Curious Course-taker Gifts

Ernie's taking a correspondence course in bird-watching!

Wildlife

'Thanks to the internet it is now possible to be extremely well-informed and completely wrong at the same time!'

'Ah, it's so precious to witness a child learn how government actually works...'

"Sarah's grades are excellent. She got A+ in 'Yogi Berra: Philosopher or Fall Guy?,' A in 'Dollars and Scents: An Analysis of Post-Vietnam Perfume Advertising,' A in 'The Final Four as Last Judgment: The N.C.A.A. Tournament from a Religious Perspective,'

"You know the stories about putting a pair of socks into the washing machine and getting out just one of them...Jones, it seems that we found the hideaway of the second socks!"

"I like to sit facing the room to see if anyone seated after us gets served before us."

'What did I learn in school today? You'd better sit down.'

"Quantum Physics"? How am I going to learn all of this stuff? A bit at a time?

Do Guns Kill?

'Academic freedom doesn't mean you're free not to study.'

'And from this point follow me very carefully.'

'I'm afraid I still have more questions than answers.'

"In pre-school I was an overachiever. Now, in first grade, math is threatening my reputation."

"I've learned from the past. Now can we move on?"

"Do I need to know this stuff to get into medical school?"

Young Galileo

'I will now read the results of my experiments in fruit genetics. . .'

Global Education

'Beer? Wassat then?'

Are we evolved yet? Are we evolved yet? Are we evolved yet?

"First the lady asks if I want to take this book...then she says I have to bring it back in two weeks!"

"Please, Ms. Sweeney, may I ask where you're going with all this?"

First Piano Lesson

Mouse in an art museum maze.

'Mummy, what's a daddy one of those called?'

'...Or not.'

Stonehenge Books

"Who has the most power... the president or his wife?"

"I said 'I quit'. Nobody listens to me any more."

"Up the hill to fetch a pail of water" -- Are you sure that's how hydrodynamics works?

'I think we may have discovered the elephants' graveyard.'

"What did you learn in school today that I'd object to?"

God hounded by the media.

Anything might happen! Next 2300 miles.