Anxious Academics Pillows

"I was finally able to capture all my angst in writing. Then it became a required college textbook. Now, I have brand new angst."CS561041

Postgraduates A group of posts on their way to class.

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

Worry tank

"This statement from your headmaster says that you can easily get a good degree...your bank manager says you can't."

An Archeologic Dig

'But do you realize what this report cart will do to my self-esteem?'

'I checked my symptoms on the internet and I think I might be dead!'

"And, of course, if I were to get the job and start feeling comfortable here I'd no longer need the security blanket."

'Your performance review is next Tuesday. You're allowed to bring a guitar and up to three backup singers.'

Before her first dressage competition, Kate suffered from Pre-Traumatic Stress.

"Oh no, I never replied to Theresa's email! And tomorrow I must call Steve.... What does Yara think of me?"

'Please give me the strength to ask for a raise without my voice breaking into an annoying falsetto and my brow all sweaty.'

Tree growing

The Job Interview

"My life is a powerful blast tocenter field easily snagged on the warning track."

'You're in extreme danger because you eat too much. . .'

I hate group projects

"I'd like to extend a special welcome to those of you who are joining us for the first time, as part of a nightmare you're having."

'She will not call on me, she will not call on me, she. . .'

'If my grades don't improve, I don't know what'll happen. Maybe they'll offer me a buyout.'

"Call me a dreamer, but I see a world in which I give speeches without pants and find myself in the final exam of courses I never signed up for."

"I'm searching my family history in hopes of finding some generational trauma or institutionalized oppression that would explain whole I'm failing all my courses."

Idlewild.

'You're failing chemistry!' 'But...you're taking away my dream of becoming a professional athlete!'

'Apparently it was only his fear of heights that stopped him from jumping.'

"At least you're not afraid to fail."

"Young lady, if your grades don't improve, I'm going to let your father sign up for TikTok."

"So your grades are plummeting and you've stopped trying because you came to the realization that 'school is overrated'?"

"Turns out math class isn't the place for innovative thinking!"

"Are there any careers where I won't get replaced by an app?"