Ashley Benson Quotes

I wasn't a troublemaker. I wasn't impertinent. The teachers liked me. But year after year, the comments on my report cards basically came down to a single point, and it was 100% accurate: I seemed to get nothing whatsoever out of all those long hours spent in the classroom.

I wasn't a good student in high school. I mean, I got through it, but unless it had something to do with music, it didn't really interest me.

I liked English and art and did a lot of painting. And for some reason I was good at math, but I wasn't an A student. I really had to work hard to get good grades.

I was a smart kid, but I hated school.

I was always a very good student.

I could undertake to be an efficient pupil if it were possible to find an efficient teacher.

I hated school. After 15, you went off to college if you were good enough. It didn't appeal to me so I left school. I did what everybody did - get a job.

I was a very good student. Procrastinating gives me anxiety, and getting a B really ticked me off. Sure, I didn't always want to do my homework, but I actually really liked school. As nerdy as it sounds, I love learning.

I wasn't good at examinations, but I went to a very good secondary school - Bolton-on-Dearne - with wonderful teachers, who taught me drama and encouraged me in every way.

About Grade 9 and Grade 10, I had a fantastic drama teacher, and it was one of the first subjects I actually felt that I was good at. I wasn't a mathematician. Didn't like science, any of those subjects. English and Drama were the two subjects that I loved and felt that I was good at.

Competition among schools is always a great motivator.

The good people look for challenges. When teaching becomes a prestigious profession, then you'll get good people.

I was never really good in school.

I think the Americans need to understand that a lot of times the children are bored in school, and that is why they are not staying in.

I started out with the intention of studying physics. I was a terrible high school student outside of the fact that I did well in physics, but there's a big difference between being good at physics and being a physicist, so I jettisoned that very quickly.

I'm clear that we do need to improve what's happening in our schools.

I'm not a very good advertisement for the American school system.

I hated school, but I was a good student. I made straight A's.

Going to school and working for good marks, indeed working for very good marks, was a serious business.

I was always a good student. I wasn't the A-plus student, but I studied really hard, and I probably had a 3.2. I always wished that I had the capacity to get straight A's, but I didn't. I didn't beat myself up about it, but I really studied hard for my grades.

My parents were supportive. I didn't have good grades, but they could tell I wasn't lazy.

I've always enjoyed real work more than schoolwork. My mother will attest to that - she was always concerned about me academically.

I went to a public school through sixth grade, and being good at tests wasn't cool.

I think there should be a good balance between being a good student and being able to enjoy your high school life.

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.