My first year in college I made the mistake of taking the most boring class in the world, taught by a TA with a very heavy accent so he was hard to understand and the class started at 7:30 AM. I did not live on campus so I had to get up at 5:30 to catch the city bus. I flunked the class because I couldn't stay awake. I was put on academic suspension faster than you could blink and eye and spent the next 4 quarters begging the school counselors to believe that I was doing better. When you flunk a class your first quarter it takes a long LONG time to recover your grade point average. I still have not told them that I flunked a class because I became a teacher. Although I know he was joking I remember my dad uttering that idiotic phrase, "Those that can do, those that can't teach". It cut right straight to my heart and made me feel like I would never be good enough. I was not about to give them any ammo.