Overachievers Prints

Workaholics Anonymous meeting: 'No one showed up. Everyone is working.'

"Looks like a storm ahead, Captain." "I think you're being over dramatic."

'Type-A personality if I ever saw one - he claims he is now going to swim upstream!'

'I told you hard work would pay off in the third grade, Cate...You've had three job offers.'

Overjumpers

"Doing your homework may lead to a job that has homework."

Genius Envy

"The teacher expects too much of me. She wants me to give it the old college try, and I'm only in grade school."

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

"Rosalie—your poor performance this year has reduced your parents' investment in you by almost seventy per cent."

'They're a very successful family.'

"You'll never make it as a doctor with handwriting like this. I understood every word."

Too big to fail

Workaholics anonymous meeting.

"Stop applying! You've been accepted to three universities!"

"You're late, Myers!"

"Congratulations Professor, the committee 'okayed' your grant request."

'No ulcers shows me you haven't reached your full potential.'

'That's your report card and might I add you need to try a little harder.'

"The chairman said he wanted to see you when you got out of hospital."

'I have her registered in a pre-med nursery program.'

Ladder of success"...Perhaps, you'd like our economy model."

"This has been a productive homework session!"

'...then I got my masters in psychology, and a year later I earned my Ph.D. in sociology. By the time I get my master in math and my doctorate in history, I'll be ready to retire.'

'As much time and effort as he puts into this job, you'd think there was some money in it.'

Still a Disappointment to his Mother

"You promised to stop bringing your work home."

"With a good education you can grow up to be anything I want you to be."

Office Task Map

'Ten 'A's? Frankly son, I'm disappointed that you're not more of a disappointment to me.'

"Your internship is finally over. You're now required to work longer hours with no extra pay."

A woodpecker fashions a statue of a woodpecker.

"I can't believe it...a 'B' average on my report card? I'm not that smart! The theories of probability predict it's likely that the school's data system somehow encountered a catastrophic breakdown."

'You're always so busy, Carter. You come to work early, you leave late, what are you up to?'

'I'm sorry - Mr. Jenkins, MBA, PhD, MD, Esq. is O.U.T.'