one foot in the classroom. one foot in the grave. nineteen years of preparation. it [bad word] down to this. prepare you for life. or was it death that my professors lectured about as they engraved professions into my brain. if you do this and you do that, success and money will fall into your lap. and there's no going back. and then you're trapped. and then you're trapped. one foot in the classroom. one foot in the grave.