You are almost not free if you are teaching a group of graduate students to become friends with one of them. I don't mean anything erotically charged just a friendship.
As a teacher you are more or less obliged to pay the same amount of attention...
I loved my 17 years with R.E.M. but I'm ready to reflect assess and move on...
I've met a lot of people who've lost their jobs and they still have a sense of humor.
