Stressed Scholar Pillows

"This statement from your headmaster says that you can easily get a good degree...your bank manager says you can't."

Postgraduates A group of posts on their way to class.

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

"O.K., time's up. Pencils down."

'What I did on my summer vacation: I wrote about what I had done the rest of the year.'

'The first exam was easy as ABC, but that one felt more like a D,E or F.'

An Archeologic Dig

'I hate counting sheep. I get enough math at school.'

"I'm thinking that now is a good time to start those tutoring sessions."

'But do you realize what this report cart will do to my self-esteem?'

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

"Stop the clowning, Johnson. The final isn't going to be all that bad."

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

I hate group projects

"I'm failing 16th century British History, so now I have to get a Tudor."

Giving thanks.

'But this company was founded on getting totally over excited.'

'If my grades don't improve, I don't know what'll happen. Maybe they'll offer me a buyout.'

'She will not call on me, she will not call on me, she. . .'

"I wrote my thesis in just one day. Is there something wrong with that?"

"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."

"She dumped me the minute I flunked out of medical school."

'You're failing chemistry!' 'But...you're taking away my dream of becoming a professional athlete!'

"Young lady, if your grades don't improve, I'm going to let your father sign up for TikTok."

"At least you're not afraid to fail."

"Is that Baldo's 'scary Halloween' face?"

"I was finally able to capture all my angst in writing. Then it became a required college textbook. Now, I have brand new angst."CS561041

"Okay - now that the paramedic is here with the defibrillator and smelling salts. . ."

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The New Optimism

"Baldo, how do you explain this grade?"