Grades don't measure anything other than your relevant obedience to a manager. Votes: 6
John Taylor GattoI was in high school, trying to get out of high school. The only thing slowing me up was grades. Votes: 4
Levon HelmGrades dilute the pleasure that a student experiences on successfully completing a task. Votes: 3
Alfie KohnYou know, I'm fairly intelligent, but I don't think my grades reflected that. Votes: 2
Barry SandersMy parents moved back to New York from Florida when I was in the ninth grade. Votes: 2
Sanford I. WeillI was born in Everett; I went through grade school in Everett, high school in Seattle. Votes: 2
Dorothy MaloneI have been training since 8th grade, but it has to do with listening, more than practice. Votes: 2
Jill ScottAll of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things. Votes: 2
Bobby KnightBy the time I was in sixth grade I could bound every country in the world from memory. Votes: 2
Clyde TombaughI have never been jealous. Not even when my dad finished fifth grade a year before I did. Votes: 2
Jeff FoxworthyI was involved with drama departments since the 5th grade. I played at it. It was an escape. Votes: 2
Adam BaldwinWhen my first semester grades came out, my mom and dad told me I wouldn't be playing football. Votes: 2
Joe BidenForces of Destruction: grades in school, merit system, incentive pay, business plans, quotas. Votes: 0
W. Edwards DemingMy priority is not about grades. I yearn for knowledge, skills and wisdom. Votes: 0
Lailah Gifty AkitaMy priority is not about grades. I seek yearn for knowledge, skills and wisdom. Votes: 0
Lailah Gifty AkitaWe class schools into four grades: leading school, first-rate school, good school and school. Votes: 0
Evelyn WaughThere are no grades of vanity; there are only grades of ability in concealing it. Votes: 0
Mark TwainI cannot say that I was a particularly diligent student, especially during the lower grades. Votes: 0
Koichi TanakaIn the best classrooms, grades are only one of many types of feedback provided to students. Votes: 0
Douglas B. ReevesA school without grades must have been concocted by someone who was drunk on non-alcoholic wine. Votes: 0
Karl KrausMy parents were supportive. I didn't have good grades, but they could tell I wasn't lazy. Votes: 0
Bill HaderI was too worried about the grades and I should have been more worried about learning. Votes: 0
Michelle ObamaI wasn't a great student. Just give me a school with no grades, and I'll be happy. Votes: 0
Alison ElliottI feel that education needs an overhaul - courses are obsolete and grades are on the way out. Votes: 0
Kent McCordIf your mom was here, she would flip her top over your grades." "Flip her lid," I muttered. Votes: 0
Gena ShowalterI was voted valedictorian, and at my school it wasn't based on grades; that was the popular vote. Votes: 0
Thomas MiddleditchA Gallagher Girl's real grades donât come in pass or failâthey're measured in life or death. Votes: 0
Ally CarterIn the mess of moving from place to place, I skipped two grades in the space of one year. Votes: 0
Tea ObrehtAll I know is, as long as I led the Southeastern Conference in scoring, my grades would be fine. Votes: 0
Charles BarkleyI was nuts for stuff in the Middle Ages when I was just in the third and fourth grades. Votes: 0
Tamora PierceI didn't think the teachers had the right to tell me what to do. I would just disobey, talk in the classroom, get very bad grades. Votes: 5 Rachel Weisz
Why do men outperform women on the SAT? The SAT's supposed to predict college grades. Women do better in high school and they do better in college. What's the problem here? Ah, the more you use, the more you start accepting that the SAT's coachable, the more problems you have with it. Votes: 4 John Katzman
I failed first grade, which is my biggest problem. You always feel like a failure, like you're stupid. Votes: 1 Amy Sedaris
What makes a child gifted and talented may not always be good grades in school, but a different way of looking at the world and learning. Votes: 4 Chuck Grassley
I experience psychic phenomena, so people think I must be crazy. But you have to be accessible and intelligent to be a good actor. I might not have gotten the best grades in school, but I have a very high level of emotional intelligence. You have to be open to receive. Votes: 3 Christine Ebersole
I started getting letters from college in the tenth grade. Votes: 2 James Worthy
What makes a child gifted and talented may not always be good grades in school, but a different way of looking at the world and learning. Votes: 2 Chuck Grassley
I was in high school, trying to get out of high school. The only thing slowing me up was grades. Votes: 2 Levon Helm
I cannot say that I was a particularly diligent student, especially during the lower grades. Votes: 4 Koichi Tanaka