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Pupil better than their teacher?

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buzzfresh101 | 11:44 Mon 27th Feb 2006 | Phrases & Sayings
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Does anyone know of the saying/phrase that is associated to a pupil amounting so much knowledge/ability that they become better than their teacher?

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Teaching your granny to suck eggs...


'The pupil becomes the master' is another old one but is probably too literal to what you want to say

18:38 Mon 27th Feb 2006
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Smart ar5e!?
22:34 Mon 27th Feb 2006
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Lunatics taking over the asylum?
00:12 Wed 01st Mar 2006
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I think this is commonly known as the British education system.......
08:54 Wed 01st Mar 2006
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When the police driving schools were better than they are now, a pupil would often progress to be better than the instructor in terms of reaction times, road observation and quickness of mind. Now they seem to come out just ahead of a yob on his bike.


09:17 Wed 01st Mar 2006
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Whickerman - the older reference is nearer the mark. Do you know who said it?
11:13 Wed 01st Mar 2006

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