John Kerry - A Mediocre Student in Yale

Well, whatdya know, John Kerry's grades were slightly worse than George W. Bush' grades while both of them attended Yale. Probably explains why John Kerry "slightly" lost the election. His school photo didn't help either.

During last year's presidential campaign, John F. Kerry was the candidate often portrayed as intellectual and complex, while George W. Bush was the populist who mangled his sentences. But newly released records show that Bush and Kerry had a virtually identical grade average at Yale University four decades ago.

In 1999, The New Yorker published a transcript indicating that Bush had received a cumulative score of 77 for his first three years at Yale and a roughly similar average under a non-numerical rating system during his senior year.

Kerry, who graduated two years before Bush, got a cumulative 76 for his four years, according to a transcript that Kerry sent to the Navy when he was applying for officer training school. He received four D's in his freshman year out of 10 courses, but improved his average in later years.

Of course, there is a greater tendency to improve later on in school.

The transcript shows that Kerry's freshman-year average was 71. He scored a 61 in geology, a 63 and 68 in two history classes, and a 69 in political science. His top score was a 79, in another political science course. Another of his strongest efforts, a 77, came in French class.

His strongest effort...French? Ah, that explains why he likes France so much. Looks like one, too.

In addition to Kerry's four D's in his freshman year, he received one D in his sophomore year. He did not fail any courses.

Four D's? And George Bush only received one "D".

''I always told my Dad that D stood for distinction," Kerry said yesterday in a written response to questions, noting that he has previously acknowledged that he spent a lot of time learning to fly instead of focusing on his studies.

A "D" for "Distinction"?? "D" also means dummy in the world of education.

And for those who guffawed over George W. Bush' grades thinking that Kerry's the intellectual elite? Here's looking back at ya!


UPDATE: Thanks "R". You still read my posts. Thanks for commenting. We *know* you can't keep your words. Just like John Kerry, you also get a "D". Please, wear it on your sleeves. It's a badge of honor from me to you. I know you're trying not to reply in RWR's site but you GOTTA make a reply in your blog, eh? The silence must be deafening for you. *clap* *clap* *clap*

Go here and see the compare and contrast between Kerry and Bush. Positively scary.