answer:If you want to give up, then you should accept the responsibility for it: ”I gave up.” Don’t try to lay it at everyone else’s feet. Or anyone else’s feet. I highly highly doubt that your professors were actually soliciting bribes and drugs from you. You might also need to develop a sense of humor: “If I submit one-third the number of papers, but with a tenner instead, will that work just as well? The discounted price is because you wouldn’t have to read so much of my BS, so it should be a win-win.”