>>What is it they call a contract that is missing one of the critical elements, you know, such as that “consideration” thingee?<<
You don’t see being paid as “consideration?” There is no more straightforward example of consideration in all of legaldom.
If you don’t want the man’s rules, don’t take the man’s money.
This college has just initiated a policy where they require their students to work for 75 hours for a third-party for free.