When, for example, Ashlee wrote that she thought it was "not fair" for Joshua, the main character in "The Flunking of Joshua T. Bates," to be held back in third grade, Mrs. Ryan wrote back: "Maybe it is fair, Ashlee.

I did my best to flunk out of high school.

"All the more reason not to risk getting flunked out!"

I was then flunking every course but art at school.

She gave herself an A for effort, but the result flunked.

"But I flunked my earth science course in high school."

I've been trying to learn how to use it and I flunked.

What was she trying to do, get him to flunk out?

She had come to the final test of her life, and flunked it.

The good news is that you get to flunk him within a year or two.

I flunked English several times trying to get it right.

I also flunked my driver's test the first time around.

If he flunks this test, maybe he'll stay back again.

"So they thought I might flunk out and come back?"

Then you'll miss the meeting and flunk the test too!

If he'd flunked the second half, he suspected they would have worked something out.

Any company that flunked would be replaced by federal workers.

Then a county inspector came along and flunked the building.

He had recently flunked out of school and been drafted.

The Chicago public school system has an answer that is getting the attention of students in a big way: flunk you.

"People have flunked this test who were city employees for 20 years," he said.

Neither of them said what happened if he flunked the test, and nobody asked.

Said it would be a waste of time, because I'd flunk out the first year.

That everyone on the floor is going to flunk out by Christmas, including you.

I flunked out of law school, and Reggie gave me a job.

Give me a chemistry test and I may flunk that.