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Playing football gives me a reason to study. For me good grades equal football.

Some had high grades and were just bored out of their minds. They found no connection between the classroom and life and their career aspirations.

That doesn't surprise me because Shane's a good wrestler. He just finally got his grades together and got it going. He helped us out a lot.

My parents always kind of instilled in me that grades are important. You need to take care of your school work and you need to do that first, and that's kind of what they taught me.

Many have never received praise, have never achieved top grades or are not the top athletes, but who come to school with burdens each day and still do well. They may be physically challenged or have suffered abandonment or abuse by their parents, they face all sorts of real obstacles.

Looking at this, it seems to be an agenda of the issues the organization wants to further. It seems these grades are much lower than what Wisconsin deserves.

Math is his favorite subject. That is the one he makes the best grades in. I went today to get home schooling information for him.

I think he's going to be fine. He had a concussion but there are grades of concussions. If I showed him a picture of a truck he would say it's a truck and not a butterfly right now. He's pretty lucid. They'll do more tests on him but they seem to think he's going to be fine for next week.

That's too late for us to be able to make promotion decisions in grades 3, 5 and 7, to accurately identify students who have to be invited to the Summer Success Academy.

That's what it's all about. No one knows what's going on right away. You don't know grades or transfers or graduations, so that's why we play these games.

I wasn't expecting the grades to jump that much. They kept pushing him to do his best.

When the annual FISMA grades are released -- which could be imminently -- you have to ask yourself, what do those grades really mean? The high grades could mean a lot of compliance, but not a lot of security. The low grades could mean that there's plenty of security in place, but it just wasn't verified on paper properly.

Without an education, they won't ever see us on TV because we wouldn't be eligible to play. So, you've got to have an education to even get this far. But like I talked to them last year, it's all about getting the grades first.

We're very pushed to have our grades on target so we can play. We have to make sure all our homework is done.

The preschool, kindergarten, and first grades are in a separate building, basically an aluminum shed building, and it survived the hurricane with no damage,

The quality of the bauxite is lower than the top grades in Australia, but it's much better than those in China.

We still have fights, grades are the same and people are still skipping class. The only things that have changed are people's attitudes toward the school, and they've changed for the worse.

Today's cars have computers that are all set up and programmed for the different grades of gas. All the sensors are reading different things to make the car run better.

God grades on the Cross not on the curve.

I was involved with drama departments since the 5th grade. I played at it. It was an escape.

The exemplary issue should not be based on letter grades. Letter grades are very misleading.

The factory model of education is a gargantuan bureaucracy. Some kids are good fits - I wasn't. The system gives you bad grades and tells you you're stupid. You don't think, 'If this kid's not a good fit, it could be the system's fault.'

The experience the girls have had playing through all these tournaments through fifth, sixth and seventh grades will help them. I've been involved with these girls since third, fourth grade. If I wasn't the coach, I was taking care of the paper work. Nine of the 10 girls played on the summer team. The girls are still growing up and learning as we go.

I was born in Everett; I went through grade school in Everett, high school in Seattle.

Grades are a subjective rating masquerading as an objective evaluation.

I only finished first grade.

I did plays in grade school.

I didnt write anything at all except book reports until I was in seventh grade, and then I wrote mostly poetry for myself.

We should have used a time out on both of those turnovers (in the last minute). We had another time out but I hated to blow one there. We had a kid come over the top of the key (with 4.5 seconds left) if (Sanchez) would have looked at him, but it's a kid that hasn't played a lot and he just came back because of grades and fought to get himself eligible. He helped us out and worked hard to get back.

When kids move around a lot their grades suffer. Studies show when a student moves three or more times during elementary, they fall over a year behind in reading scores. In eighth grade, they're four times more likely to drop out of school.

We're trained in school to equate mistakes with bad grades - something to be avoided at all costs. The alpha makers were somehow able to dodge that. They think that mistakes are just part of the creative process and maybe even the best way to learn.

There are 20 grades of turkey breast available. We use the top of the line.

The grades as far as the facility are excellent. A lot of money was spent here a number of years ago upgrading this facility and it shows. It's very functional and the people that are occupying that space are doing an outstanding job,

You are what you bring to the experience and you don't walk around with labels on your head. As the students become successful they take pride in being part of the SALT program. Many are earning the best grades they ever have and they're proud of that.

The recruiters, I think, are even more enthusiastic about it because what companies want is people who can add value, people who can contribute. And therefore they value smartness, they value good grades and a good education, but they really like that practical intelligence and that creative ability,

You may have two students with the same EFC but the student with the higher grades gets more aid.

We lost two players to grades and two others sat out for disciplinaryÊreasons. So we had to shift some players around to newÊpositions. But that's no excuse for only managing three shots on goal.

We lost two players to grades and two others sat out for disciplinary reasons. So we had to shift some players around to new positions. But that's no excuse for only managing three shots on goal.

We monitor their grades throughout the season, and provide a (mandatory) study hall.

