Its hard some days not feeling like a fraud in front of my students. Sure, kids, work hard, get good grades, do the right thing, go to college, that's the way to make it in life. Even better, do something that's good for humanity, do what you're good at, do what inspires you. Share your talents with the world. Yeah, go on. End up with thousands of dollars of college loan debt, end up with crappy job markets, end up with choosing between crappy wages and selling your soul and your dreams to a heartless corporation, only to be passed up for promotions or managed by the children of the wealthy who have never faced adversity in their life.. maybe 1% of you have a chance out there in this world, but the rest of you (the 99%?) are gonna be chewed up and spit out by this crooked country and crooked economy. I'd like to keep the spirit of my generation alive, the "never sell out" attitude alive, but hey, we're adults now, and we've found out that the world out there is cruel. Very cruel. I've seen so many friends sell out their dreams and hopes.. or cling on to dying dreams like gollum chasing the elusive ring... getting older, more bitter, more desperate...