When I went to see the
careers master at school and told him that I wanted to be a car designer he was quite dismissive and said: "What do you want to go into that for?
"Just at the time we were filling in our UCCA forms to go off to university, the
careers master took ill which left us with a problem.
A chat with the
careers master at his school led him into banking, in a modest way, and he decided not to follow his contemporaries to university.
WHIRLWIND Andrew Flintoff was told by his
careers master to forget any thoughts of ever making it as a professional cricketer.
I cannot recall my
Careers Master mentioning Tycoonship as a career option to me.
He says his
careers master told him to become a policeman.
I once told my
careers master at school that I wanted to be a professional footballer.
His big night was a real McGregor's gathering because his family - including proud dad Jim, a
careers master at Morrison Academy, Crieff - attended the all- star event.
"When I was 15 I told the
careers master that I wanted to be a professional footballer.
But not all Ainsley's teachers got it right, as he explains: "When I went to my
careers master and told him I wanted to be a chef, he said: 'You're far too bright for that Harriott!'"
Before you leave school, consult your
careers master. This boy didn't - ``Jungle King'' Tony Blackburn recalling seeing a photograph of himself pinned up in his old school, Millfield, bearing that caption.
At school, the 5ft 4in star told her
careers master that her ambition was to be famous.