Professor Stephen Malley:     O.K. …..Here’s my last bit,…… so bear with me. ……The decisions you make now bud  can’t be changed, but with years and years of hard work to redo it….. and in those years, you become something different…… Everybody does. As time passes you get married, you get into debt,……. but you’re never going to be the same person you are right now….. and Promise …..and Potential …. It’s very fickle… and it might just not be there anymore.
 
Todd (the student):  Are you assuming that I’ve already made my decision and also that I’ll live to regret it?

Professor Stephen Malley:    All I’m saying is that you’re an adult now… and the tough thing about adulthood is that it … it starts before you even know it.. (sigh).. when you’re already a dozen decisions into it, but what you need to know, Todd, ... no lifeguard's watching anymore. You’re on your own.... You’re your own man... and the decisions you make now are yours and yours alone... from here until the end.