I have been teaching for nearly 4 years which would have never happened if it weren't for a college professor during my Public Health courses. She told me that she could envision me teaching one day which I laughed and said I would never teach. She replied that she said the same thing and look where she's at today. One of the reasons I teach (I teach IT courses) is seeing the "light bulb" come on in students minds when they learn something they never knew before. It's really rewarding to see how they develop through the years, however, I was shocked to read in the previous lesson that instructors are supposed to be looked at as mentors or professionals versus peers. Why would we not consider students more as peers, the closer they are to graduating? I have taught a lot of students over the past four years and was able to recommend three of them to my full time place of employment. Is it really that bad to not consider students more as peers the closer they are to graduating? I ask that because when I was in Naval boot camp, the company commander of our group became more of a peer during the last couple of weeks of basic training.