Quote Originally Posted by zoom-zoom View Post
Ha, my very favorite principal was the guy I had in HS. At one point he flagged-down my folks at a school event, shaking his head. He had seen my standardized test scores and couldn't for the life of him figure out why I was not among the top of the class (aside from Math--I have never done well with that). It used to drive my folks batty...how could such a bright kid do so poorly in school? My sister was even worse. She would frequently do work and forget to turn it in or lose it in her locker.
In my case, my grades weren't spectacularly bad, except in math--mostly B/C, but I got D's in math in junior high and one quarter my first year of high school. My grades in biology and history (subjects I liked!) were A's. They noticed a mismatch between who I was and how I was doing, but it wasn't bad enough, except in math. The other thing was from middle school on, they streamed students, and while I was in "gifted" classes, I was in the "smart, but not quite smart enough" group, which is why I think they let it slide.

Oh, and I did the "lose homework in the locker" thing in middle school. More times than I care to admit.