Self-learning Gifts

'Actually this is a very experimental college. We have no curriculum and no classes. How it works, essentially, is if you want to learn something, you go someplace and you learn it.'

"Behold the secret to happiness."

"Ya know, 'DUH' can be a very hurtful word."

"Do you want to play doctorate?"

Where your mind & battle are los

"It seems my fear of death has been replaced by my fear of politics."

They hated me.

Butterfly Woman

"Soul searching? Yes, you could call it that."

'I have this fear of the real world...'

Kiosk in large lobby with sign above it labeled 'Empathy'.

Grad School Parent-Teacher Conference

"E=MC² Energy=Milk·Coffee²"

Self help acupuncture

Fear/Knowledge

"Would you like me to annotate that for you?"

Kid at bus stop to kid: 'Needless to say, I cured my Mom of her home-schooling kick.'

'For your information, I am engaging the energy of change and complexity to create the future I desire.'

'My body has rejected every diet I've tried.'

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

"I spent all day learning productivity hacks"

Eternal Student.

"Good" "Bad" "Work on it" "Keep working - maybe it's not as bad as you think it is" "Put it to a committee" "Give up" "Make it worse" "Make it better" "Still a bad idea" "Overthink it" "Throw yourself into a pit of wild badgers" "Throw it away" "Call it done" "Sigh."

"I dunno, I guess I just don't believe in myself anymore."

Colour Version: Living by the Clock

Teacher pointing to P,Q, on board: "OK class, which letter comes next? Redbeard, you should know this."

"My answers could be right. Your quiz just asked the wrong questions."

Nothing Succeeds Like Confidence.

"There's something weird about Emily. She actually likes school!"

"Tonight! Author book signing." "Develop your inner raging bitch."

The Bookworm

"According to mom the answers are all in this book!" "Too bad there's no pictures at which to look!"

Accelerated reading. Slowpoke reading,