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Grade Quotes

When I was taking arithmetic in the first grade I said to myself, I’m going to be a singer. I don’t have to worry about numbers. I didn’t think I was going to be famous or a star Picture Quote #1

During first grade, I spent nearly every afternoon for months in the school nurse’s office, sick with psychosomatic headaches, begging to go home; by third grade, stomachaches had replaced the headaches, but my daily trudge to the infirmary remained the same Picture Quote #1

Sometimes it’s hard to listen to new music and get motivated, because it’s elementary to me - no disrespect to new artists, because that’s where we started, too. But it’s like they’re way back there in first grade, and I’m in college Picture Quote #1

To solve the drug problem, we have to start at the root - first grade. If a boy has all the toys in his head that reading can give him, and you hook him into science fiction, then you’ve got the future secured Picture Quote #1

It seems like I’ve been writing since birth! I started writing poems before I got to school. I wrote the class musical in first grade - both words and music. It was about a bunch of vegetables who got together in a salad. I played the chief carrot! Picture Quote #1

I did my first show in second grade. I was a munchkin in ‘The Wizard of Oz.’ Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

The teachers liked me. In grade school, they make you copy pictures from books. I think the first one was Robert Louis Stevenson Picture Quote #1

I wrote my first rhymes around 8th grade. After serving a year in juvenile detention, I decided to pursue my career as an artist Picture Quote #1

The first time I can remember thinking that I would like to be a writer came in sixth grade, when our teacher Mrs. Crandall gave us an extended period of time to write a long story. I loved doing it. I started working seriously at becoming a writer when I was seventeen Picture Quote #1

My first performance was in second grade with my friend Rodney Fisher, and we worked up versions of ‘Long Tall Texan’ and ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand.’ It gave me a little early confidence that I could actually do this music thing Picture Quote #1

When I made ‘Who Needs Pictures,’ my first album, I had been west of the Mississippi River one time in my life, and that was in fourth grade. We traveled to California for vacation and stayed with some friends of my parents. It was culture shock, and it was different Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

I remember I was in grade school, the fourth grade, in a free reading period in the library. Someone in my class found a copy of the Forbes 400, a list of the richest people in America, and my dad’s name was on it Picture Quote #1

I began drawing when I was nearly 3, and after finishing the sixth grade, I left school to paint and was tutored at home. My father didn’t think a formal education was necessary for a painter Picture Quote #1

San Diego shaped me a lot. The visual landscapes, the emotional panoramas, the teachers and mentors I had from the third grade through San Diego High - it’s all a big part of the poetry fountain that I continue to drink from Picture Quote #1

I gravitated to Judy Blume early on. ‘Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing’ was my favorite, with a realistic and relatable protagonist in Peter Hatcher. When I reached the fourth grade, I made the leap to science fiction and never looked back Picture Quote #1

$No mathematician in the world would bother making these senseless distinctions: 2 1/2 is a mixed number while 5/2 is an improper fraction. They’re EQUAL for crying out loud. They are the exact same numbers and have the exact same properties. Who uses such words outside of fourth grade? Picture Quote #1$

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Any fourth grade history student knows socialism has failed in every country, at every time in history, Picture Quote #1

In my fourth grade classroom, I even instituted a government structure, because I was really interested in people having positions and there being law Picture Quote #1

After my parents got divorced, I had to go right into public school in the fourth grade. The Steiner school had never really taught me how to read, so it was a rude awakening. I was playing catch-up the whole time Picture Quote #1

Children, of course, don’t understand at first that they are being cheated. They come to school with a degree of faith and optimism, and they often seem to thrive during the first few years. It is sometimes not until the third grade that their teachers start to see the warning signs of failure. By the fourth grade many children see it too Picture Quote #1

But hey, what’s life without a little adversity?That had to have been the fakest attempt at optimism since my fourth grade teacher tried reasoning that we were better off without the dead kids in our class because it’d mean more turns on the playground swings for the rest of us Picture Quote #1

I have loved football as an almost mythic game since I was in the fourth grade. To me, the game wasn’t even grounded in reality. The uniform turned you into a warrior. Being on a team, the mythology of physical combat, the struggle against the elements, the narrative of the game Picture Quote #1

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I was the ghost-faced killer for Halloween in the third or fourth grade Picture Quote #1

I still can’t manage to keep a journal, and people have been telling me to since the fourth grade Picture Quote #1

I only went to the third grade because my father only went to the fourth and I didn’t want to pass him Picture Quote #1

