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

Erma Bombeck

Children, Book, School

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I wasn't the kind of kid who would get A's without even trying. I had to work to get good grades, but I was very organised about it because I always wanted to do well at everything I did. I'm very competitive.

Jessica Ennis

Kids, Trying, Kind

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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There are no grades of vanity; there are only grades of ability in concealing it.

Mark Twain

Humorous, Vanity, Ability

Mark Twain, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (2009). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.494, Courier Corporation

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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.

Dirk Kempthorne

Children, Self Esteem, Self Confidence

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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.

Beverly Cleary

Friendship, Book, Boys

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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.

Christopher Darden

Writing, School, Discovery

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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.

Joe Baca

School, Special, Needs

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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

Dave Eggers

Years, Attention, Levels

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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

Gaylord Nelson

Teacher, School, Giving

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My first dunk was actually in sixth grade.

Vince Carter

Firsts, Sixth Grade

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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.

Bill Lipinski

Issues, Safety, Community

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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.

Kenny Marchant

Children, School, Each Day

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Most of the time I liked school and got good grades. In junior high, though, I hit a stumbling block with math - I used to come home and cry because of how frustrated I was! But after a few good teachers and a lot of perseverance, I ended up loving math and even choosing it as a major when I got to college.

Danica McKellar

Perseverance, Teacher, Block

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They say the seeds of what we will do are in all of us, but it always seemed to me that in those who make jokes in life the seeds are covered with better soil and with a higher grade of manure.

Ernest Hemingway

Life, Soil, Moveable Feast

Ernest Hemingway (2014). “Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition”, p.88, Simon and Schuster

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Academic achievement was something I'd always sought as a form of reward. Good grades pleased my parents, good grades pleased my teachers; you got them in order to sew up approval.

Caroline Knapp

Teacher, Order, Achievement

Caroline Knapp (1999). “Drinking: A Love Story”, p.91, Dial Press

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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.

Bill Gates

Book, Home, Math

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

Scott Hamilton

Teacher, Ninth Grade, Smarter

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We are all in the business of sales. Teachers sell students on learning, parents sell their children on making good grades and behaving, and traditional salesmen sell their products.

Dave Ramsey

Teacher, Children, Parent

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Most people who end up being successful have good grades, but it's orthogonal - there's no extra information than if they put together a website and have bunch of fans who love coming and seeing what they're doing.

Gabe Newell

Successful, People, Together

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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.

Vin Diesel

School, Choices, Superhero

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We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools.

Barack Obama

School, Responsibility, Investing

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The first time I shot the hook, I was in fourth grade, and I was about five feet eight inches tall. I put the ball up and felt totally at ease with the shot. I was completely confident it would go in. I've been shooting it ever since.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Basketball, Eight, Feet

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I went to school and made good grades and went to college. So I was afforded an opportunity through my parents' hard work that most people don't have.

Anthony Mackie

Hard Work, School, Opportunity

Interview with Bevy Smith, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 24, 2008.

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I always liked my teachers, and I was in a lot of after-school projects. I was a Girl Scout until my senior year, when I couldn't be a Girl Scout anymore. I was in clubs like Junior Achievement, and I ran track and field. My grades were good, but then toward 11th grade they were nothing. I always went to summer school.

Amy Sedaris

Girl, Summer, Senior

Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. January 21, 2004.

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Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn't finish college. Too much emphasis is placed on formal education - I told my children not to worry about their grades but to enjoy learning.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Jobs, Children, College

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