School Transition Mugs

'Do I have to enter a plea?'

They were right. Life did get better after middle school.

Anyhow, thanks for listening, Rudy. It's part of the job. I guess you're right: The move to 3rd grade is a big one. There are lots of changes. You've just got to roll with it. And buy a new video game console? It eases any transition. How did you get to be so smart? Playing lots of video games.

'I'm under a lot of peer pressure!'

'Holly, listen to me. This school year is important. . . It's your last year before high school! You have to prepare! High school is a whole new ball game.'

"Just think, next year I'll be in fourth grade. I'm really going to miss the third grade...but going to the fourth grade is a wise career move for me."

"He says he's fed up of school."

'In school today, we learned about endangered species.'

'The secret to doing a book report is only picking books that have been made in to movies.'

'Are you sure I should read my book report to the class? --�It's PG-13.'

You wrote a book report on a video game instruction manual?

"I lost my taste for his homework when it came burned on a CD."

" 'How I Spent My Summer Vacation,' a treatment by Todd Mozelle, Grade Three."

'Shouldn't we spend a little time on the ARTS?'

"The first day of school. Yes sir. A day to make new friends. A day to mark new beginnings. A day to discover everyone but you has grown three feet over the summer."

Don't you hate...

The lesser of two evils.

"Hey, you guys, don't you remember? The big word here is 'compromise.' "

"Rats, I thought he'd like my science project!"

"This is my last day. My parents found a more expensive school on the East Side."

'Due to the record snowfall, every school on the face of the earth is closed except for Wolfbranch Elementary.'

'I'm trying to get my competence and my confidence in the same place.'

'How could you flunk multiplication?'

"The problem with online schooling is I can't get help from Mom and Dad!"

"They grow up so quickly. It seems like only yesterday that he was in the third grade. Wait, it was yesterday!"

"Exactly how long were you home schooled?"

'You're being evacuated to a better catchment area.'

Private School Interview - 'How much do your parents weigh?'

'I did my homework on my computer and before I could print it, it crashed.'

'Me, I'm home-schooled: Getting to and from school was taking too much of my time...'

High School

"Try to fit in, Dear."

"I had it all figured out. Sleep late, watch TV, play all day...then kindergarten happened."

"I attribute most of my problems in the third grade to the media."

'Talk about being scared straight...I just found out that being held back a grade is not an urban myth.'