Deciding Against College Gifts

"Dad, I took the money out of my college fund, but I decided not to go to college."

"So...what are you doing after you graduate?"

"I want a top education, but don't milk me dry with school fees."

'Well Mimi, what's it going to be...medicine or the cello?'

'I really wanted to only take accounting courses, but my parents made me take this cartooning class so I would have something to fall back on.'

"My daughter tells me you want to become a doctor."

"I told you, if you're looking for a road map for your life, that's all you're gonna get."

"I like the idea of becoming a prosecutor: charging people appeals to me..."

"Let's honor this young future farmer - he's ready to endure hard labor, long hours and outrageously low farm prices..."

'Of course creative writing is important. You want to write home for money when you go away to college,don't you?'

The Maryland School of Art's Class of 1998 Celebrating This Week's Commencement With The Traditional Thesis Painting Toss.

"I just got the place feeling like home again and now it's time to go back to college."

"Baldo, time to get up! It's the first day of school!"

"Your father and I are okay if you're into this clown thing, as long as it doesn't lead to a career in politics."

'Your excuses for not doing your homework are excellent. How about a career as political apologist?'

'OK, so your brother's first flight was far from being a success, but have a go son!'

"Oh George. My heart."

"It's so nice to be home, mum, and have unrestricted use of the telephone again"

Eventually I'd like to major in cosmetic surgery.

"Cheer up, Nicole! What does Princeton know? Say, you got any plans for that last bit of cobbler?"

"We just want you to know that wherever you wind up going to college is fine with us, as long as it's someplace we can brag about to our friends."

'So one day I said to myself, 'What am I doing living in this run down house when I could be living on my boat?'

Once upon a time vs. today

Parents happy that student has dropped out of university.

"When you grow up, son, you can be whatever you want, a doctor or a lawyer."

"You can chase your accounting dream later, son. Your mother and I just want you to finish film school."

'... So then, I dropped out of university and hooked up with this nudist colony.'

"That's Ruffles, our I.Q.-sniffing dog."

"I didn't want the family business but ten years ago on take-your-child-to-work day my father wouldn't let me go home again."

Posh students drinking beer.

"Kid, you're going to have to make a choice."

Of course everyone likes you. You quit law school.

Undergraduate talking to college porter

"Why can't you give me a student loan? I'm a student."

'We've found that having our kids leave for college from an actual nest helps them to grasp this momentous passage in their lives.'