Aspiring Graduate Gifts

'Why not take some time off after high school...travel a bit...get a job...make some money...pay your own way through college.'

"I'm going to talk about the summer before last, it was much more fun."

'I've already been recruited by one of the top fast-food chains in the country!'

'Don't bite it.I have to check Daddy next.'

What else is there to wish for?

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

"Gracie, what does a little girl like you wish for? I mean, besides being a doctor, a motivational speaker, a great parent and becoming president?"

"Before you grade my test, keep in mind, my dream is to become a wealthy doctor, just like my available father"

Young Doctor, Young Nurse, Young Undertaker

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

Good Luck with your finals.

'I don't make house calls. My mom won't let me leave the yard.'

Believing that clothes make the man, Dave goes for the 'smart guy' look.

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...

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

'But Marvin, you can't be a college graduate for a living!'

"The extent of your extracurricular activities in high school, may very well be participation in regular program of oral hygiene using an effective decay preventaative tooth paste, but that won't get you into a good university."

Books: Self-Improvement Just keeping up with Joneses.

'Unfortunately our definition of 'job' differs.'

"I used to get toys as birthday gifts but now that I'm in pre-school, all I get is money for my college fund."

'Did you find someone to practice your first aid on, dear?'

"That's the problem today. Everyone expects the same old standardized answers."

A girl climbs a ladder of books

Junior doctor kits.

Graduate

"Shouldn't be long before we're at the top."

"Where do you see yourself in five years?"

"Well, if I can't get an increase based on merit, how about one based on the cost of living beyond my means?"

"I'm gonna be a doctor when I grow up."

"I enjoyed your request for a raise. I've seldom read a more aspirational document."

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

"You got 136? It says here you're genius if you get a 132."

"When I grow up, I'm going to be a business owner, or president, or the doctor who discovers the cure for cancer!"