We go to second, third, fourth, and fifth grades with the different ensembles, ... Last year, we did 90 ensemble programs and seven concerts, reaching 16,000 kids in the classes and performances. We bring them to Richardson Auditorium or the State Theater for our concert in May. There is nothing like a live performance. Hearing a live performance of classical music by professional musicians in a very exciting manner is a wonderful experience. These kids are the audiences of the future.

Both my parents are educators. My siblings and I always had to get good grades no matter what outside interests we had.

At one point in time, I thought he'd be a first-round pick. He's not productive enough, he's up and down, he flashes. He's got that huge frame. I put him in the second round to Oakland. Somebody in the second round is rolling the dice. If you ask me where he grades out, he doesn't grade out that high. Because you want that guy inside that makes more plays, makes more of an impact and maximizes that ability on a game-to-game basis. That's not a Gabe Watson. I'd say second round and a roll of the dice pick.

At the beginning of the semester I told the players that at mid-semester if the grades weren't good then there were going to be punishments. There's no reason for this to happen. We have study hall twice a week and a free tutoring service. I think a lot of the guys took it lightly and they got surprised.

At 16, when I was at Henry M. Gunn High School, I had a crush on the English teacher, and my grades improved dramatically. This great school had only 400 students, mostly children of Stanford professors, and it was more usual to have classes under one of the oak trees dotted around the campus than in the classroom.

Dialectics gives expression to a law which is felt in all grades of consciousness and in general experience. Everything that surrounds us may be viewed as an instance of dialectic. We are aware that everything finite, instead of being inflexible, is rather changeable and transient; and this is exactly what we mean by the dialectic of the finite, by which the finite, as implicitly other than it is, is forced to surrender its own immediate or natural being, and turn suddenly into its opposite.

There's some guys looking at him, so he needs to get his grades in order. There are people that want him. He's just got to get the test score to get in.

The tool we're talking about takes more than grades into account.

Thinking in its lower grades is comparable to paper money, and in its higher forms it is a kind of poetry

The state of Maryland sets the guidelines. They allow community service, they allow advocacy to earn these 60 hours. Every student between the grades of 6 and 12 have to earn 60 hours to graduate high school, and the state sets the guidelines under which those hours can be earned, and advocacy is one of those areas.

The students are forced to be accountable for their actions and their grades every week and that forces them to show improvement.

The specifications haven't lessened. The NRC grades us on inspections. If we missed one, it would be a serious violation.

The technology introduced at the building is great. We are introducing a program were parents will be able to view their students grades online. They will be able to view the student's overall grade and see what assignments their child is missing each week.

I've always been big on pitching depth. In grades 9-12, we've got 12 pitchers. We feel fairly confident playing three or four times a week.

I wanted to do pre-med. The first semester it really didn't matter because you took a lot of general education requirements. But right after the first semester I kind of knew I wasn't cut out for that. I had very good grades but I somehow wasn't satisfied. Just having good grades and having it all go to medical school didn't make me happy.

Right now we're struggling with getting practices in because of the weather, getting grades up, and getting commitments from families.

Reading really does go down in middle and high school. The amount of reading kids do in those grades just goes down. There are so many clubs and sports competing for that attention.

Then at high school I got an electric guitar and a book with some photos of Eddie Van Halen in it and my grades went downhill.

The one thing about our team that I like is how all the grades and ages blend together. They all support each other in practice and meets.

The most important thing he taught me was being a student-athlete. He puts your family and your grades first. Then basketball.

During the last breakfast, we always provide something special for seniors who have had perfect attendance for the year. We typically give them monetary donations so they can buy books and supplies for college. Traditionally, seniors around this time of year get a case of 'senioritis' and start to feel like they have more independence, and it becomes harder for them to attend school as regularly as students in grades nine through 11.

Anthony's a great kid who makes good grades and always has a smile on his face. He's almost too nice at times... He's got to be dominant on both sides of the ball for us to win.

The way the law is written - although it would be bizarre - if the school were to put grades on that form, grades would be directory information. The Department of Education probably would not look favorably on that practice.

This kind of grade -- unfulfilled, insufficient, minimal progress -- those grades are failing grades ... That is an unacceptable response.

They're required to go to study hall each Wednesday, and I check their grades each week.

A core principle of No Child Left Behind is annual testing in grades three through eight -- so that we know how students are doing,

It's a different scene now than when we started, because the kids have each other as role models. But it's more than just writing, it's an entire generation of youth culture looking to express itself, and the writing has attracted them from all walks of life. No matter their grades or the neighborhoods they come from, they can all use words.

It's a great thing to have good wrestlers that don't have grade problems because that's one less hassle you have to deal with as a coach. Kids with bad grades are a hassle for a coach if you're trying to do your job correctly because you've got to stay on top of that along with everything else you're trying to do.

It's a pleasure to coach these kids. There are no problems. They work hard at practice, their grades are good.

It's easy to take these kids with good grades and develop them. But what about the one kid every one else has given up on? Can you take that one kid and mold him? It's not easy to take on that challenge.

The normal things you need to look out for are attendance at school, dropping grades and taking time away from the home.

