Grades Tier List

S- 5
A- 8
B - 1, 2
C - 4, 7
D - 3, 6, 10
F -  9

Analysis:
5- The year I had the most close friends, a great teacher, and since it was a Private school, it was small, so I was "popular", I guess(?) We also had amazing field trips in 5th grade, and this will probably forever be the year of my life that I remember most fondly. Small school = god school, and this school had literally like 230 kids total. So the teachers actually cared about us, and this teacher was so good that she was probably the catalyst for my love of history and social studies as a whole.

8- Very similar to 5th Grade, but slightly worse, I guess. Middle School is inherently worse, but this was the grade I met Lucille, as well as becoming closer with my other best friend. This was my first experience with a teacher who actually assigned a lot of work, but it was for History so I didn't hate it, or her. This was also the grade I got my first (and currently only) "boyfriend", if you could call it that, which lasted for all of a month and a half.

1- Remember a lot less vividly than the other two, but I remember the teacher being kind to us, and she read us the Tale of Despereaux. We also had this thing where you would get to put a marble in a jar if you did something good, (teacher's discretion), and if you got 100 the class would get some sort of party. I distinctly remember 1 party being watching the Muppet Christmas Carol, and 1 time I had to remove a marble from the jar for being a chatty Cathy. I think we also played kickball once. Lastly, this was the year I had my first "crush", but I was only 6 so what I basically wanted was just to hang out XD.

2- Amazing teacher, met the guy who would become my best friend for grade 2-4 (still good friends in 5 don't worry). I think this was the year of my first ever real playdate, which was fun. We played Madden, hockey, and went to a Harlem Globetrotters game. The teacher kept mints on her desk, and would give them to well-behaving students. I definitely stole some on more than 1 occasion, but was never caught (1 close call for sure, though). I remember from grades 1-5 we would have this event called "math marathon" where you would have 15 minutes to complete 100 problems of X variety. (though the higher you went in grades the less time). I am good at math, but would get very emotional if I fucked a problem up, because that would mean I needed to wait a full week for a chance at redemption. This was honestly cringe as hell, but there was this one time that I got a 99/100 on the Multiplication. That may sound good, but you needed a 100% to pass to the next one (which would be division). The teacher marked it as a 100%, and I didn't notice until I checked my answers when I got home. I realized her mistake, and basically cried because I didn't want to lie to her, but also didn't want to not pass. I told her, and she said that I would still pass to division because that was her mistake, not mine, but she appreciated my honesty. I feel bad looking back on this, because it is a reminder of how far back I have regressed in terms of honesty. If I found that sort of mistake nowadays, I know for damn sure I would not tell the teacher.

4- This year could be A or B tier, but I was the reason it was not. This was the first and only year I was ever sent to the Principal's office for disciplinary reasons (as opposed to sending down the attendance sheets, etc.) and it actually happened twice in the span of a month. This was in addition to once unplugging the teacher's SmartBoard for no good reason, and I think there were some other issues that I don't really remember. I was of course punished for this behavior, but was just not well-behaved in 4th grade. On the plus side, this grade has been the reason that I've literally never been disciplined at school since.

7- Worst teacher I ever had was my 7th grade Science Teacher. She was honestly, a large bitch to me for little reason that I can remember. I think my best example would be this: In the final quarter of the school year, she would give tickets to students for positive behavior, like answering a question right or getting an A on a test. These tickets could then be used for entering raffles to win like $10 Chick-Fil-A gift cards, small stuff like that. I remember she once gave me one, I said "Thanks for the ticket", and then she took it away. Like what? Also once she gave me a lunch detention for someone else yelling for no reason, but fortunately a friend and I told her what happened, and she let me go (so that was kind of her and was an honest mistake, I don't hold that against her). Other than that, I didn't like my social studies teacher either, but that may have just been clashing personalities, I don't think she was a bad teacher, and I don't really dislike her now like the science teacher.

3- Teacher was a massive bitch. She was fired on the 2nd last day of school and I am quite confident 0 people liked her. One of my friends claims she slapped him at one point, and though I don't know for sure that's true, he never claimed any other teacher did anything like that.

6- Only year of my life I've experienced behavior from others that I can really call bullying. If I look back on it, I can see that *maybe* the intent was just teasing, but it wasn't friendly and was definitely never funny to me. This was also the last year I would get straight A's, so that's a plus.

10- I WANT TO SEE MY FUCKING FRIENDS AGAIN.

9- Absolutely shit. If there's one thing I DON'T miss from 9th grade, and is probably my worst memory, is just looking for a spot in the cafeteria where no one was. Because I knew that I wasn't going to be sitting with anyone. (There are exceptions, like when I sat with Lucille and/or our friend Kasey). But loneliness is a pain that hurts more than many others. Other than that, this was the year I got my first C on a report card, and I actually got 3 of them. (Only 2 count, 1 was art and I suck at art). I hated my art teacher, I hated my math teacher, and I could count the number of friends I had on 3/5 of 1 hand. Oh yeah, and it got shut down midway because of a major global pandemic.