High School Activist Gifts

"This is the most important election of our lifetime."

"What I do is pick up the morning paper, go through it carefully, and then, depending on how I feel about things, I either say the Pledge of Allegiance, stand there and do nothing, or walk out of the classroom."

Type A Freshman - changed courses four times, got a job, organized a protest, quit the job, plans to take second semester abroad.

"Could you please downgrade this to a C? High expectations bring out the worst in my parents."

"I wish he'd actually play with his toy hospital, rather than just making strike placards."

"What I miss during school holidays is not going out on strike every Friday."

'Oh,oh, Regina has her lawyer with her.'

'I don't want to be a shepherd. I want to be the policeman who interrupts the play to tell all the mummys and daddys who have parked irresponsibly and dangerously outside to move their cars...'

Secretary to boss: 'You fooled some of the people all of the time, Senator, but they were all too young to vote.'

Children hold hands around a map of the world with picnic food.

War on drugs... war on terror... war on lima beans.

"I hope that this is just a riot of passage."

'We lost your case, but the PR was a success. Three publishers are bidding on your story, and 30 PTAs are petitioning to have the book banned.'

"The good news is, the children in the district have strong writing skills. The bad news is, we have sustained a letter-writing campaign from the third grade."

"With the Suzuki method, they start them campaigning as early as three or four."

University Challenge

"Five kids have signed my petition. We'd like to have vegetarian options on the cafeteria menu. To help, I've put together a few recipes of my own."

Taking out the garbage can, cleaning up my room... Why doesn't someone start a civil war to free us kids?!

"I'm afraid we don't offer student loans to elementary school pupils."

Pre-graduate and post-graduate student.

'I'm guessing it'll have to be by text.'

Banned Books

'I'd like to run for class president but I don't want to put my family through a background check.'

Class of 2015

"I'm not going into college today, I don't feel enough sense of outrage."

'Were the lemons grown locally?'

Courting The Youth Vote

"Oh, I'm not worried about doing the job, if elected. I'm more concerned about facing the onslaught of lobbyists."