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Grades Quotes

The normal curve is a distribution most appropriate to chance and random activity. Education is a purposeful activity and we seek to have students learn what we would teach. Therefore, if we are effective, the distribution of grades will be anything but a normal curve. In fact, a normal curve is evidence of our failure to teach Picture Quote #1

My parents encouraged us to commit to things, so if we wanted to learn an instrument, it was all the grades and all the theory Picture Quote #1

Most of these students are so conditioned to success that they become afraid to take risks. They have been taught from a young age by zealous parents, schools, and institutional authorities what constitutes failure and success. They are socialized to obey. They obsess over grades and seek to please professors, even if what professors teach is fatuous. The point is to get ahead, and getting ahead means deference to authority. Challenging authority is never a career advancer Picture Quote #1

People high in conscientiousness get better grades in high school and college; they commit fewer crimes; and they stay married longer Picture Quote #1

Education is about inviting every single person who enters a school to realize his or her relatively boundless potential in all areas of worthwhile human endeavor. It is concerned with more than grades, attendance, and academic achievement. It is concerned with the process of becoming a decent and productive human being Picture Quote #1

Your age doesn’t define your maturity; your grades don’t define your ability; and what people say about you doesn’t define who you are Picture Quote #1

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School was a waste of time for me. I was bored and left at 16. I started taking correspondence courses at college instead. I did incredibly well. I won an award for my grades Picture Quote #1

I got good grades in math, but I never really enjoyed it. My favorite part of math was algebra, but geometry was the worst Picture Quote #1

I hardly ever missed school, and I always got my work in on time. I was a good student and always got top grades Picture Quote #1

You know, I’m fairly intelligent, but I don’t think my grades reflected that Picture Quote #1

Your grades are not your destiny: they’re just letters and numbers which rate how well you performed in one artificial arena, once Picture Quote #1

Parents make sure homework is returned without error, drill their kids on upcoming tests to the saturation point, and then complain if teachers do not give the grades they think their kids deserve. By that point, it’s hard to tell whose grades they are Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

I’m a great believer that the most important years are the sort of early years but the preschool years and then into the first and second grades. If you get a good base in the first and second grade and you can read, you can do anything Picture Quote #1

In the mess of moving from place to place, I skipped two grades in the space of one year Picture Quote #1

I was very academically inclined. But my inner life was in such turmoil. I’d go home and my home life was so miserable that it just felt like I was doing everything that I was supposed to do. I did all my chores, made really good grades, and I was excelling at school, but I wasn’t happy Picture Quote #1

I was a bad student. I liked archaeology actually, I was interested in maybe becoming an archaeologist but I was such a bad student and had such bad grades that I wasn’t going to get into any really good college so I fell back on acting Picture Quote #1

People in college, if you’re getting recognized for getting good grades, you’re finally famous. If you get recognized for playing the drums, if you’re being recognized for making good ass beats, good ass raps, you’re finally famous Picture Quote #1

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When I went to acting school, the kids that got the best grades were the kids that could cry on cue. But it didn’t really translate into careers for any of them, because the external is the easy part Picture Quote #1

I was a good student. My mom is a teacher, and her side of the family is all teachers. She put a big emphasis on getting good grades Picture Quote #1

That’s what I wanted! I wanted to be an athlete, I wanted the girls to like me, and I wanted to be able to get good grades in school, and this man said I could do all that Picture Quote #1

If you want to be an athlete, then getting good grades, going to college, and developing your intellectual skills are important Picture Quote #1

I think anytime you’re writing to the middle grades, you’re writing to young readers who are trapped in a number of ways between two worlds: between childhood and adulthood, between their friends and their parents Picture Quote #1

I am embarrassed to admit what drew me to psychology. I didn’t want to go to medical school. I was getting good grades in psychology and I was charismatic and people in the psychology department liked me. It was as low a level as that Picture Quote #1

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The biggest mistake coaches make is taking borderline cases and trying to save them. I’m not talking about grades now, I’m talking about character. I want to know before a boy enrolls about his home life, and what his parents want him to be Picture Quote #1

When students cheat on exams, it’s because our school system values grades more than students value learning Picture Quote #1

I was too worried about the grades and I should have been more worried about learning Picture Quote #1

To focus on technique is like cramming your way through school. You sometimes get by, perhaps even get good grades, but if you don’t pay the price day in and day out, you’ll never achieve true mastery of the subjects you study or develop an educated mind Picture Quote #1

