During one of my high school classes, the teacher took attendance. "Rudy? Is Rudy here?" he asked. "He dropped out of school," a student responded. "That's off to a fine start in life," the teacher responded sarcastically. "Do you all know the song, 'Rudy,' by Supertramp? It goes, 'Rudy's on a train to nowhere.'"
Fortunately, Rudy returned to school a few days later. I always wondered if the teacher's reaction got back to him and was one of the reasons he returned.
