Friday, April 30, 2004
"They will come up and say: 'Oh, I have an 88.9. Can I have an A?' No. You earned the 88. Work harder next quarter."
Math teacher Ilyssa Rothman
On the effort to maintain objectivity despite pressures from students, parents and administrators to inflate grades.
"These are our fellow soldiers ... they wear the same uniform as us, and they let their fellow soldiers down. If we can't hold ourselves up as an example of how to treat people with dignity and respect, we can't ask that other nations do that to our soldiers."
Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt
On criminal charges against six American soldiers who are accused of mistreating Iraqi prisoners.