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I skipped kindergarten because I was reading at a pretty high level. That's a weird and cocky thing to say, but I was real sharp, and I knew that early on.

— Hannibal Buress

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I did not even go to kindergarten; I just started first grade when I was five and started reading right away. I don't know how it all worked, but I had a lot of adults and older siblings around me. So, I guess I was probably introduced to what one would be introduced to at that time in kindergarten.

— Joan Ganz Cooney

I only finished first grade.

— Amnat Ruenroeng

I had the fortune or misfortune to learn how to read fluently starting at the age of three. So I had read maybe 150 books by the time I hit 1st grade. And I already knew that the teachers were lying to me.

— Alan Kay

When I was in kindergarten, I entered a competition and read 52 books in a week.

— Tom Rath

My favorite subject was recess. Fortunately for me, I had a mother who believed I was smart.

— Ben Carson

I just couldn't stand school. If I went, I'd skip after the first class. I didn't like to be told I had to study and had to do homework. There's a fact that you have to want to learn.

— Randy Travis

✗Opposing Perspectives

I did kindergarten twice because I was so shy.

— Zendaya

I hadn't learned to read by third grade, which wasn't unusual for some kids. I knew something was wrong because I couldn't see or understand the words the way the other kids did. I wasn't the least bit bothered - until I was sent back to the second-grade classroom for reading help after school.

— Barbara Corcoran

I didn't learn how to read until I was at the end of fifth grade and 11 years old and held back.

— Philip Schultz

I skipped ninth grade. I went from eighth to tenth, and then I graduated a year early to start working, and it was a big blessing for me because I was not a school person, although I really do miss having that kind of environment.

— Dove Cameron