Grateful Learner Pillows

CIVICS 101

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

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

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

"Oh indeed I did: I went feral for a year when I was young. It taught me a lot about the world, but about myself too..."

"Cards to remind people that you still haven’t gotten a thank you note from them"

Grade 2 Cellist

Thank you bubbles

"I'm still pre-literate."

'I did it all from memory.'

Teacher has two boxes: "Book Smart" and "Street Smart"

"If you do well in your first practicum, you can move on to teaching real children."

"If animals can be cloned, why can't homework be cloned?"

Education and Apprenticeships

'I think the computer has a crush on me. It asked me to remain after class.'

"What do you mean, it's not an educational toy? I'd have to learn to ride it!"

'There's one app we can't give you ... aptitude.'

Greeting card section: 'thank you' and 'you're welcome'.

"I'm doing all I can to make the little things count."

'The trouble with education is everyone knows how to teach, but nobody knows how to learn.'

The Book Club

'To better prepare you for the future, I've replaced the letters in your alphabet soup with Chinese ones.'

"Thank you for 30 years of teaching service. Now you have 5 minutes to turn in your keys, I.D. card, empty your desk and be escorted out."

Maybe I'd better write a thank you letter for the Last Supper after all

University of Hard Knocks

'OK Sheldon - which part of the Unified Field Theory do you not understand?'

"First buttons, then zippers, now we learn to tie our shoes. Is mom trying to tell us something?"

"By the way… If no one has mentioned this before, we think you're swell."

Moral Values for Dummies

"Dude, I've never seen you so happy about a 'B' before."

"You have to give the younger colleagues the opportunity to fly on their own."

"I do count my blessings, but then I end up counting those of others who have more and better blessings, and that pisses me off."

WELCOME TO KINDERGARTEN, 'It's okay, I guess, but they sure hassle you about compliance!'

Give Thanks.

'It's nice that you've learned to tie your shoes, but you're really too young to quit while you're ahead.'