In the second part of the poem, the teacher gets his comeuppance.
He usually says this as a reaction to getting his comeuppance.
I can only hope they get their comeuppance when numbers fall through the increased fees.
It did not take long for me to get my comeuppance.
Despite this, he would often get his comeuppance in the end.
At the end he gets his comeuppance, but in a way least expected by him.
"But I would certainly like to see them get their comeuppance. "
"What's happening now is we're getting our comeuppance for what we've been doing over the last 10 years."
America may be about to get its comeuppance on that score.
But in 1927 the public decided it was time the clever young man got his comeuppance.