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Bin Laden was "a shy, courteous boy" - ex-teacher (2001)
Osama bin Laden was a quiet and shy pupil, according to a British teacher who taught him English at an elite Saudi Arabian school.
Brian Fyfield-Shayler told Britain's Sun newspaper that the boy, who grew into the world's most wanted man, behaved well, completed all his work on time, and was not particularly religious.
"I remember him as quiet, retiring and rather shy," Fyfield-Shayler, 69, was quoted as saying. "He was very courteous - more so than any of the others in his class."
Bin Laden, son of a wealthy Saudi industrialist, was in Fyfield-Shayler's class with 30 other boys during 1968 and 1969.
At the time of the report (2001), he was the prime suspect behind the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington.
"Physically, he was outstanding because he was taller, handsome and fairer than most of the other boys," the ex-teacher said. "He also stood out as he was singularly gracious and polite, and had a great deal of inner confidence."
Fyfield-Shayler, then retired and living in southwest England, suggested that the Western-style education at the school may have sown the seeds of alienation in bin Laden.
"I'm pretty sure that looking back at a school like that, he would have decided it was rather alien," he said, noting the Western-style uniforms of white shirts and black trousers.
However, he did not remember his former pupil as particularly devout. "There were students in each class who were always the first to rush off to prayer. But he wasn't one of them."
中文翻译
本·拉登是“一个害羞、有礼貌的男孩”——前老师（2001年）
据一位曾在沙特阿拉伯精英学校教过本·拉登英语的英国老师描述，奥萨马·本·拉登曾是一个安静、害羞的学生。
布莱恩·法费尔德-舍勒告诉英国《太阳报》，这个后来成长为世界头号通缉犯的男孩当时表现良好，按时完成所有作业，并且对宗教并不特别热衷。
时年69岁的舍勒被引述说：“我记得他很安静、内向，而且相当害羞。他非常有礼貌——比班上其他任何同学都更有礼貌。”
本·拉登是一位沙特富有的工业家的儿子，于1968年至1969年期间在舍勒老师的班上，与其他30名男孩一同学习。
在报道发布时（2001年），他是纽约世贸中心和华盛顿五角大楼袭击事件的主要嫌疑人。
这位前老师说：“从外表上看，他很出众，因为他比大多数男孩都更高、更英俊、肤色更白皙。他也因格外优雅、有礼貌且内心非常自信而脱颖而出。”
当时已退休并居住在英格兰西南部的舍勒认为，学校的西式教育可能在本·拉登心中埋下了疏离感的种子。
他指出学生们穿着白衬衫、黑裤子的西式校服，并说：“我很确定，当他回顾那样一所学校时，他会认为那是相当格格不入的。”
然而，他并不记得这位以前的学生特别虔诚。“每个班都有一些学生总是第一个冲出去祈祷。但他不是其中之一。”