Starting Vocational Training Gifts

'Do you think he's ready for the big round-up?'

"I'm not sure about this new trainee - he asked me when does he get to see the actual ropes."

'You learn how to make dough later. For now, you're on a knead-to-know basis.'

"Can you hurry up with the cake? I have to travel the world, have a career and start a family"

'Quit fooling around, Gog. Do the assignment.'

"Son, one day two hundred square feet of this city could be yours to rent."

'We offer full benefits. A desk, a chair and your very own cubicle.'

'Yessir, I just finished my first spay...but how did you know?'

'There was a slight accident in shop class. I welded my braces together.'

"One day she'll be a wonderful architect."

'I need to learn a trade... so I know what kind of work I'm out of.'

"Well yes, I was shorn by the apprentice, but I don't mind really: everybody has to learn somehow..."

'Your car's ready, but drive carefully for awhile. I had to give the student an 'F' for the work he did on it.'

PERSONNEL, 'Do we have a health plan? Why -- Don't you feel well?'

'An internship is pretty much the only way to get your foot in the door these days...'

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

Say, aren't you my old shop teacher who said I couldn't cut a straight line to save my life?

"Don't let it bother you. The doctor told my wife it would keep her mind sharp if she learned a new skill."

Builder's School

"I'd like to apply for the work-study program."

'Then after 'A' Levels I did an NVQ in Cleansing and Hygiene.'

'Is this the small engines class?'

I'm beginning to realize you can't cram 10 gigabytes of information into a one-gigabyte brain.

I bet we would have been able to put you together again if all the king's schools hadn't cut all the king's shop classes.

"Could you just make it a little awkward for a few weeks?"

"Let's try it again. This time with a tad less mania."

'You'll be on a leash for the first six months.'

Whatever became of auto repair and bookkeeping?

'You're worried! What about me? I've never done this operation before!'

'...And, to expand our food animal practice curriculum,...

'Isn't it great to learn traditional skills passed down through the ages? Hand me the laser knife, please.'

"My mom was a helicopter parent growing up and now she's become a B52 since I started working."

"You can make your own mistakes when you can hire your own lawyer."

Roads for Graduates