RONAN QUITS SCHOOL OVER FAME JIBES
Teen actress SAOIRSE RONAN has quit a boarding school in Ireland - blamin= g some of her teachers for giving her a "hard time" over her movie succes= s.
The Lovely Bones star received critical acclaim for her Oscar-nominated= performance in 2007’s Atonement and is tipped as one of Hollywood’s most= promising young stars.
But the 15 year old is already discovering the downsides of fame - she = has walked away from school over her teachers’ and fellow pupils’ negativ= e attitudes towards her.
Ronan, who now has lessons at home, tells the U.K.’s Guardian newspaper= , "The reason was teachers giving me a hard time. Teachers and students. = Some of the students were, you know, mean. But I only stayed a while. It = wasn’t really working out. You know, the school is a good school and the = people who go there are good people. But when your schoolmates recognise = you before they’ve met you, and the teachers do, too, it can make things = very awkward and difficult. It’s a shame."
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