Brian Wilson recently returned to Hawthorne High School in California — where he graduated along with the rest of the original Beach Boys lineup — to tour the school and receive an updated grade on an old piece of homework. As laid out by Wilson’s official Twitter, he apparently submitted a composition for a music class in 1959 that received an F grade, and that composition wound up being “Surfin’,” the Beach Boys’ first hit. But that failing grade has now been changed to an A by the current school principal. Good for you, Brian! Education is important.
Brian’s high school music teacher Fred Morgan: “Brian wrote a composition for me and it turned out to be ‘Surfin.’ That composition got an F, but it made a million dollars.” Brian’s failing grade has now been changed to an A on this assignment by Dr. Landesfeind! pic.twitter.com/ICANT605Kx
— Brian Wilson (@BrianWilsonLive) January 15, 2018
A trip down memory lane: Brian visiting Hawthorne High School #BeTrueToYourSchool #Hawthorne pic.twitter.com/EF2DYi8n8r
— Brian Wilson (@BrianWilsonLive) January 15, 2018
This article originally appeared in Stereogum.
