Every doubter's words, now framed — in the staff directory.
Told 'nothing good will come out of you' as a child, Nigerian man becomes a University of Bristol lecturer.
As a child in Nigeria, the man who submitted this story was told nothing good would come out of him. He has since been appointed a lecturer at the University of Bristol, one of the UK's leading universities. His post about the appointment, and the childhood taunt that preceded it, drew a flood of reactions on Reddit.
Source: Told 'nothing good will come out of you' as a child, Nigerian man becomes a University of Bristol lecturer. — r/UpliftingNews
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