The Top Student dropped out of the law course and entered it again at 20
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September 19, 2012 at 12:44pm
Now, at last, we have the truth about Franco. This Mega Top Student was a university drop-out. He dropped out of the law course after the first year – well, he says he dropped out, but was he asked to leave? – and went back when he was 20.
So that explains the Form IIC fixation. Well, not really – but you have to try to get inside the mind of individuals like this.
And he got straight As in English, God bless him, but his stories have a morale.
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Hallih miskin. You’re going to drive him up the wall.
I must admit I read his blog (actually, most of the times it’s just the comments I follow). I can’t believe how gullible he is.
He takes seriously comments that are obviously taking the piss. He doesn’t recognise sarcasm or provocation. Vera miskin.
This all confirms that il Dottore is really, really mad. Not just missing a screw or two, but actually mad mad.
‘books and study’
Kotba u studju.
Bir-rispett kollu, in-nanna din kienet issejhila balbuljata manja.
Something still does not make sense. If he got all the required A Levels a year early AND managed to enter the law course, then WHY did he leave it?
It would have been different if he had not entered the law course in the first place, but by entering then leaving it, something was amiss.
Who the hell allowed him to enroll in the first place. Don’t they vet these turkeys? Can’r believe the riff raff that got through. Witness Inspector Gadget, and this asshole.
Must embarrass the lawyers who worked for and really deserved the degree.
I remember him on campus, walking like a peacock.
The signs were there at a very early stage.
Look here Daphne… Franco resigned from the law course but they didn’t accept his resignation.
A long session of toing and froing ensued – by the time this mess was undone – two years had passed. Simple.
Franco Debono will be happy with this:
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120919/local/medicine-price-cuts-announced.437586
Xanax, I mean.
I’d ask “How did you manage an A in English? What happened to your English writing skills since then” jahasra
Has Franco Debono nothing better to do than discuss his qualifications on the internet?
Good material for stand-up comedy.
Cor blimey. I got better grades at A levels then that cocksure bullshitter. more then forty years ago. An A and two Bs in the 3 subject requirements to my particular course and straight A in the advanced Matric in Religion, Maltese and Philosophy. By Franco’s standards I should be President of the republic by now.
Franco . go seek some psychological advice before you lose what remains of your sanity and professional career .
http://www.francodebono.com/2012/09/19/haiku/
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Dear Franco,
You are top floor to-let.
On a different topic.
GWU and MEA accept reduced tariffs instead of increased wages (MaltaToday)
Really don’t know how that will help the poor chaps on minimum wage …since they get electricity free.
You obviously find Franco very entertaining Daphne. I honestly can understand where he’s coming from.
It is a village mentality, who sincerely believe that their depraved and primitive upbringing is not excuse to lag behind their naturally endowed counterparts and the fact that peasants like him made it to St Aloysius puts a direct bearing on the assumption that he should not be the subject of ridicule and factually deserves a pole position in society.
I am no philosopher but FD is no specimen of this warped behavior in Malta. This sub-culture breeds the worst individuals who intrinsically believe they are completely right and manifest this insatiable need to prove themselves all the time.
Spot on, Lorna.
Lorna, I feel this is a very racial comment on your part. I take particular exception to your comment “…village mentality, who sincerely believe that their depraved and primitive upbringing is not excuse to lag behind their naturally endowed counterparts and the fact that peasants like him…”
I have just recently started reading this blog, but never contributed. Sometimes I agree with Ms Caruana Galizia, sometimes I don’t. We are all entitled to our opinion.
However, I feel that your comments are very racial. I believe, and Ms Caruana Galizia will agree, great or small people are not a result of area of upbringing. [Daphne – My children grew up in a tiny hamlet called Bidnija.]
There were great people that originated from the poorest corners of our island (and am not referring to a recently deceased one – of which my memories are not exactly rosy) as well as criminals originating from the traditional well to do areas. In fact some of the latter were mentioned extensively lately in these here blogs.
I am not writing this in defense of Dr. Debono, but in defense of the village I was born and bred in. Hal Ghaxaq is a beautiful tranquil village that is more then able to breed intelligent and industrious individuals.
These individuals are several times born from families that you call “peasants”. These are however very respectful and sometimes have much more grace than those people that look down upon them because they were born in well to do families.
Jason Falzon
Hal Ghaxaq
I was raised about 5 miles from Hal Ghaxaq. By European standards, I am from Hal Ghaxaq. Let’s get a sense of the scale of things, chaps.
Isma’. Ma n’ghamlux mod li xi wiehed Ugo Mifsud Bonnici kien l’ezaminatur tieghek u wehilt hux? Forsi ghalhekk wehel Carmelo ma’ rasek?
@ Daphne
Check the link below – check the post by “Bushido Warrior” – the first letter in each line (read vertically) forms a sentence!
http://www.francodebono.com/2012/09/19/charles-borg-and-salvino-sciberras-any-more-questions-please/
A mega tosser.
He can have all straight As in all the subjects of his choice, he could have aced his final thesis, without a second chance or pointers from his professor, but he has a series of Fs in his deportment towards his friends and respect towards his superiors.
There is a life after graduation and it’s called ‘gaining experience’ but Franco seems to have skipped this phase and is still glued on to the time when he attended Form IIC.
He was ever so close to making something out of himself (in a matter of weeks, perhaps) and yet so far away, now that he will be on the outside looking in at ministers of one side or another.
Moral(e) of the story: hardheadedness is not a virtue. Getting somewhere at the expense of others is reprehensible and not on.
I’d give you an A+ for this comment.
Straight As in English my foot. I tried to read a piece on his blog but had to give up. I found it ever so painful.
I cannot understand how the man managed to get through university, actually ending up with a degree.
