Aspiring Psychologists Gifts

"Sometimes having to have the happy childhood my parents never had is just too much of a responsibility."

'You've got bats alright...now we'll just have to determine what kind.'

"What's your project for the science fair, Arnold?"

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

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

'Stop purring I can't hear your heart beat.'

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

Id/Ego/Superego.

Therapist School

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...

(I'm afraid someone is going to expose me as a phony, a fraud, … A complete charlatan.) (Uh, oh! He's on to me!)

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

Pavlov's Dog, Ph.D.

"I temper Taoism with psychology -- I'm into Yin-Yang-Jung."

"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."

Let's try some word disassociation

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

Books: Self-Improvement Just keeping up with Joneses.

"Now, if only Daddy were rich and Mommy were good-looking, everything would be totally awesome."

'What do you want to be when you grow up?'

A girl climbs a ladder of books

"So which bit do you think was 'nature' and which 'nurture'?"

"?"Psychoanalysis for Dummies"?

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

"Let's try talking about the Royal 'I'."

How to win Genius Grants for Dummies!

Before the Salivating Dogs

"He quit his job to pursue his dreams."

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

Psychology: Registering for this class is a No-Brainer

'You will be stuck in this crummy job for another 15 years.'

How was your college tour? Good. Now I need straight A's and 375 extracurriculars to get in. You're exaggerating. Easy for you to say. You've got a 4.0. Yeah, but

'I'm sorry, Mr. Pringle, you failed the acid test. We won't be hiring you.'

"I've had those books for years. They represent the person I once aspired to be."

"And for my next act I will escape from a galvanized-iron can filled with water and secured by massive locks."