Hands-on Learning Pillows

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

'Let's see what else will explode in the microwave!'

'My class is so large and my seat so far back, I feel like I'm taking a distance-learning course.'

"Well, I'm just saying, buying me a cheap used car for graduation is not going to teach me responsibility."

"It's the new way of turning lemons into lemonade."

'I can't work with computers, on account of my animal magnetism.'

'I got the job, Mom. You always said I'd make a living with my hands.'

'Well, that does not yet look like a wall. Try it again, Liam!'

"OK, now I want everybody to put their hands together and make something with tools!"

Pottery

'He kept his enthusiasm for DIY right up to the end.'

Balloons Experiment

"What's it like, working with your hands?"

"We only shop brick and mortar because my husband likes to be disgruntled face-to-face when returning things."

The college of my choice.

"You'll have to excuse the president. He misses his old days at the construction site."

Father nails piano lid shut.

Blue-Collar Workers

"Maybe it was really about the journey this whole time."

"People...do you FINALLY understand the concept of 'Visual Narrative?'"

History lesson.

'Ms. Worden, please go to the library stacks and bring me a few education journals from the 70s. It seems everything old is new again.'

'Wow! Your head weights 23 pounds just like your feet!'

Harry liked working with his hands – but they didn't always get along.

'Forty-eight felony counts have taught me not to try to do everything myself.'

'Your son William has a rare form of dyslexia.'

"This work experience thing has been a real insight into life after school…I've been made redundant."

'Ideally, I'd like to work with my hands.'

Job Safety - Valves.

'I see from your CV that you have a first class degree from the School of Hard Knocks'

"Even our job has its own small mercies."

'Let me guess, a graduate of the 'school of hard knocks'?'

Model Airplanes

'Try another key, like the one that locks it.'

'Your hand signal was okay. Pity you didn't open the window.'