Aspiring Student Gifts

"Papi, I'm planning my future. How much money do you have in my college fund?"

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

Young Dr. Dolittle.

What else is there to wish for?

"I wanted to be a baseball player 'til I found out they send you to the showers."

My coach wants me to go to soccer camp. Focusing on one sport isn't good for you. But mom! I'll develop crucial life skills. Let's see. "Landing endorsements, agents and college sports scholarships." The definition of "crucial".

"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?"

"Because when you're drafted by the pros, you'll have to be able to sign your contract. That's why you have to attend first grade."

"Hey, there's Sara, padding her college-entrance résumé!"

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

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

Young Doctor, Young Nurse, Young Undertaker

A backup plan might be a good idea, in case 'being a celebrity' doesn't work out...

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

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...

'It's great that you want a career in football, Timothy, but don't you think being a striker would be more fun than being a goalpost.'

I'm trying out for the spring play. You'll be great! Ha! You'll be grateful to be an usher, Meryl Creep. Yeah. The good parts go to real actors. Sigh. The arts are sooo uplifting.

"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.

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

"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."

Charlie's medical advice always went in one ear and out the other.

'When you talk about playing, 'at the next level', you mean lawyering, right, not the NBA?'

"We thought we could put in the details later."

"This is the little league. You can't negotiate a signing bonus"

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

'I told my teacher that I won't be returning to school. I'm trying out for a pro basketball team, and her services are no longer required.'

'Okay, let's negotiate. Just how good do I have to be?'

'I want to be a professional Polo player too when I grow up... Can I have your autograph please?'

'When I grow up, if I don't become a pro basketball player, about about 'spin doctor'?'

'I want to be a professional Polo player too when I grow up...Can I have your autograph please?'

"To be honest, it just collects dust."

A girl climbs a ladder of books

Junior doctor kits.