One summer afternoon, a group of recent college graduates decided to visit their favorite professor at his home. The grads    1    (be) out of school for about a year and they were each making their attempt into the so-called “real world” and dealing with all of the frustrations and    2    (confuse) that come with it.

Over the course of the afternoon, the grads complained    3     their professor about how difficult life was after school. They complained about the long hours, the    4    (demand) bosses, the competitive job market, and    5    all of them seemed to talk about or care about was money, money, money.

After a while, the professor got up and made some coffee. He got out six cups, one for each student. Three of them were cheap disposable cups and the other three    6    (make) of his nicest porcelain. He then invited everyone to get up and help    7    (they).

Within seconds the    8    (argue) had already begun. “Wait, why do you get that cup?” “No. let me have it. I drove here “No way, I got here first, go get your own.” The students laughed and    9    (gentle) chided each other over who got to drink what out of what. A silent competition among friends.

When the kids finally sat back down the professor smiled and said, “You see? This is your problem. You are all arguing over who gets    10    (drink) out of the nice cups when all you really wanted was the coffee.”