Fill in the Blanks LL Chapter 52 GapfillOnline version A gapfill based on Chapter 52 of The Last Lecture by John E 1 consultant sabbatical attraction both creative cultures colleagues foreign currency navigate worlds of nauseated PROFESSOR best academic scientifically OK , Boy , what can you do for us ? " ? I had arrived in a place where my academic credentials meant nothing . I became a traveler in a land who had to find a way to come up with the local ? fast ! ? Although I had achieved my childhood dream of being an Imagineer , I had gone from being the top dog in my research lab to an odd duck in a rough - and - tumble pond . I had to figure out how my wonky ways could fit in this make - or - break culture . I worked on the Aladdin virtual reality then being tested at Epcot . I joined Imagineers interviewing guests about how they liked the ride . Did they get dizzy , disoriented , ? Some of my new complained that I was applying academic values that wouldn't work in the real world . They said I was too focused on poring over data , too insistent on approaching things rather than emotionally . . ? ? As it turned out , at the end of my , Imagineering offered me a full - time job . After much agonizing , I turned it down . The call of teaching was too strong . But because I'd figured out how to in both academia and the entertainment industry , Disney found a way to keep me involved . I became a once - a - week to Imagineering , which I did happily for ten years . If you can find your footing between two , sometimes you can have the .