Adventurous Scholar Pillows

'The best grants lie that-a-ways, Ma'am.'

I should be a writer when I grow up...

Blue Stockings - Woman revealing herself as author

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

Thomas Mann.

Postgraduates A group of posts on their way to class.

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...'

E=mc2.

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

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

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

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

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Philosophy Department: You are here but why are you here?

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.''

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

Super Student

'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.'

"The day at school? Oh, you know, the usual psychological and educational stew."

"Barb's such a fast reader."

'I need to borrow your Ph.D. for a half hour tomorrow. I have a major problem to solve.'

'No, really, go ahead. You know me - I'm all about the journey, not the food pellet!'

"We thought this was more realistic."

"Wait, wait, back up, back up. Who the #!@! is George Orwell?"

"Where are redactions when you need them?"

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.

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

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

"Graduation day at kite flying school."

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