Better check out Franco on Mario Demarco and the Isle of MTV tickets. Try to avoid falling off your chair, though.
Claudette Pace?
[Daphne – Why do you keep asking about Claudette Pace? If you want a date, ring her. Oh sorry, she’s married.]
Now he has published his haiku collection.
Next work published will be his Neiku collection.
To be followed by the Kieku collection.
Doesn’t it remind you of someone?
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xzoie_time-to-let-them-go_news
Maybe Franco will give us this kind of behaviour when he goes next time to Xarabank with his mother.
[Daphne – This Little Britain clip is about “posh people”. It says so at the start.]
The Matriculation Examination Board has a lot to answer for if they gave this idiot an A in English.
Oh dearie me. Franco Debono is now throwing tantrums because Mario Demarco did not give him free concert tickets years ago.
Mur obsor ghalikom, hej. Dan it-tghajjir kollu ghax tghiru ghalieh?
Ma jistax kulhadd jigi l-ewwel fil-matrikola. Ikkunslaw b’li gbartu, mhux tehduha kontra min gab As aktar milli gibtu Fs kollha f’daqqa. Jigifieri, ci vuole! (Kont se nghidilkom ‘gab As aktar milli ghandkom suf f’sormkom’, imma pastaza wisq ghad-Deffney’s Running Nosebook Commentary.)
Tiftakru fi zmien il-qedem, meta bi frustrazzjoni kbira konna nghajtu b’hangra ta’ berawt kburi:
‘Min HU bhal Eddie?!’
Illum nafu.
[Daphne – Hello, Kevin. I see from the MEPA application list that Sharon has applied to open a childcare nursery here in Malta. So all set for the Big Return? Campaign message: WOULD YOU TRUST THIS WOMAN WITH YOUR CHILDREN?]
Imhatra daqt taraw lil Purdie jibghatni nahsel il-platti. X’ghidulha dik…? Mhux Freudian ezattament l-affari… Nahseb f’hajja ohra kien jahdem dishwasher u marlu l-washer ghall-eternita.
[Daphne – No, Kev. Now that we know Sharon plans to open a nursery, we’re going to tease you about nappy-changing and bottle-feeding. Good luck with that.]
That old trick again? Thinking about whether to delete my reply?
Hey Kevvy! Even though you refer to me in a language in which I’m not fully conversed, I feel you will be an admirable nappy-changer.
In fact, just think, doing the dishes, washing nappies, and explaining conspiracy theories to babies, you may be able to reverse the rotate of the earth. Just like Superman.
It’s one in a long chain, qalbi. You must be referring to the new one at Qawra. You see, Sharon’s Stepping Stones precedes Deffney’s Running Nosebook Commentary by at least three years. Your international network of spies is seven years too late.
The chain includes centres at Fgura, B’Kara and M’Scala. More than 100 families have complete trust in Stepping Stones. The fact that the social welfare department recommends the centre confirms its reputation.
As for the ‘big return’, alas, Deffney, kellu bzonn wasal il-waqt…
[Daphne – I see. A childcare empire.]
Qed tara kemm mortu tajjeb taht GonziPN, kev. M’hemmx ghalfejn tistennew lil dear Joseph biex ihallikhom tahdmu.
http://www.steppingstonesmalta.com/node/23
Wow, Kevvy. One hundred families, maybe 200 kids, all from red families? Sounds like a real money-maker. Tell Sharon not to give up her day job.
Guess you’ll still be stuck in the kitchen. Must be getting good at it by now. I hear Peppino’s is hiring. I’ll put in a word to Jason.
Wasn’t it enough that kev had to do the dishes – he will be changing nappies as well now.
Октября́та, Кевин?
Indeed, Baxxter.
Наших правил ровно пять.
Мы их будем выполнять.
OMG, Kevvy, so impressive. Did you read that stuff off your dishes? So cultured, so underwhelming.
Did you Google-translate what I wrote about you, Purdie?
Here, I did it for you: “Bet soon see each PURDIE sending nahsel the dishes. X’ghidulha that …? Not exactly Freudian affair … I think another was working f’hajja marlu dishwasher and the washer for eternity.”
Not the best of translations, I’m afraid, but I’m quoting Google so I’ll leave the rest to you.
“Mur obsor ghalikom, hej. Dan it-tghajjir kollu ghax tghiru ghalieh? ”
Your ignorance is staggering. Ghidilna, x’tidhol l-ghira? Jew twehhlu fl-ghira meta mohhkom ma jtikhomx biex taslu ghal raguni professjonali?
I’m really looking forward to this year’s panto.
Talking of which, perhaps Franco Debono would like to star as the dame in Alan Montanaro’s stead. He might then find out what’s been really frustrating him for so long, and leave the rest of us to get on with our lives in peace.
Always assuming that free speech and political satire will still be allowed in Malta by the new government.
IF he remembers well he got an A. What is the problem? I think that he still has the official results and can easily check them.
Hey Franco, look at these:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/what-happens-to-child-geniuses-once-391319
Ganeh Sittampalam got his Maths Certificate aged 8. Works at Credit Suisse and at just thirty, he’s got everything: a huge wage packet, a wife, kids. Top of the Tops. Bravo!
Oops! Andrew Halliburton, IQ 145, Maths genius: works in McDonald’s.
I love this guy:
Ganesh Sittampalam:
“On hearing about his degree, he said: “I yelled ‘Yippee!’ I’m quite proud. I’m happy because I’ve done it, not because of my age. I’d have felt the same if I was 20.”
By his 20s, he had a masters in computing and a doctorate in intentional programming. Now 30, he’s an associate at Credit Suisse and lives in Oxford with wife Amanda. They had a son, Alexander, last September.”