I’ve been doing the academic side of music and the rock side of music in conjunction, basically, since I was in fourth grade Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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When I was taking arithmetic in the first grade I said to myself, I’m going to be a singer. I don’t have to worry about numbers. I didn’t think I was going to be famous or a star. (Grade Quotes) During first grade, I spent nearly every afternoon for months in the school nurse’s office, sick with psychosomatic headaches, begging to go home; by third grade, stomachaches had replaced the headaches, but my daily trudge to the infirmary remained the same. (Grade Quotes) Sometimes it’s hard to listen to new music and get motivated, because it’s elementary to me - no disrespect to new artists, because that’s where we started, too. But it’s like they’re way back there in first grade, and I’m in college. (Grade Quotes) To solve the drug problem, we have to start at the root - first grade. If a boy has all the toys in his head that reading can give him, and you hook him into science fiction, then you’ve got the future secured. (Grade Quotes) It seems like I’ve been writing since birth! I started writing poems before I got to school. I wrote the class musical in first grade - both words and music. It was about a bunch of vegetables who got together in a salad. I played the chief carrot! (Grade Quotes) I did my first show in second grade. I was a munchkin in ‘The Wizard of Oz.’ (Grade Quotes) 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. (Grade Quotes) The teachers liked me. In grade school, they make you copy pictures from books. I think the first one was Robert Louis Stevenson. (Grade Quotes) I wrote my first rhymes around 8th grade. After serving a year in juvenile detention, I decided to pursue my career as an artist. (Grade Quotes) The first time I can remember thinking that I would like to be a writer came in sixth grade, when our teacher Mrs. Crandall gave us an extended period of time to write a long story. I loved doing it. I started working seriously at becoming a writer when I was seventeen. (Grade Quotes) My first performance was in second grade with my friend Rodney Fisher, and we worked up versions of ‘Long Tall Texan’ and ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand.’ It gave me a little early confidence that I could actually do this music thing. (Grade Quotes) When I made ‘Who Needs Pictures,’ my first album, I had been west of the Mississippi River one time in my life, and that was in fourth grade. We traveled to California for vacation and stayed with some friends of my parents. It was culture shock, and it was different. (Grade Quotes) 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. (Grade Quotes) I remember I was in grade school, the fourth grade, in a free reading period in the library. Someone in my class found a copy of the Forbes 400, a list of the richest people in America, and my dad’s name was on it. (Grade Quotes) I began drawing when I was nearly 3, and after finishing the sixth grade, I left school to paint and was tutored at home. My father didn’t think a formal education was necessary for a painter. (Grade Quotes) San Diego shaped me a lot. The visual landscapes, the emotional panoramas, the teachers and mentors I had from the third grade through San Diego High - it’s all a big part of the poetry fountain that I continue to drink from. (Grade Quotes) I gravitated to Judy Blume early on. ‘Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing’ was my favorite, with a realistic and relatable protagonist in Peter Hatcher. When I reached the fourth grade, I made the leap to science fiction and never looked back. (Grade Quotes) No mathematician in the world would bother making these senseless distinctions: 2 1/2 is a mixed number while 5/2 is an improper fraction. They’re EQUAL for crying out loud. They are the exact same numbers and have the exact same properties. Who uses such words outside of fourth grade? (Grade Quotes) Any fourth grade history student knows socialism has failed in every country, at every time in history, (Grade Quotes) In my fourth grade classroom, I even instituted a government structure, because I was really interested in people having positions and there being law. (Grade Quotes) After my parents got divorced, I had to go right into public school in the fourth grade. The Steiner school had never really taught me how to read, so it was a rude awakening. I was playing catch-up the whole time. (Grade Quotes) Children, of course, don’t understand at first that they are being cheated. They come to school with a degree of faith and optimism, and they often seem to thrive during the first few years. It is sometimes not until the third grade that their teachers start to see the warning signs of failure. By the fourth grade many children see it too. (Grade Quotes) But hey, what’s life without a little adversity?That had to have been the fakest attempt at optimism since my fourth grade teacher tried reasoning that we were better off without the dead kids in our class because it’d mean more turns on the playground swings for the rest of us. (Grade Quotes) I have loved football as an almost mythic game since I was in the fourth grade. To me, the game wasn’t even grounded in reality. The uniform turned you into a warrior. Being on a team, the mythology of physical combat, the struggle against the elements, the narrative of the game. (Grade Quotes) I was the ghost-faced killer for Halloween in the third or fourth grade (Grade Quotes) I still can’t manage to keep a journal, and people have been telling me to since the fourth grade. (Grade Quotes) I only went to the third grade because my father only went to the fourth and I didn’t want to pass him. (Grade Quotes) I’ve been doing the academic side of music and the rock side of music in conjunction, basically, since I was in fourth grade. (Grade Quotes) 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. (Grade Quotes) 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. (Grade Quotes)

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