Hmmmmm- - - - -so I'm not the only shop teacher who used that line! Interesting! I also used to tell students "I'm here to turn as many of you as possible into taxpayers. Your parents' taxes are paying my salary, and one day your taxes will pay for my retirement. If your taxes aren't paying me, my taxes will be paying your welfare!" Some parents (mostly the ones without jobs) got upset at that!
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!