Academia Adventurer Pillows

'If this is my final mark, I have no choice but to go to mediation.'

'When I grow up I', going to be an electrical engineer and when I'm laid off, I'm going to go into real estate and when that goes down the tube, I'm going to go into . . . '

Exams

'At least you know I'm not cheating.'

"I'll probably never be able to cast knowing glances."

"If a stock falls in the market, and it had no investors, does it really lose its value?"

Postgraduates A group of posts on their way to class.

No caption (A young bald eagle plays a claw game full of fish as his parent stands behind him).

He may have a PH.D in elementary particle physics, but he's having an awful lot of trouble with the application form.

'Desert island cartoons - and you?'

'He's not as studious as he looks - his backpack is full of comic books.'

'This has been a drill. Had this been an actual test you would have been instructed...'

'I ace 'wheeling' but I flunked 'dealing'' - Boy on leaving Business Administration.

'It says I missed freshmen Orientation and I have to take it in summer school in order to graduate.'

"Miss Rogers told me I have a personal 'cloud' to store knowledge in."

"This was a wicked-hard test. I'm pretty sure everybody got a bad grade."

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"I want a top education, but don't milk me dry with school fees."

WELCOME TO KINDERGARTEN!, 'Boy, talk about psychobabbl!'

Thank you for not doing research that has already been done.

'You know what they say - 'Those who don't learn the lessons of history are doomed to go to summer school.''

Robotics. He's programmed to play video games all day long. Planned adolescence!

'Bloody streakers - they have a lot to learn.'

'I'd like to challenge the test.'

'The good teen-age mime chooses to study for an exam, while the bad one chooses to steal hubcaps.'

"We thought this was more realistic."

University Cafeteria. The first semester of college is tough. I'm not taking geography because I couldn't find the classroom on the map. I'm way behind on my archeology assignments. I'm buried and need to dig my way out. And everybody in political science lies and cheats to get ahead. How are you doing in statistics? I think I'm doing very well! My test scores are hugely below the class median. I should probably learn what that means.

Neuro, Biology, Chemistry, Feedback, Psychology, Technology, Physiology Institute

"Turtling: When a child's backpack exceeds his weight"

Paper to boy: 'Did you forget something? I'm your take home test.'

Your salary as a research assistant is commensurate on your ability of spell, define, and delineate the work 'commensurate.'

"And in the category of 'The Most Amazing Comeback from an Academic Nosedive,' the winner is..."

'When I turned 18 something started happening to me every month. I started receiving a credit card bill.'

"Graduation day at kite flying school."

'If history keeps repeating itself, why do I have to repeat this class?'