#grade

Robert said, "This is great, huh? Sorry to butt in and everything, but I really need the extra points. For my grade." Ben nodded and tried to smile. Right, for his grade. He probably wanted to get an A++ in social studies instead of just an A+ ↗

— Andrew Clements

#grades #school #funny

A tomb is a vault, a vault is a home,” Mr. Sadlot said casually sniffing the flower in his lapel. “That’s where the deceased chose to reside and that is where he will be placed.” Kekaju and the Hidden Swamp ↗

— Robert W Sweeting

#ghost #middle-grade-fantasy #new-orleans #tomb #vault

Fogged, bogged gates of Brume, barrier to my home; Timeless, faceless watchers loom, but I am allowed to roam. ↗

— Christina Mercer

#young-adult-fantasy #home

You belong with us, the lost of the lost, the tribe without a home, a tribe of orphans living our abandoned lives amid toys and trinkets, stuffed monkeys and bears. You’re one of us now—the Tribe of the Teddy Bear.” From Tribe of the Teddy Bear ↗

— J. Joseph Wright

#magic #mg #middle-grade #supernatural #teddy-bear

I had a very wise mother. She always kept books that were my grade level in our house. ↗

— Beverly Cleary

#books #grade #had #house #i

Education is the preparation of a child intellectually, emotionally, spiritually, and physically for life and for eternity. ↗

— Kevin Swanson

#kevin #school #swanson #upgrade #education

I moved around 13 different times before I was in fifth grade, not having money, not having a lot of friends. ↗

— Tonya Harding

#before #different #different times #fifth #friends

So top grade's O for 'Outstanding,'" Hermione was saying, "and then there's A-" "No, E," George corrected her, "E for 'Exceeds Expectations.' And I've always thought Fred and I should've got E in everything, because we exceeded expectations just by turning up for the exams. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#thought

If citizens followed their leaders' example throughout history, the human race would have died out centuries ago. ↗

— Heather Brewer

#ninth-grade-slays #the-chronicles-of-vladimir-tod #vladimir-tod #race

Would I cheat to save my soul? No. But to save my G.P.A.? Yes. ↗

— Julie Anne Peters

#grades #julie-anne-peters #luna #regan #cheating