That's 12 runners and hitters. That's really what we were looking at. Obviously, there were others we were looking at that chose to go elsewhere, but we're really proud of the ones we got. They all have some things in common: they all can run, they can strike you and this group's grades are as strong as any we've signed in a long time.

Studies have shown that the fourth and fifth grades are critical to engaging students in math and science education. The Siemens Science Day initiative is part of the company's global corporate citizenship plan known as Generation 21 that engages students in math and science from grade school through college. Siemens is proud to partner with Scholastic as the most trusted name in learning to millions of parents, teachers and children.

Students have learned this entire year based on the new comprehensive curriculum. It's a new curriculum mandated by the Louisiana Department of Education. We teach all of our classes based on this new curriculum. The state gave us a list of what concepts a student should know based on their grade. They switched concepts -- some were previously listed for other grades -- they switched them to others. Also this new curriculum adds more hands-on activity.

Not surprisingly, many of the entities at risk of potential downgrades were in the consumer discretionary domain (automotive, media and entertainment, consumer products, and retail/restaurants), where pressures have been building (owing to hurricane activity, higher energy prices, and growing uncertainty about labor market conditions) and momentum is expected to decelerate, Downgrade Potential Across Credit Grades And Sectors.

It's amazing to see kids in grades 1 through 4 sitting there absolutely silent listening to him. It gave me goose bumps.

It was just a smart move for me, based on me and my family huddling together and doing what was best for me. I came here, my grades improved, everything just turned around completely.

They were all like, I love it, my grades are better. They're really enjoying it.

They work very well today in an environment where the networks are admittedly lightly loaded ... and I'm not only talking about mine, I'm talking about everyone's network. At some point, in order to provide you the same grade of service for that application, we're going to have to differentiate the grades of service.

These people are going to be judging you, and no matter what I say, these grades are going to be final. I need all of your attention. I need 120 percent of your effort.

It's really a parental choice. If my son's grades aren't up to par, he doesn't go to tournaments and sometimes he doesn't participate in sports.

Shaun is going to be fine. He had a concussion in the game. There are grades of concussions, but he should be fine. They are going to run more tests and we have an extra day of rest. If I showed him a picture of a truck, he would say it is a truck.

I left Israel to work as a model, to just make money - I didn't care if I was doing an ad for toilet paper or diapers, I just really wanted to allow myself to go to school, to go to university without waitressing, because when I'm in a school environment I just really like to study and have the best grades and learn as much as I can.

In Detroit, it's very easy to get into trouble because there's so much to do. Out here, this keeps me focused on my grades and football, the main points I have to take care of.

I like it a lot cause it has got me to get my grades up.

In the end, test scores and grades are not the only factor.

In the 30 years that this study now spans, we have seen some wide fluctuations in the smoking habits of American young people. We are still seeing some residual declines in smoking in the upper grades, as the lower-smoking birth cohorts make their way up the age spectrum...But, even in the upper grades a slowdown is occurring, and we believe the declines are likely to end very soon.

In smaller learning communities, students do better academically and socially. Students make better grades and graduation rates are a lot higher.

In our district, we?re teaching the younger grades in five buildings and they are too small to be able to accomplish the things we?re talking about doing here.

I just wanted to make sure my play was consistent and keep my grades up so I can help the guys reach the ultimate goal of winning a state title. But my ultimate goal is to keep my grades intact.

In writing-intensive courses in the humanities, which tend to be smaller, many instructors require rough drafts or make students rewrite essays that earn lower than a C-. Final grades in those courses may tend to be slightly higher than in larger lecture-type courses, ... That doesn't mean that the grade is inflated, just that the instructor had more time to devote to working with the student.

In the last year I've been very impressed by how much he's matured. He truly understands how to act now, on and off the floor. He knows how important grades are.

If you love stressing the importance of achieving good grades in school, your children are going to love that. I believe he would say that to you today.

In 2005, 63 percent of Kansas students in grades eight through 12 reported having consumed alcohol in their lives. That's an eye-opening statistic that illustrates how pervasive underage drinking is throughout our state. The tip line is a way for every Kansas resident to help combat this threat, which for too long has been kept out of sight.

I had decent but not great grades in high school because I was highly motivated in some subjects, like the arts, drama, English, and history, but in math and science I was a screw-up. Wooster saw something in me, and I really flourished there. I got into theatre, took photography and painting classes.

I had good grades in school, ... I was an outdoorsman. I like the adventure and representing your country. I don't want to go to war, but I wouldn't have been scared.

I had full rides to Nebraska, West Virginia, Marshall, Youngstown State and Pitt, ... But I struggled with my grades and couldn't play Division I.

Because 2005-6 will be the first year we're administering the tests in grades three to eight, it simply won't be possible to have our scoring completed before August.

High grades could mean a lot of compliance but not necessarily a lot of security.

But you are losing enrollment. Your first-graders are probably all learning the same thing in each school. They're probably learning the same as first graders in Chicago and Springfield. The differences come in grades 9-12. Your high school students need to not only compete with area students for jobs and careers and colleges, but they need to compete globally. If they are not going to college, they need skills.

Generally, the grades range all the way from A to F.