School Struggles Gifts

"It's the whole kindergarten thing, Mom. I'm alone in there, swimming with the sharks."

"Mr. Murillo couldn't understand how I could make so many mistakes. So I told him that you helped me write it."

'Can you debunk my essay?'

'Mum, they're making fun of me at school because I have a small nose...'

'How did you do on the plane geometry exam?' - 'I'm back to square one.'

"I didn't finish the proof but I did write this poem about my struggle."

"I like going to school...and I like coming home from school. It's all the stuff in the middle that gives me trouble."

''C-minus'? ??" Do you know how long it took me to find and download this term paper?'

"I'd rather eat your homework."

"Turtling: When a child's backpack exceeds his weight"

'Does the Fifth Amendment apply to report cards?'

'If history keeps repeating itself, why do I have to repeat this class?'

'The bad news is you failed all your courses. The good news is you passed the urine test.'

"Homework! Homework! Homework! I'll be doing this for hours! Talk about a misspent youth."

"These 'ordinary working class' types, I think my scout at Oxford must have been one."

"I'm in big trouble. The dog ate my homework, and Dad ate my science project."

"Don't pull any wisdom teeth. I need all the help I can get in school."

'I wish there were true and false questions on math tests. At least that way I'd have a 70% chance of getting one right.'

'There is NO way I can perform under that kind of pressure!'

'The ‘class clown' thing is my fault. I totally misjudged the crowd.'

Gone for Broke College

'I keep failing my spelling tests. I think my brain needs more RAM.'

"You belong to a Dungeons and Dragons group, you're a committed Goth, and you're failing Medieval History?!"

'I've been learning a lot, but I do terribly on tests.'

Early Resentment Towards Yuppies.

Back to school anchor

REPORT CARD, 'This is going to be tough to spin.'

'I wish I could fast forward today...'

'Don't know what else to do. The medication obviously isn't working.'

"Cancel Culture."

"I couldn't make heads or tails of your test questions so I flipped a coin!"

'My mother signed my report card. It got smudged by her tears.'

"I'm searching my family history in hopes of finding some generational trauma or institutionalized oppression that would explain whole I'm failing all my courses."

'Your first day of student teaching?'

"The A B C's are a mystery to him, but he's very solid on the letter F."