Tricia, I graduated with a Master's degree in Political Science back in 1980 and the economy was even worse then it is right now. The only job I was offered was as an unpaid intern in Washington, D.C. I could not afford to move there and not get paid. So I had to move home. I was desperate so I went to the Navy recruiting office. After taking the tests, they wanted to send me to officer candidate school. They suggested flight training since I had 20/20 vision. Instead I said I wanted to go into intelligence. They agreed. After reading the information on the school and thinking about my situation, I chickened out. Instead I worked in a gift wrapper at a jewelry store, at a greenhouse, as a swimming pool manager, and a substitute teacher. After a year and a half, I went back to school to work on my doctorate and was given my own class to teach. So that is how I ended up being a professor.