Richard Quest Quotes

I was a completely below-average high school student. I never went to college.

I never thrived in high school.

I failed every class up until I dropped out freshman year.

I was a terrible student.

I went to a private school, and I struggled academically. It was really disheartening to always be considered bad at that.

One of the problems is that kids who don't read - who are not doing well in school - they know they're not doing well. And they want everyone to be in that same category.

I tried college and I hated that. I seem to quit everything I do.

I was perhaps the worst student you have ever seen. You know, I thought I was stupid, all my classmates thought I was stupid, so there was general agreement.

I flunked three grades before I got out of high school.

I was always behind in class. There was people in my class who was amazing at art, amazing at maths, amazing at English, but I wasn't clever with anything, even though I tried my hardest.

I failed first grade, which is my biggest problem. You always feel like a failure, like you're stupid.

I failed eighth grade twice, and then they moved me up to ninth grade. Then I failed that and dropped out. My teacher would hand me a test, and I'd grade it myself with an F, then put my head down on the desk.

That's correct, I flunked out of high school twice because I couldn't write.

I didn't only have a perceptual problem, I was also so nervous and so upset. The process just didn't work. I lost enthusiasm for school and I flunked second grade. The teachers said I was lazy.

I wasn't good at school.

I was a high school throw-out.

In elementary school, I did well in science, but I was a poor writer. When I got to high school, I failed all my courses.

School didn't work for me. I hated it.

I didn't really have a favourite subject at school as I was useless at everything.

I sucked in school.

I wasn't very good at school and couldn't get my head round it.

I was lousy in school. Real screwed-up. A moron. I was antisocial and didn't bother with the other kids. A really bad student. I didn't have any brains. I didn't know what I was doing there. That's why I became an actor.

I left school with basically nothing, I was a special needs kid. I did feel as though my school had let me down.

When I was in the 9th grade I was flunking out of high school. And that's why I'm so encouraged by the fact that America is the place where opportunity and American exceptionalism is alive and well.

I never finished high school. In fact, I hated going to school.