Context: I have always wanted to go to graduate schools and then land a position on a college faculty.  Unfortunatley I wasn't able to finish.
Speaker 1: I have always wanted to join a college faculty.  I went to school to study philosophy for that reason.
Speaker 2: Have you been applying to try to get a position?
Speaker 1: Unfortunately not.  In the end I ran out of money and had to leave that dream behind.
Speaker 2: That's unfortunate.  What are you doing now?