Important Dates: Memorial Day - May 28, Summer Break - July 1 through July 7. I failed the 8th grade - Music Lessons, IQ and Academic Skills I’ve read a lot of studies about the correlation between music lessons and grades. I am living proof of this correlation. I failed the 8th grade. I had poor focus, I hated math, English and almost every other school subject. I took music lessons beginning at the age of 12 and continued until I was 17. In my first year of college I was on