Self-learning Mugs

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"It seems my fear of death has been replaced by my fear of politics."

Adult Courses. It's so hard keeping the information from different classes separate! I'm talking film history and psychology. I failed a test because I said a "psychopath" is the walkway Norman Bates took home. I also confused geography and aeronautics. I said the "great plains" are located at an Air Force testing base in the California desert. My worst nightmare was confusing the thinks ti learned in driver's education and statistics. But at least I now know it's driving where you must st

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"

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

Fear/Knowledge

Self help acupuncture

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"

"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."

'Does this have anything to do with Einstein's theory of relativity?'

Eternal Student.

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."

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

'Do you think it might be possible that what you wear could be a contributing factor to your relationship problems?'

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

Accelerated reading. Slowpoke reading,

'Let me through, I'm at Doctor.com.'

Nothing Succeeds Like Confidence.