with an aunt. Votes: 0

But I guess you would look beatific, too, if the man you had been in love with since the fifth grade had told you that he was in love with you, too. Votes: 0

The literacy level at Mississippi prisons? Fifth grade. Can't read, what are you going to do? If you've got a conviction rap, what are you going to do? It's a real crisis. Votes: 0

Everybody is probably guilty of something. I'm sure that if anyone looked into my heart long enough, they could say, you know, 'Bill had some unkind thoughts back in second grade.' Votes: 0

Who has the best features? This was a little game, conducted several times and always with the same results, in seventh grade, the time when so many of life's little horrors begin. Votes: 0

Aeschylus writes, "In our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grade of God. Votes: 0

All the other kids in ninth grade were drawing hot rods and cocker spaniels and getting blue ribbons in art class. I was getting rejection slips from the 'Saturday Evening Post.' Votes: 0

I was a good student. By 8th grade, you've basically learned everything. By senior year, we was drinking, we was kickin' it, we was rapping. It wasn't really like business, hard work. Votes: 0

I got the writing bug in the fourth grade when a poem of mine was published in the school newspaper. Music criticism came a little later, when I was in high school. Votes: 0

When I was in second grade, my mother moved from Miami to this evangelical conservative environment in western North Carolina, two miles down the road from Billy Graham and his wife, Ruth. Votes: 0

When I look at her, it's like when I was in seventh grade and fell in love for the first time, where it's debilitating. That's available 24/7 if I want, which is amazing. Votes: 0

I have wanted to sing for as long as I can remember. Literally, since maybe the second grade. I don't think there was one turning point where I said, "This is it". Votes: 0

I grew up on the back of a motorcycle - my dad didn't have a car until I was a teenager. And then my closest friend from grade school was a guy. Votes: 0

That man will never be a perfect gentleman who lives only with gentlemen. To be a man of the world we must view that world in every grade and in every perspective. Votes: 0

My dad has had a rare form of leukemia since I was in about 7th grade. But they've come up with some amazing drugs since then and he's doing really well today. Votes: 0

In grade school, I was a complete geek. You know, there's always the kid who's too short, the kid who wears glasses, the kid who's not athletic. Well, I was all three. Votes: 0

I did keep detailed journals from about fifth grade on, and every so often as I was growing up, I would re-read them and reflect on the previous years of my life. Votes: 0

I've written poetry since I was in the first grade, and it wasn't until I was a little bit older that I realized poetry could be put to music and become a song. Votes: 0

I wasn't athletic as a kid, and I was self-conscious about my body, but then in eighth grade I won a school contest, and the prize was a bunch of personal training sessions. Votes: 0

I hated the lost colony; in second grade, we were doing American History, and they said, We don't know what happened to them. That drove me nuts. That lost colony drove me crazy. Votes: 0

I was never forced to write. At least, I was never forced or even encouraged to write fiction. Creative writing wasn't in the curriculum at my school when I was in sixth grade. Votes: 0

When I was in the seventh grade I did a report about the environment and the loss of species. It was supposed to be only a few pages, but ended up being nearly 50. Votes: 0

My father was in Congress when I was born. He was mayor my whole life from when I was in grade school - first grade - to when I went away to college. Votes: 0

He'd barely seen me coming, and despite the horribleness of what I'd just done, I kind of wished one of my instructors had been there to grade me on such an awesome performance. Votes: 0

My very beloved and deceased third-grade teacher, Cliff Kehod, was the one that I really remember calling me Ike a lot. It just stuck. It is a dog's name, but I love dogs. Votes: 0

If you would try out a preacher, send him to preach to farmers: if he cannot make the grade there, let him reconsider his call - or maybe he needs to be converted. Votes: 0

Gansey had no idea how old Blue was. He knew she'd just finished eleventh grade. Maybe she was sixteen. Maybe she was eighteen. Maybe she was twenty-two and just very short and remedial. Votes: 0

A child in the 4th grade who's just learning algebra is not imperfect. While there may be a child in the 12th grade who's much better, the child who's learning is not imperfect. Votes: 0

I was raised a Catholic on both sides of the family. I went to a Catholic grade school and thought everybody in the country was Catholic, because that's all I ever was associated with. Votes: 0

I was bullied in first grade, and it's definitely not fun. But always tell somebody instead of holding it in. Communicate with people and just say, 'Hey, I'm being bullied. I need help.' Votes: 0

revolution is man's normal activity, and if he is wise he will grade it slowly so that it may be almost imperceptible - otherwise it will jerk in fits and starts and cause discomfort ... Votes: 0

I think by eighth grade I knew I wanted to be an actor. I'd done church plays and stuff, but my first actual acting class was in eighth grade. I was obsessed with it. Votes: 0

I was a baseball guy. Mom wouldn't let me play football when I was little because she was scared I'd get hurt. So, I finally convinced her to let me play in 7th grade. Votes: 0

I grew really fast. It's true I went from 5'6'' to 6'1'' in six months in 8th grade. By the end of 8th grade, I was 6'1''. Everyone was freaking out. Votes: 0

