Heartfelt Learner Gifts

A learner driver in a heart-shaped car

"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..."

"What I’ve learned is you have to look deep inside your heart and ask yourself, ‘What is it that she really wants to hear?’"

Grade 2 Cellist

"I can't believe it...school starts in two weeks!"

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

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."

'I'm sorry Timmy, but if I keep going for help, you'll never learn to take care of yourself,'

'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.'

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

University of Hard Knocks

The Book Club

Man with what appears to be cheese on head to other man: 'No, it's actually a sponge. I'm excited about today's motivational seminar and I want to soak it in.'

'She saw right through me.'

Moral Values for Dummies

"No, it's twist and THEN turn."

"We all make mistakes. That's why pencils have erasers!"

'What did you learn at university today?'

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

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

"Does school really help people with real life?"

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

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

He who hesitates is five miles past his exit.

Buddy hadn't learned from the time his tongue got stuck.

Maria Montessori

Wang Yangming opens a heart.

'You are daydreaming all the time. When are you going to mature?'

Just another life lesson son. Nothing in life is free.

"Of course I still do stupid stuff. But now much slower and with far less frequency and zeal."