I was a very earnest, hard working boy at school, but my parents were distressed because I was always bottom of the class. But I wasn't dilatory, I worked like crazy.
I don't know why people question the academic training of an athlete. Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.
I was at the foot of my class.
Fifty percent of all doctors graduate in the bottom half of their class - Hope your surgery went well!
I coasted through high school. I was 203rd in a class of 987.
I was the one of those students who made the top half of the class possible.
Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.
Grades are almost completely relative, in effect ranking students relative to others in their class. Thus extra achievement by one student not only raises his position, but in effect lowers the position of others.
I took an MA course in creative writing a couple of years back, and I was definitely in the bottom of the class.
I wasn't the best in my class at the Royal Academy. There was a really good soprano and baritone who were technically better and are doing really well in opera now. But I was definitely the best mezzo-soprano in my class, because I was the only one of those!
Holly is the fourth-prettiest girl in the class, but the top 3 all have boyfriends. So a lot of guys like me are doing everything they can to get in good with her.
