Future Mathematician Gifts

'I'd like to, Debbie, but my mom says I can't get married until at least after I learn my multiplication tables.'

'We studied the multiplication table in school today -- frankly, I don't believe a word of it.'

"So, what's gonna be your favorite class?"

"Together ideas for couples" "Slap a sandwich together" "Put two and two together" "Pull themselves together" "Rub two sticks together" "Try to hold it together" "String a phrase together"

'When I grow up, I want to be a hydraulic engineer...'

'Einstein, the children are getting too complex for me.'

"Finally, after years of work, irrefutable proof that I'm a nerd."

'But I digress...'

Thinking Gears

Can't Do the Math/Won't Do the Math.

"I didn't finish the proof but I did write this poem about my struggle."

"Oh, stop it. You are not at all obtuse." Complimentary angles make the other angles feel good about themselves.

"But everyone is befuddled by math."

"If a third grader knows the answer, how much of a problem can it really be?"

'Remember, Edward, inside every 'F' student is a 'D' student trying to get out.'

Interdisciplinary studies.

'I got 100 in school today. 50 in history and 50 in maths.'

Baby sees bottle with math formula marked, 'Baby Formula'.

Timmy has a great future in nano-technology.

Gracie's baby toys.

Little Doctor meets Little Geneticists.

"You know what happens when you make good grades? They send you to another school called college."

"I know it may be wrong, but it's how I feel."

'The path to becoming an astronaut is rougher than I thought.'

"I'm going to prove that Math comes in handy later in life."

'I know! It's what I had last night for dinner.'

"Maybe he's so sad that he's leaving us to go to college that he actually looks happy. Please don't ruin it for me with reality."

"Gifted class, indeed! One is gifted in science, but can't rad - one is fixed in reading, but won't even try math..."

"Or we could tally the sheep like this."

'Maths is fun!'

The theory that ‘Time is Relative' came to the professor during a Decelerated Math Class.

'190 divided by two...'

Mr. Defner's drive-in algebra class was retro cool, controversial and somewhat effective.

'Unemployed math grad. Will solve quadratic equations for food."

"When the teacher explained negative numbers, I suddenly understood how politicians 'deficit spend'."