Aspiring Scholar Mugs

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

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

'I can go to college after all if you increase my allowance to $50,000.'

A girl climbs a ladder of books

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

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

"Do you want to play doctorate?"

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

What else is there to wish for?

WELCOME TO KINDERGARTEN!, 'Boy, talk about psychobabbl!'

"With the caveat that the only certainty in this life is uncertainty, I still want to entertain the possibility of being a pundit when I grow up."

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

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

"At these tuition prices an acceptance letter is pretty much a denial."

"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?"

"An educational toy is my immediate goal, but my long range plan is to get him on Jeapordy!"

'The bad news is you failed all your courses. The good news is you passed the urine test.'

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

"Sure, I pray all the time... English test, Math test, History test...."

"Class, this is Mr. Elzondo. He's going to talk about going to college."

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

'If you are not careful, son, you will be mathematically eliminated from all of the Ivy League schools.'

'That piggy bank is for my college fund.'

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 found this copy of 'Atlas Shrugged' under his mattress!'

Books: Self-Improvement Just keeping up with Joneses.

Parental Role Model

'F.G.G. First Grade Graduate.'

"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."

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

Junior doctor kits.

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

'That should be good for quite a few doctoral dissertations in the future.'

'Explain to us, son, how gaining nine A levels is uncool and damages your street cred.'

'I'm enrolling in an online course to learn how to apply for a loan for an online university.'