Enthusiastic Scholar Gifts

'Mrs. Wayne was so excited about getting her masters in physical science, she took a quantum leap!'

I should be a writer when I grow up...

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

Burning the midnight oil.

Scarcity

"Doing your homework may lead to a job that has homework."

'So what are you studying, young man?'

"It started with a simple case of peer-review."

Congratulations! All that cramming paid off.

"The teacher expects too much of me. She wants me to give it the old college try, and I'm only in grade school."

Six Thinking Hats

"So the secret to getting good grades is to study hard...seems a little extreme!"

'I need to read five books this weekend to graduate - any suggestions?'

"Graduation day at kite flying school."

'The best grants lie that-a-ways, Ma'am.'

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

The Giamatti era

"I can't believe it...school starts in two weeks!"

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

Max Weber

Teacher boxing book: 'As I told you, today we're gonna really hit the books!'

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

"Well, if the test is multiple choice I choose not to take it."

'After being here for more than forty years - as undergraduate, graduate student instructor, professor - what saddens me most is that this was not the college of my choice.'

Study more to pass more tests.

"The counselor wasn't much help about getting into college. All he said was to study hard and get good grades."

The British Hamlet. He says: 'Alas poor Yorick, I knew him ... well, I say knew, more of an acquaintance really. Only met the chap three or four times.'

'...if you look at it in the right way it begins to make sense.'

'I'm writing my dissertation on Latte Sizes.'

Cambridge Dons Researching Gravity.

Academics at the Beach

"No, it's twist and THEN turn."

Man with what appears to be cheese on head to other man: 'No, it's actually a sponge. I'm excited about today's motivational seminar and I want to soak it in.'