A professor in Boston told me I was 'wasting a seat' right before I left.

It was during office hours for a required business class I was failing. I went to ask for help on a project, and he looked at my file and said, 'You're just wasting a seat someone else could use.' I dropped his class the next day and left school for good a month later. That one comment made me feel like I didn't belong there at all. Has anyone else had a teacher's words be the final push to leave?

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jamiew831d ago

Had a teacher tell me something similar in community college. Quit for a few years because of it. Went back later to a different program with better teachers. That first guy was just a bad fit, not a judge of my future. Found my way once I stopped listening to that one voice.

abbyd361d ago

My high school physics teacher told me I had "hands for art, not for science" when I messed up a lab. It stuck with me for years and I almost didn't apply to college. I totally get how one offhand comment can just wreck your confidence. What @jamiew83 said is so true, it's just one person's bad opinion. I found out later that teacher said stuff like that to lots of kids. It says way more about him being a bad teacher than about any student's future.