On my first day of my first teaching job some silly bint came in and said, "I didn't want you you know. You are only just qualified and very very young. How do you think you will cope? Charlotte is exceptionally bright you know ...."
Charlotte was 7 and I was 23. It was a private girls' school and I had a grand total of 17 children in my class. And Charlotte, although exceptionally bright, was also an exceptionally spoilt brat.
5 years later, at another school but in the same area, same mother marched in and said, "Thank God! I specifically asked for William to have you!"
Don't judge a book and all that ....