Either of those things could make or break a grad student.Melissa also resented Dr. Gavin’s picking her for VIP tour duty. The assignment made her f...el like decoration, meant to appeal to the mostly male visitors eyes and egos. While Melissa certainly didn't consider herself beautiful, she knew that compared to the other grad students, she was at least adequately presentable, when she dressed up. Something about Archeology seemed to attract either geeky, crunchy-grainy backpackers or overweight. They were staying for few weeks and every weekend, I was their guide/travel/explorer/shopping buddy and much more.It was a Saturday early evening and I was supposed to meet them at their hotel lobby they were staying. Half hour before I was to meet them, I get a call stating they had to go into work to fix a broken system and would be half an hour late, catching up with me. At the time of call it was around 5.30 and we were supposed to meet at 6pm but now as it stands delayed by half hour.. Uh – Alan.’ Smooth, Burnett thought. Smooth as an overdose of laxative. The woman walked over and held out her hand. ‘Tracy. Tracy Tomberlin. Nice to meet you, Alan. You moving in?’ ‘Yes Ma’am. Two-D.’ ‘Ah. Next to Doc Canfield. The quiet quarters.’ ‘How’s that?’ ‘Oh, the Doc won’t tolerate any noise after eight. Calls the cops, er, the police.’ ‘Cops is fine, Ma’am. We’re used to worse.’ ‘I, uh, yes, I imagine so. Well, got much more to move in?’ ‘Nope. This is the last box. Good thing, too.. “We can discourage greed, hate, bullying, fear, superstition, narrow minds, fanaticism, etc. We can foster creativity, reason, a love of nature, healthy exercises of the body and mind alike, intellectual curiosity, openness, etc. We can teach them to reject modesty, false humility, piety, and platitudes. We can teach them that sharing is good, while jealousy is no longer necessary in a world with less scarcity.“We can teach them how to do things. How to build things. How to grow things. How to.