Steven Chu Quotes

I made good grades in school.

Grade school, middle school and high school were relatively easy for me, and with little studying, I was an honor student every semester, graduating 5th in my high school class.

Whatever the course, whether the course was boring or interesting to me, whether I was talented in mathematics or not talented in languages, my parents expected A's.

In school, I was good in academics and extracurricular activities. I even topped the state in French in my Std 12 exams.

For exams, I swotted so hard because I couldn't bear the thought of not coming first.

I was, if you like, a successful schoolboy in that I had a degree of talent in all the required things that make you a success at school.

In those days I was terrible at athletics and never made a team, but quite easily led my class in academics.

I always have to bring back an all-A report card.

I was a good student when I was a kid, and I did everything I was supposed to do, and I got A's.

The rule with my mom was that the only way that I could be an actress when I was young was that I continued to go to public school and get straight A's in all my classes.

I was a good student. My mom is a teacher, and her side of the family is all teachers. She put a big emphasis on getting good grades.

I coasted through high school. I was 203rd in a class of 987.

I kind of always did get good grades.

Both my girls have always made great grades in school.

My mum's always had big aspirations because I'm an academic. I always got good grades at school. GCSEs were just a breeze for me.

I was a decent student but not a great student.

I consider myself a reasonably intelligent guy. Made straight A's in high school (except for driver's ed and typing).

I did well in school and was able to excel in those areas where I knew I needed to be good at.

My mum and dad pushed me to work hard in my earlier years in education.

I graduated college with a 3.5 GPA, when I came into college barely able to get in.

I was a good student. I started college at 16 years old and did okay.

I've always been an A or B student. When I get a B, I freak out a little bit!

I think my parents - my mother in particular - always believed I should go as far as I could with my studies. There was no pressure, but at each step there were people who you admired, and you strived to those levels.

I never did pageants as a kid, but when I got into high school, I did a couple that were tied to a sort of all-around academic student achievement program, something akin to Junior Miss, but not Junior Miss.

I know I haven't been the greatest student, but I do intend to get my degree. Otherwise, my mother will kill me.