{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fswiss\fprq2 Arial;}{\f1\fswiss\fprq2\fcharset0 Arial;}{\f2\fnil\fprq2\fcharset2 Animals 1;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\cf1\f0\fs28\par \pard\qc\b\f1\fs44 Failure List\b0\f0\fs28\par \f1 (from Ann Landers, 7-3-00)\par \pard\f0\par \tab\f1 Einstein was 4 years old before he could speak.\par \par \tab Isaac Newton did poorly in grade school and was considered "unpromising."\par \par \tab Beethoven's music teacher once said of him, "As a composer, he is hopeless."\par \par \tab When Thomas edison was a youngster, his teacher told him he was too stupid to learn anything. He was counseled to go into a field where he might succeed by virtue of his pleasant personality.\par \par \tab F.W.Woolworth got a job in a dry goods store when he was 21, but his employer would not permit him to wait on customers because he "didn't have enough sense to close a sale."\par \par \tab Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team. Boston Celtics Hall of Famer Bob Cousy suffered the same fate.\par \par \tab A newspaper editor fired Walt Disney because he "lacked imagination and had no good ideas."\par \par \tab Winston Churchhill failed the sixth grade and had to repeat it because he did not complete the tests that were required for promotion.\par \par \par \par \par \par \par \pard\qc\f2\fs144 &\f1\fs28\par }