career path

I (somewhat) regularly correspond with my (now retired) high school biology teacher; a living legend and a rather alcoholic, crass, perverted gent. In response to my current occupation, he wrote the following, each paragraph from a different email. In the order they were received:

'I have a shy, young personal doctor at Kaiser who reminds me of you more than a little. In consideration of which I am considerate of her feelings. Maybe you should go to med school.Then you too can work with disgusting old people rather than young ones.'

'I think you should aim a touch above the classroom. Counseling maybe,or administration. You'd probably make a good principal.'

'I think you would make a great school administrator. Like an academic Julius Caesar.'

'AND as an academic caesar you could chop off the right hands of all male students,at one stroke getting rid of graffiti and masturbation.'

'You gotta get out of substituting.Your role in life is to lead. If a black lawyer can be president,so can a woman. Aim for the top.'


So I imagine that the overarching message is 'quit your job' but I like the progression of 'school counselor' to 'president of the United States' in just a few exchanges.

The med school thing, that's just crazy though.