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Mom! Dad! I heard the most fantastic thing today - say, you're doing it!

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

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?'

"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,'

"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.'

Learn to play the violin in one weekend - 'This isn't working! It's Saturday evening already and I've only got as far as holding it properly...'

Education and Apprenticeships

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

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

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

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

"What do you mean, it's not an educational toy? I'd have to learn to ride it!"

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

'There's one app we can't give you ... aptitude.'

'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.'

The Book Club

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

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

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

"You have to give the younger colleagues the opportunity to fly on their own."

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.'

The college of my choice.

"By the time I count to 10, you'd better be doing your math homework!"

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

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

Maria Montessori

A learner driver in a heart-shaped car

CIVICS 101

"Almost 30 percent of teachers assign extra reading during Hispanic Heritage Month."

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