“One of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me Superman did not exist. I was like what do you mean he's not real. And she thought I was crying because it’s like Santa Claus is not real and I was crying because there was no one coming with enough power to save us.” PeopleThinkingKnowsSaidBookRealEnoughShowsMotherCryMomReaderDepthComicGradesGood PeopleFourthComic BookFifthSantaGhettoSanta ClausSaddestFourth GradeFifth GradeBook Readers Author:Geoffrey Canada
“If we are always reading aloud something that is more difficult than children can read themselves then when they come to that book later, or books like that, they will be able to read them - which is why even a fifth grade teacher, even a tenth grade teacher, should still be reading to children aloud. There is always something that is too intractable for kids to read on their own.” IfsShouldChildrenStillsBookKidsAbleReadingDifficultTeacherGradesFifthFifth GradeReading AloudChildren Reading Author:Mem Fox
“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.” WaySaidChangedTherapyGradesSarcasticFifthFifth Grade Author:Fiona Apple
“I was shy. I was painfully shy, until fifth grade when I transferred to another school and befriended the class clown. And one day he was sick and I kinda stepped in for the class clown and I said, 'Wow, this is exciting, I'm a little bit nervous.'” LittlesSaidSchoolBitsClassOne DayLittle BitSickExcitingNervousGradesShyWowFifthClownFifth Grade Author:Nathan Fillion
“I was a paper boy, beginning the summer between my fourth-grade and fifth-grade years.” YearsBoysPaperSummerGradesFourthFifthFourth GradeFifth Grade Author:David Boies
“Everybody either wanted to take care of me or push me around, you know? I was teased a lot, sure I was, of course. Fourth grade, fifth grade, sixth grade, everybody was taking their spurts except me. I was not growing up.” KnowsCareWantedCoursesGrowing UpGrowingTake CareGradesFourthFifthSixth GradeTake Care Of MeFourth GradeFifth Grade Author:Linda Hunt
“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.” IfsKnowsReasonBodyBeliefBlindGlassesWho I AmContactFirmGradesCheatingFifthI Am Who I AmFifth GradeFirm BeliefsLasik Author:Carrie Ann Inaba