you are indeed probably correct about l. ron hubbard never directly lying about
his grades.  in fact i seem to recall a statement by hubbard where he admitted
to truly bad grades, probably in the early days.

however, you utterly FLUNK on the larger issue.  hubbard made statements later
about his career and qualifications which by their very nature imply if not good
grades at least passable grades, whereas hubbard's grades were obviously those
of a flunking student.  if he never directly lied about his grades, he pretty
clearly and obviously made statements about his academic stature that blatantly
imply a greater degree of academic success than he in fact enjoyed.

now you can whine and whimper all you like about whether or not he specifically
lied about his Phys Ed grades or whatever, but he OBVIOUSLY lied in stating that
he was a nuclear physicist and a Ph.D. (unless you count the diploma mill degree
he bought).

rob