Higher Education Explorer Mugs

'Oh he's my loans officer.'

After years of study & hard effort, you're ready to begin your life's work. . . paying off your student loan."

Rita's PhD defense wasn't going well."

TIme To Pay The Pipers

Bravado in the novice professor may simply be an attempt to compensate for a lack of experience in teaching the classics.

University Admissions

Adult Courses. It's so hard keeping the information from different classes separate! I'm talking film history and psychology. I failed a test because I said a "psychopath" is the walkway Norman Bates took home. I also confused geography and aeronautics. I said the "great plains" are located at an Air Force testing base in the California desert. My worst nightmare was confusing the thinks ti learned in driver's education and statistics. But at least I now know it's driving where you must st

Grad School Parent-Teacher Conference

Eternal Student.

"I still haven't decided if I want to be unemployed as an English major or as a Communications major."

'Our admission policy is now simplicity itself. If you have the tuition, you're in.'

Postgraduates A group of posts on their way to class.

He may have a PH.D in elementary particle physics, but he's having an awful lot of trouble with the application form.

"I'm beginning to regret taking this job at the local playgroup."

'Desert island cartoons - and you?'

Interdisciplinary studies.

Continuing education.

Paranormal A-Z...

'I started out as a teacher's pet, and then it kind of snowballed.'

Miss, how do you spell "acceptable"? I've Googled every "e" and can't find it.

"Three more years of high school."

'I'm supposed to take a geography test and I can't find the right room!'

"Philosophy Department. Why may I direct your call?"

'The sound of one hand clapping.'

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

"This statement from your headmaster says that you can easily get a good degree...your bank manager says you can't."

Conflating Science and Grammar. The boy threw the ball. What grammatical role does "ball" play in this sentence? An object in motion!

"I want a top education, but don't milk me dry with school fees."

'Add the numbers, divide by how many numbers you've added and there you have it-the average amount of minutes you sleep in class each day.'

"Maybe he's so sad that he's leaving us to go to college that he actually looks happy. Please don't ruin it for me with reality."

"This is a test. This is only a test. IF this had been the real world it'd be your job you'd be fighting for, not a letter of the alphabet."

Congratulations! All that cramming paid off.

All Hail the Matriarchy

"I don't have my law degree yet but I've got an internship down in cell block 'D'."

'I like the history professor but I think he's mired in the past.'