“I shook myself; I was dreaming. As I went to bed the words of the eighth-grade class's teacher, when the class got to Evangeline , kept echoing in my ears: "We're coming to a long poem now, boys and girls. Now don't be babies and start counting the pages." I lay there like a baby, counting the pages over and over, counting the pages.” LongDreamGirlClassBoysTeacherBabyBedPagesEarsLaysGradesCountingBoy And GirlEighth Grade Book:A sad heart at the supermarket: essays & fables Source: A sad heart at the supermarket: essays & fables
“When I was in the seventh grade I did a report about the environment and the loss of species. It was supposed to be only a few pages, but ended up being nearly 50.” LossEnvironmentPagesSpeciesSupposed To BeReportsGradesSeventh Grade Author:Woody Harrelson
“I'm attracted to good writing. When I read the page and I know what we're after and where we're headed, and I'm fortunate enough to respect that idea and am able to pitch myself toward that, that feels like the culmination of everything that I've spent my life trying to do, since I played that tree in that play in third grade.” KnowsFeelsWritingTryingIdeasEnoughPlayAbleTreePagesThirdsFortunateGradesGood WritingCulminationThird Grade Author:Dallas Roberts
“In presidential campaign I released a 65-page file from the Syracuse University College of Law that showed poor grades, back in college, also. If I were plagiarizing consistently, my grades would have been better.” IfsHas BeensLawPoorCollegePagesUniversityCampaignsPresidentialGradesConsistentlyFilesPresidential CampaignSyracuse Author:Joe Biden
“In my fifth-grade yearbook - it's right up there on the top shell - the last page says, "What about your future?" and under my name, it says, "When I grow up, I would like to be either an actor, a radio announcer, an impersonator or a comedian."” LastsActorsNamesGrowsGrowing UpPagesRadioComedianGradesOur FutureShellsFifthYour FutureFifth GradeAnnouncersYearbookImpersonators Author:George Carlin
“I have known I wanted to be a writer since I was seven-years-old. Seriously. In the second grade I wrote a 21-page story and handed it in to my teacher. She told my mother I was going to be a writer. Since then, I always kept a journal and wrote poetry, plays, stories.” YearsPlayStoriesWantedMotherKnownTeacherPagesSevenGradesJournalSeven Years Author:Renee Watson
“I created my MySpace page in eighth grade, because that's how all my friends talked to each other, so I made one, too. Then, all of a sudden, my friends started putting my songs on their profiles, and then their relatives, their friends in different states did.” MadeDifferentStatesSongPagesMy FriendsGradesProfileEighth Grade Author:Taylor Swift