Expectation Management Gifts

The Next Big Thing/ The Next Best Thing.

"Great! I must be growing. The womb was less than half full last week."

"Can you change this quiz grade from an A to a C? I like to keep expectations low until I blow my parents' mind by acing the final exam."

"I thought there would be bacon here."

'Oh, nothing's wrong -- I just expected Earthlings to be taller, that's all.'

Unrealistic expectations tend to lead to disappointment. . .

"All this stuff? I'm meeting for two now."

Very fat 'Office' facing more waiters with trays of demand

Luck is when good classroom management skills meets a day when distruptice students are absent.

"Now at this point reality intruded."

"It looked different on the internet."

"It looked better on pinterest."

"This says you should expect to spend six months and at least $800 building the perfect lowrider bike."

'Almost done.'

"It took years of hard work to get my colleagues to expect nothing from me."

Fortune teller predicts a bigger family for worried parents.

Already overworked at the Vlasic Plant, an exhausted stork shatters a young couple's dreams,

"I hate to be a dream snatcher but your baby is going to be just average."

"You're closer. You get it."

'Well, what did you expect?'

"It looked better when I saw it on Instagram."

"Don't think you can just come in here and self-describe."

"Well, who's it from? I don't take blind submissions."

"Run to the store and buy me a tub of ketchup!"

"It's the apocalypse!"

"There was a bee."

Why Do We Always Want Something Better For Our Children Than What We Had For Ourselves?

"Perhaps you're to blame for having unrealistic expectations."

'Relax! It's a bottomless pit!'

Suspense

'No...it's not what I was expecting either.'

'I know some of your students are disruptive, but don't let your temper explode, Count down before blasting off,'

'I keep getting leadership mixed up with incitement.'

"I got what I wanted, but it wasn't what I expected."