over the past hour he 's been going on and on about starting grad school in the fall , and how his parents are proud of all his achievements , and how he graduated top of his class , and how he wants to be involved with politics just like his father and hopes to one day be president of the united states , but before he can move up , he has to start from the bottom , so his first goal is to be a senator within six years and blah , blah , blah .