Informal Learner Gifts

"Do you want to play doctorate?"

Pirate boy reciting the alphabet

"Mom, please shake my chair. I'm taking a virtual school bus ride before class begins."

"Sarah's grades are excellent. She got A+ in 'Yogi Berra: Philosopher or Fall Guy?,' A in 'Dollars and Scents: An Analysis of Post-Vietnam Perfume Advertising,' A in 'The Final Four as Last Judgment: The N.C.A.A. Tournament from a Religious Perspective,'

"At some point, there's only so high you can raise the volume before you admit you're never gonna understand what British detectives are saying."

"You can use the alphabet to text. You can use the alphabet to tweet. Why can't you use the alphabet to spell?"

"Call me 'pops' one more time and I'll lace 'ya one!"

With the aid of a tactical dictionary, and was finally able to make sense of what the salesman was saying.

From what I hear, the Atwood Intuition Tank is coming up with results faster than we are.

Toys from the Pre School of Hard Knocks - Stumbling Blocks.

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

"You got a D in English and an E in French, but Swedish isn't a problem?!"

'I don't actually want to learn so much that I become a wine buff - just a wine snob!'

Student about Biz Quick class: 'It's bite-size information in a 15 minute class that teaches you how to roll in the dough.'

End school zone. Start unschool zone.

"How can a student who can't speak English or Gobbledegook expect to pass?"

"First buttons, then zippers, now we learn to tie our shoes. Is mom trying to tell us something?"

'My French is not so good.'

"I want to make a wish, but the problem is that this genie apparently does not speak English."

'He's so clever he's learning a second language!'

'Apparently, there's some sort of language barrier for me when money talks.'

'I invested in a completely new economic system for the country, but the instructions are in japanese.'

'I don't have to go to school. My mom teachers me.'

Education.

"Omnipotent?! I thought you said impotent. And you're out of wished, too."

"Are you sure they'll be able to read English?"

"I don't mind being wrong. That doesn't bother me at all! What bothers me is when other people know I'm wrong."

University students practising arithmetic through betting odds

WELCOME TO KINDERGARTEN, 'It's okay, I guess, but they sure hassle you about compliance!'

'I learned a new word today.'

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