Happy Learners Pillows

The Book Club

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..."

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

Grade 2 Cellist

"I'm still pre-literate."

'I did it all from memory.'

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

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

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

Education and Apprenticeships

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

"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.'

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

'Miss, I think I've learnt all I can too.'

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

'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.'

"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."

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

University of Hard Knocks

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

Moral Values for Dummies

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

The college of my choice.

'And that one painted and forgot to close the curtains.'

"I'm sorry, Dad. What I did was really stupid, selfish and wrong."

'So, just how long were you at the School of Hard Knocks?'

'Son, before you go, always remember the joy of life is in the journey, not the destination.'

CIVICS 101

Learning.

"A school's purpose is to excite, engage and stimulate its students' minds...or so I'm told."

'When you created the world, Lord, did you know that Miss Rabone would be able to fit the whole thing into one geography test?'