Encouraging Learning Gifts

"Mum, what does 'precocious' mean?"

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

"Do you want to play doctorate?"

Grad School Parent-Teacher Conference

Fear/Knowledge

"E=MC² Energy=Milk·Coffee²"

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

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.

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."

Accelerated reading. Slowpoke reading,

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

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

The Bookworm

"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."

Historical memory is on life support.

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

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

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

'Here's MY information highway!'

Boy and girl at thier studies

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

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

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

Kid in class corrects teachers spelling.

Continuing education.