Winston Churchill failed in his first two attempts to gainadmittance to Sandhurst，the British army school，and his fatherconsidered using his social connections with the Rothschilds inorder to obtain Winston a position in business.However，Winstonwas tutored for the Sandhurst exam and passed—barely—onhis third try .His father was greatly displeased by the marks andwrote a scathing letter predicting his son's future to be that of a“wastrel” leading a futile life .
温斯顿·邱吉尔曾考了两次都未能考上英国陆军学校——桑德赫斯特学院。他父亲打算用他同罗斯柴尔德家族的关系替邱吉尔在商界谋一个差事。可是邱吉尔为桑德赫斯特的考试找人辅导，第三次勉强通过了考试。他父亲对他的分数十分不满，写了一封尖刻的信，预言他的儿子将是一个一事无成的“饭桶”。