Yeah and I guess all jet guys are fags....
Anyone that says that grades don't matter is lying.(I will exclude marine's from this groups since I knew more than a few that actually tanked flights during a jet draft at a shot at flying cobra's or 53's and marine's actually have cool over land helo missions). I will acknowledge that there are different levels of obsession with it, but it is in every pilot's nature to want to fly well and be a top performer, I am not implying that everyone wants jets (although it does somehow make it to #1 on most navy guys preference sheets and for good reason) but I am implying that the same people that say they didn't care about grades are probably the same one's trying to convince everyone that flying the starboard D is somehow the coolest thing going. I fly P-3's, are they cool to fly, I guess it would depend on your definition. I personally do not find it really cool, it is very old and preflights can last longer than actual missions and you really do become a systems nazi like all those idiot P-3 instructors from flight school that wanted to know what the third bolt on the second stage bleed air was torque rated at. But like anything else it has its moments, I have friends in every community and everyone generally likes what they fly and where they are stationed. Not even an F-18 is that cool when you are 3 bubble and cutting circes tanking for hours on end.
The bottom line is flight school is there to develop a system for how you will employ whatever weapon system you end up flying. You will always need to learn lights, limits (CH 4), and EP's and it is up to you to find a way that you will remember these the best in flight school so you can use that knowledge later on. Primary is not all about grades for selection, if it was then everyone would get what they "qualified" for. Selections change every week and there is no way to know from week to week what is coming up. For example for a month before I selected there was 1 P-3 slot given out and an average of about 3 jet spots and a ton of helo's. But the week I selected there were 13 P-3 slots and 1 jet slot. I promise if you ask any group of 5 people after primary they can tell you similar stories.
My advice is do your best and enjoy flight school, I would kill for another PA solo. It may seem like a ***** now, but I promise it is some of the best times you will have in an airplane. Remember, you have a ground job waiting for you somewhere very soon...
cheers