Ambitious Scholars Gifts

"Finally! Summer is here! That means we're one year closer to college!"

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

"I have a recurring nightmare that I've taken a test, and the professor won't give me an 'A'."

"That's Brian Eggleston, de facto leader of the playground intelligentsia."

'I can't believe I didn't get that promotion. So many people have passed me by I feel like a road sign on the highway to success.'

'I try not to think big too often or I get terrible headaches.'

"The teacher expects too much of me. She wants me to give it the old college try, and I'm only in grade school."

"Today we are going to find out if you can that leap."

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Caged Businessman

"Remember, education pays, unless you end up an adjunct - like me."

"One day, I'll be the first woman!"

"You know, there's a corporate elevator."

"I really love school. There's only one problem. I think not having a college degree is holding me back."

"Listen here pup, it's time you realized it's a "dog eat dog" world."

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

'When I grow up I want to join the SWAT team!'

Learn to play the violin in one weekend - 'This isn't working! It's Saturday evening already and I've only got as far as holding it properly...'

'I was speeding right along toward my goal of moving up from middle management, when a cost-cutting measure overtook me!'

'It's my application to Harvard...'

"Trying to get new business is killing me..."

Do you mind if my mother joins our little business dinner ? You know what it's like, I don't want people from the office to think I'm sleeping my way to the top.

"I know by outward standard I'm successful, but a voice inside my head keeps saying, 'Where's your private plane?"

You got into the college of my choice, and I got into the college of your choice. Now if we could just work something out...

Psychology Dept. Faculty Evaluations Today. I can't tell if it's my id or my ego, but I'm really craving a promotion.

Books: Self-Improvement Just keeping up with Joneses.

"The counselor wasn't much help about getting into college. All he said was to study hard and get good grades."

'My parents couldn't afford to send me to college, so they let me spend a night at a Ramada.'

"Sorry, but if we hire someone like you, you'll quit in six months and start a rival company!"

"I went to college knowing I wanted to be an astronaut. My parents had only a third-grade education. But they were good teachers. They taught me the importance of hard work...of perseverance...of not being afraid to dream."

'Do I have to spell it out for you?'

A girl climbs a ladder of books

'I'm majoring in political science and minoring in ballet - I want to be a spin doctor.'

"My career was on the launching pad."

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