hiː wʌz ɹᵻdʒˈɛktᵻd twˈɛnti fˈoːɹ tˈaɪmz bᵻfˌoːɹ mˈaʊntɪn vjˈuː ˌɛlɪmˈɛntɚɹi skˈuːl hˈaɪɚd hˌɪm tə tˈiːtʃ ðə sˈɛkənd ænd θˈɜːd ɡɹˈeɪdz.
He was rejected 24 times before Mountain View Elementary School hired him to teach the second and third grades.