Real Life Learning Pillows

"This work experience thing has been a real insight into life after school…I've been made redundant."

“It's a tree, sweetie. No need to Google it.”

No one has ever been accused of choosing bad relatives.

"Oh indeed I did: I went feral for a year when I was young. It taught me a lot about the world, but about myself too..."

"I throw this ball, you go get it and bring it back — everything else will fall into place."

"Ma, what does 'kosher' mean?"

"Your momma lied to you, boy."

"Better luck next time, kid."

"Son, the world is full of disappointments. About 7.7 billion of them."

"I learned one thing today. Attitude trumps aptitude!"

"Well, I'm just saying, buying me a cheap used car for graduation is not going to teach me responsibility."

Lion Tamers School - Lion licking his lips examiner marking a fail

"A man never stands so tall, son, as when he stoops to pick up a quarter."

Teacher has two boxes: "Book Smart" and "Street Smart"

'I'm sorry Timmy, but if I keep going for help, you'll never learn to take care of yourself,'

'Remember, son, don't believe any thing you hear and only half of what you see.'

'It's time you learned, son - in-laws and outlaws aren't necessarily opposites.'

" It was a jungle out there, but I quite liked it."

"Baldo, credit cards are a terrible idea! Take it from someone who has 10 of 'em."

'Well, that does not yet look like a wall. Try it again, Liam!'

"Do you know the biggest thing I've learned in my thirty nine years?"

Ready for the curves life throws at you.

University of Hard Knocks

'What did you learn at university today?'

"We all make mistakes. That's why pencils have erasers!"

Balloons Experiment

Moral Values for Dummies

Be prepared - Don't jump to confusion.

'Remember, Junior, if at first you don't succeed...come up with a good exit strategy.'

Smart people learn from experience - other peoples'.

"Does school really help people with real life?"

He who hesitates is five miles past his exit.

'False alarm! I'm back. It was only a career suicide.'

'It's just that simple. So act now and start barking up the 'right' tree.'

'So, just how long were you at the School of Hard Knocks?'