A boy or girl who has gone through the eight grades should possess a complete, practical education and should have received special training in some specific line of work, fitting him or her to earn a livelihood Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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The normal curve is a distribution most appropriate to chance and random activity. Education is a purposeful activity and we seek to have students learn what we would teach. Therefore, if we are effective, the distribution of grades will be anything but a normal curve. In fact, a normal curve is evidence of our failure to teach (Grades Quotes) My parents encouraged us to commit to things, so if we wanted to learn an instrument, it was all the grades and all the theory (Grades Quotes) Most of these students are so conditioned to success that they become afraid to take risks. They have been taught from a young age by zealous parents, schools, and institutional authorities what constitutes failure and success. They are socialized to obey. They obsess over grades and seek to please professors, even if what professors teach is fatuous. The point is to get ahead, and getting ahead means deference to authority. Challenging authority is never a career advancer (Grades Quotes) People high in conscientiousness get better grades in high school and college; they commit fewer crimes; and they stay married longer (Grades Quotes) Education is about inviting every single person who enters a school to realize his or her relatively boundless potential in all areas of worthwhile human endeavor. It is concerned with more than grades, attendance, and academic achievement. It is concerned with the process of becoming a decent and productive human being (Grades Quotes) Your age doesn’t define your maturity; your grades don’t define your ability; and what people say about you doesn’t define who you are (Grades Quotes) School was a waste of time for me. I was bored and left at 16. I started taking correspondence courses at college instead. I did incredibly well. I won an award for my grades (Grades Quotes) I got good grades in math, but I never really enjoyed it. My favorite part of math was algebra, but geometry was the worst (Grades Quotes) I hardly ever missed school, and I always got my work in on time. I was a good student and always got top grades (Grades Quotes) You know, I’m fairly intelligent, but I don’t think my grades reflected that (Grades Quotes) Your grades are not your destiny: they’re just letters and numbers which rate how well you performed in one artificial arena, once (Grades Quotes) Parents make sure homework is returned without error, drill their kids on upcoming tests to the saturation point, and then complain if teachers do not give the grades they think their kids deserve. By that point, it’s hard to tell whose grades they are (Grades Quotes) 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 (Grades Quotes) I’m a great believer that the most important years are the sort of early years but the preschool years and then into the first and second grades. If you get a good base in the first and second grade and you can read, you can do anything (Grades Quotes) In the mess of moving from place to place, I skipped two grades in the space of one year (Grades Quotes) I was very academically inclined. But my inner life was in such turmoil. I’d go home and my home life was so miserable that it just felt like I was doing everything that I was supposed to do. I did all my chores, made really good grades, and I was excelling at school, but I wasn’t happy (Grades Quotes) I was a bad student. I liked archaeology actually, I was interested in maybe becoming an archaeologist but I was such a bad student and had such bad grades that I wasn’t going to get into any really good college so I fell back on acting (Grades Quotes) People in college, if you’re getting recognized for getting good grades, you’re finally famous. If you get recognized for playing the drums, if you’re being recognized for making good ass beats, good ass raps, you’re finally famous (Grades Quotes) When I went to acting school, the kids that got the best grades were the kids that could cry on cue. But it didn’t really translate into careers for any of them, because the external is the easy part (Grades Quotes) I was a good student. My mom is a teacher, and her side of the family is all teachers. She put a big emphasis on getting good grades (Grades Quotes) That’s what I wanted! I wanted to be an athlete, I wanted the girls to like me, and I wanted to be able to get good grades in school, and this man said I could do all that (Grades Quotes) If you want to be an athlete, then getting good grades, going to college, and developing your intellectual skills are important (Grades Quotes) I think anytime you’re writing to the middle grades, you’re writing to young readers who are trapped in a number of ways between two worlds: between childhood and adulthood, between their friends and their parents (Grades Quotes) I am embarrassed to admit what drew me to psychology. I didn’t want to go to medical school. I was getting good grades in psychology and I was charismatic and people in the psychology department liked me. It was as low a level as that (Grades Quotes) The biggest mistake coaches make is taking borderline cases and trying to save them. I’m not talking about grades now, I’m talking about character. I want to know before a boy enrolls about his home life, and what his parents want him to be (Grades Quotes) When students cheat on exams, it’s because our school system values grades more than students value learning (Grades Quotes) I was too worried about the grades and I should have been more worried about learning (Grades Quotes) To focus on technique is like cramming your way through school. You sometimes get by, perhaps even get good grades, but if you don’t pay the price day in and day out, you’ll never achieve true mastery of the subjects you study or develop an educated mind (Grades Quotes) A boy or girl who has gone through the eight grades should possess a complete, practical education and should have received special training in some specific line of work, fitting him or her to earn a livelihood (Grades Quotes) 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 (Grades Quotes)

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