Yeah, maybe you don't but you are right in not being a quitter.

Funny how people can judge someone and then being showed up as false characters themselves.
But kudos to that guy and to that proved them wrong.
If you go and have a look at some guys that have really made it big time, it is surprising to find that some of them never completed their schooling. Some even left school in the lower grades and today they are billionaires.
Some others only really started at the ages of 50 and up with an idea and turned wealthy overnight.
Right brained stuff my friend!

Slow learners spoil the teachers efforts to "shine" and that's why they dislike them, but thankfully there are always a handful of teachers that really care about their pupils and those are the ones that avoid the "shining" stage.