Academic Performer Pillows

'I've been doing well in school lately, so I think I'm entitled to some dumbing down.'

"Ya know, 'DUH' can be a very hurtful word."

"Do you want to play doctorate?"

'... And some primitive cultures, believed that 'the great ones' modelled us from clay.'

"This is a lovely old song that tells of a young woman who leaves her cottage, and goes off to work. She arrives at her destination, and places some solid NHHS in a flask containing 0.50 atm ofammonia, and attempts to determine the pressures of ammonia and hydrogen sulide when equilibrium is reached."

'Reading, writing and arithmetic are important, son. Someday you might sign autographs for money.'

"Too bad about old Ainsworth. Published and published, but perished all the same."

Bob encounters one of the bugs in the Jean Paul Sartre fan website.

'Dr.Sall Thompson got so excited over the new spring design she took a quantum leap!'

Albania and North Macedonia: entrance denied

Grad School Parent-Teacher Conference

"Would you like me to annotate that for you?"

"Finally, after years of work, irrefutable proof that I'm a nerd."

"E=MC² Energy=Milk·Coffee²"

Typical Brain Versus Einstein's Brain

'According to our statistics department, 78.93 of the statistics they produce are worthless.'

Pretty Flowers

"She's done it! The formula for work-life balance!"

Eternal Student.

"Studies show that children of immigrants are more likely to to take advanced math and science courses and more likely to take advanced placement tests in preparation for college."

"Finches, don't look now, but there's a creepy guy staring at our beaks."

'Intelligent Design? My arse!'

Postgraduates A group of posts on their way to class.

Academic Jeopardy ... 'What Was the Maiden Name of Dante Alighieri's Maternal Grandmother?'

'So...you THINK you have what it takes to be a scientist...?'

"I didn't finish the proof but I did write this poem about my struggle."

Molecular Biology and Cosmology buildings

"Meet the scribe"

"There's something weird about Emily. She actually likes school!"

"Is it that bad?"

Academic Idol - 'Professor Johannsen's paper was zippy. It had robust vocabulary and I almost felt that I could dance to it. I would give it a 7.'

"Yes Dad, I passed math and now I'm passing chemistry and physics."

'How are the ventriloquist lessons going?'

'And this year's 'Inquisitive Learner Award' goes to...'

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