When I was just 7 years old at school…


My teacher stood me up in front of the class and announced…

“You Pooflake, are a useless, underachieving layabout, you are always going to be a useless, underachieving layabout, and you are never going to get anywhere in life”

All these years later…it has come to pass that he was spot on.

Can anybody explain how he knew back then?

It’s witchcraft, I reckon.
( Pooflake braces for an onslaught..., Fri 4 Jul 2008, 13:54, 4 replies)

Psychic.
Oh yes. It's a gift that teachers have.

A Prof in my old department told me that I was "nothing, and you'll be nothing in 5 years time!".

He was right. But he's dead now, so he's also nothing, so - ha.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 4 Jul 2008, 13:56, closed)

Apparently
Albert Einstein's teacher is reputed to have said something similar to him.

I'll bet he felt like a right twat in 1905.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 4 Jul 2008, 14:03, closed)

Yeah but no but
All my teachers were certain I was going to go far in life.

Ha ha - I showed the bastards!
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Fri 4 Jul 2008, 15:22, closed)

They don't always get it right.
My teachers always used to tell me "stuj, you will never find a job where you get paid to look out of the window! PAY ATTENTION!"
My job is a Meteorological Observer. I do indeed get paid to look out of the window.
:)
( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Sun 6 Jul 2008, 9:01, closed)