I did start wrestling after I moved to Iowa, I think in the seventh grade. It's really a part of the Iowa culture so it's hard not to do it if you like sports. Votes: 0

I wanted to be a fifth grade teacher because my teacher was so important to me and was giving me the education that was going to take me through life and through this world. Votes: 0

I've been fascinated by music for as long as I can remember. I was the kid on the playground in the third grade who would tell other kids about Paul Simon or Depeche Mode. Votes: 0

In preschool, I would plan out my show-and-tell every week to be funny and exciting. Then in first grade I wrote a play, and my classmates and I performed it as a puppet show. Votes: 0

I grew up in Dallas, with cowboys. I was the only guy in sixth grade with long hair and an earring. Let's just say I got a lot of, er, flak for being different. Votes: 0

First grade was - I spoke only Spanish, and second grade - probably a bit more English. And by the time I hit third grade, I was learning, of course, much, much more English. Votes: 0

My first attempt at a kiss was in fifth grade, but it didn't go so well. Later, I used Boyz II Men and Jodeci songs to come on to girls. I had more success. Votes: 0

When I was little, I would always lie about the stupidest things. In kindergarten or first grade, I would tell people I had tigers living in my attic and a room full of gold. Votes: 0

I got my first whiff of what big-time adult literature was all about when I was in 8th grade. I got it from Mark Linn-Baker. You know - the guy from 'Perfect Strangers.' Votes: 0

I've always been a late bloomer. My body developed late. From ninth to 10th grade, I grew like 3 inches. Just kind of stretched out. I was like 6-1, grew to 6-4 in 10th grade. Votes: 0

Everyone in my family can sing - my momma can sing, my cousins. I was in the third grade and I was that kid who was so bad in school because I could sing. Votes: 0

When I was in seventh grade my mom caught me smoking cigarettes and punished me by making me smoke the entire carton. All it did was piss me off because I was out of cigarettes. Votes: 0

Even from when I was in grade school or church or wherever, I was always like: we're one, and we should respect each other and grow as one. And respect each other's diversity, of course. Votes: 0

I used to be in love with Sandra Bullock when I was growing up. Sandy B. was my girl. I remember seeing Speed when I was in seventh grade and just thinking, 'That's her.' Votes: 0

I started working around eigth grade. I remember doing a Doritos commercial where there were four days in a row of eating them, and I will tell you, I have not eaten many Doritos since. Votes: 0

It was probably in third grade - I had a super fake, gold herringbone chain. I don't remember if it was my mom's or how I got it, but ever since then, I've loved chains. Votes: 0

When I was in 10th grade, I took one of those tests that's supposed to tell you what you should be when you grow up. The test told me that I should be a journalist. Votes: 0

I loved Anne Rice's 'Interview with a Vampire' and 'The Vampire Lestat'. I found a copy of 'Interview' when I was in seventh grade at a garage sale for 25 cents. It had a crazy cover. Votes: 0

I'm getting paid to do what I got in trouble for in the 7th grade. I absolutely love what I do and thank my lucky stars for twenty-five years of full-time employment in this business. Votes: 0

I think I'm a better doctor than I am a husband. I give myself a good grade as a doctor, then the next best grade as a father, and the worst grade as a husband. Votes: 0

I know what you're thinking: why is Chris Rock bagging groceries? But I dropped out of high school in the tenth grade, so if I couldn't tell jokes this is exactly what I'd be doing. Votes: 0

My mother was an artist, and I was fairly good at art as a child. I was always the best drawer in class, except in second grade when an artistic genius passed through our school! Votes: 0

I would never be popular. I didn't want to be; I liked being shy. I'd never be the smartest or the hottest or the happiest. By eighth grade you start to figure out your limits. Votes: 0

Most of the girls I know are from my school. I've gone to school with the same people since fourth grade, so I can't wait to go to a place where I don't know anybody. Votes: 0

My first day in grade school, I was plain scared. I left the comfort of my run-down house, which I loved, and went to school where it was cold, it smelled, the lighting was bad. Votes: 0

I remember hearing in first grade, 'Oh, why does she get to skip school?' It wasn't like I suddenly started feeling different. I always knew that I was. I never felt I missed out. Votes: 0

I was a bad dater, and up until 8th grade I went to an all boy's school. So, by the time I hit high school I was a bit freaked out by women in general. Votes: 0

I remember I'd come home from fifth, sixth grade, and I'd watch 'Saved by the Bell' and be like, 'I hope my high school experience is like that.' And it totally wasn't. It sucked. Votes: 0

Having a sense of fun in books is a huge, huge deal, because a lot of times kids - even me when I got to third or fourth grade - don't associate reading with fun. Votes: 0

I knew, starting in 10th grade, I wanted to be in theater and an actor. I went to acting school in Siberia, but there was no future there - and I was consumed with ambition. Votes: 0

You can take power from others; you can steal it. It is not a very high-grade power. It will give you a certain amount of access to a better life; but it corrupts the individual. Votes: 0

You can take power from others; you can steal it. It is not a very high-grade power. It will give you a certain amount of access to a better life; but it corrupts the individual. Votes: 0