Tenth Grade

It was impossible to wrap my mind around it—kind of like the reaction I had to black holes in space, or the principles of aerodynamics, or tenth-grade geometry. ❋ Sarah Pekkanen (2011)

There may be a kid reading at a fourth-grade level when he enters ninth grade who when he graduates is reading at a tenth-grade level. ❋ Stephen Moore (2011)

My report card saying I was in the ninety-sixth percentile of my tenth-grade class got me a card from my father with a five-dollar bill inside. ❋ Anne Leigh Parrish (2011)

I have trouble shaking the image of me and Mrs. O'Brien -- my piercingly blue-eyed tenth-grade English teacher -- digging into the same casserole of heavenly mashed potatoes. ❋ Susan Orlins (2011)

Yes, yes, I know: your tenth-grade composition teacher told you that good dialogue should be able to convey all of the emotional nuances of a scene without additional narration. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Biden spoke at an eighth-grade level while Palin spoke at almost a tenth-grade level. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Ariana flashed back to tenth-grade English and Macbeth. ❋ Kate Brian (2010)

By my tenth-grade year, I grew a little bit more and then I started contributing. ❋ Fay Vincent (2010)

In our tenth-grade history book—the only place I ever saw the word in print—it was listed among the ugly characteristics of bourgeois society, next to violence and unemployment. ❋ Elena Gorokhova (2010)

Later that night, you told me you sneak Godiva chocolates you keep hidden in the refrigerator and you had a crush on your tenth-grade math teacher, before you begged me to take you home. ❋ SHERRILYN KENYON (2010)

Which means, in case your tenth-grade composition teacher forgot to mention it to you, that in a two-person exchange where the opinions expressed are not identical, simply alternating speeches after the text identifies who is saying what initially is usually sufficient. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In the beginning there was Josh, my tenth-grade obsession. ❋ Leslie Jamison (2010)

This grade and comment came from Dr. Bocchius on a tenth-grade history essay. ❋ Greg Fitzsimmons (2010)

Thirty million have ninth- and tenth-grade reading proficiency. ❋ Unknown (2010)