I'm a college professor, who sometimes feels like I'm in a high school. To make it worse, this is a senior-level college class. Although I do teach theory, I also insist on my students learning how to apply the theories to real-life applications. I do it for two reasons. First, they could just buy the test bank online and that's not fair play. Second, and most importantly, I want them to have advantages in life. They can walk into a job interview and actually understand what they need to do. I always tell them to carry a copy of their projects that they can talk about in an interview. I have taken groups into an empty board room and taught them how to put together a kick-ass portfolio, which I pay for the needed materials. I have never wanted anything in return but for them to succeed. (Full Disclosure - When any of my advisees becomes rich and famous, they have to contribute $5 a month to my nursing home bill
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I'm just really frustrated right now. I have thought about retiring. The first retirement package came around about 3 years ago and I was too young. This time I'm barely old enough but the years needed have increased and I'm one short.