Encouraging Learning Gifts

"Mum, what does 'precocious' mean?"

"Ya know, 'DUH' can be a very hurtful word."

"Do you want to play doctorate?"

Adult Courses. It's so hard keeping the information from different classes separate! I'm talking film history and psychology. I failed a test because I said a "psychopath" is the walkway Norman Bates took home. I also confused geography and aeronautics. I said the "great plains" are located at an Air Force testing base in the California desert. My worst nightmare was confusing the thinks ti learned in driver's education and statistics. But at least I now know it's driving where you must st

Grad School Parent-Teacher Conference

"E=MC² Energy=Milk·Coffee²"

"Would you like me to annotate that for you?"

Fear/Knowledge

Kid at bus stop to kid: 'Needless to say, I cured my Mom of her home-schooling kick.'

'For your information, I am engaging the energy of change and complexity to create the future I desire.'

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

Eternal Student.

'Does this have anything to do with Einstein's theory of relativity?'

Teacher pointing to P,Q, on board: "OK class, which letter comes next? Redbeard, you should know this."

"My answers could be right. Your quiz just asked the wrong questions."

"There's something weird about Emily. She actually likes school!"

The Bookworm

Accelerated reading. Slowpoke reading,

"According to mom the answers are all in this book!" "Too bad there's no pictures at which to look!"

"Teach yourself what you don't know you don't know."

"I had all the right answers, but I had them in the wrong order."

"It's no my fault I got a D. The system is broken."

'And this year's 'Inquisitive Learner Award' goes to...'

Historical memory is on life support.

'X is unknown? Even to somebody with all your education?'

Girl with smart phone enters door that says "Social Media Studies"

'Here's MY information highway!'

"I'll bet all of Albert Einstein's teachers felt like idiots for giving him bad grades too."

“It's a tree, sweetie. No need to Google it.”

Boy and girl at thier studies

'Mom, Dad! Look what I created in lab today!'

"Ooh, ooh, I know this koan! I got it! Pick me! Pick me!"

'It's all original research. I had no assistance when I looked it up on Wikipedia.'

This is a 'text book' it's a bit like a website but printed on paper.

Kid in class corrects teachers spelling.