Academic Setbacks Gifts

Undergraduate talking to college porter

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

"Hey, you stick your neck out on a regular basis, it's gonna happen. The important thing is to just get up and keep moving forward."

''C-minus'? ??" Do you know how long it took me to find and download this term paper?'

"In economics, I got an IOU."

"I figured out how to raise my grades."

"Wait, you're firing me?! But I was Time magazine’s Person of the Year!"

"I'd rather eat your homework."

"Events seem to be headed in the right direction. Unfortunately, it's not taking me with it."

Man watches sales chart drop through the floor.

'Let me guess - you lost a fight against a young challenger who has now replaced you as the company's alpha male!'

"Homework! Homework! Homework! I'll be doing this for hours! Talk about a misspent youth."

Ed is upset because he didn't get the promotion he had promised himself.

"My ship had finally come in. . . then it sank!"

"Mr. Joyner, while you were out, your carefully constructed financial empire collapsed like a house of cards."

"I'm not going to shoot the messenger, but I'm also not going to renew his grant."

"I'm gonna ride it out!"

"That's what I get for using artificial intelligence."

"At least we no longer have the pressure of handling so much money."

"And then after high school, I spent twelve years in college and majored in procrastination."

'So you see, no matter how you look at it, it's all downhill.'

"Other than being sent to the principal's office, my detention, and three day suspension, school was good."

"Baldo, you need to hit those books!"

"If it makes any difference, it's a remarkable piece of plagiarism."

Modern Studying

"We'll double our chances of recovery if we buy two lottery tickets."

"I don't want your teacher to think a kid with grades this bad....could possibly have a father who could read or write."

"Edwin wasn't particularly good at interpreting female body language, but in this case it was easy."

'Sir, I was wondering if I could get an extension on my paper?'

"I don't think much of the new Post-Brexit model."

"Your money is no longer working for you. It got laid off."

'I wish I could fast forward today...'

'Your 401 (K) went down the drain, but if it's any consolation, you can keep the commemorative cup.'

'I made a big mistake. In a fit of anger, I said, 'Screw you' to my boss.'

'By the time we came up with a mission statement, we were out of business.'