Study Star Mugs

"Are you sure you're not assigning too much homework? - I don't want to end up overqualified."

"It's so good to see them studying so hard. Gracie does it because of her thirst for knowledge. Baldo does it out of self-defense."

'I'm having a hard time balancing homework and family time.'

"Each day, they come home from school, get their homework out and crack on with it. Apparently, it's the latest craze."

"You know what happens when you make good grades? They send you to another school called college."

"Do you want to play doctorate?"

Grad School Parent-Teacher Conference

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

'My reading comprehension is so-so, but I do make up for it with my highlighting skills.'

Burning the midnight oil.

"I had all the right answers, but I had them in the wrong order."

'Dr Hodges, here, is from England and he's been observing us for 14 years. Mr Ferrell, an American, has been here only 3 weeks. Monique Corveu, from Paris, has practically been living with us for about nine years...'

"Eventually, you have to stop visualizing yourself doing well on the test, and actually do the test."

Do your research!

"Could I ask just one question?"

"Doing your homework may lead to a job that has homework."

"Can you change this quiz grade from an A to a C? I like to keep expectations low until I blow my parents' mind by acing the final exam."

"How was work?"

'So what are you studying, young man?'

"It's not fair! I only got 100 on my English test!"

Good luck with all the revision...

Congratulations! All that cramming paid off.

Six Thinking Hats

'We studied the Big Dipper and the Little Dipper today. May I have an ice cream cone?'

"I've outgrown my backpack."

"So the secret to getting good grades is to study hard...seems a little extreme!"

'I need to read five books this weekend to graduate - any suggestions?'

University Cafeteria. The first semester of college is tough. I'm not taking geography because I couldn't find the classroom on the map. I'm way behind on my archeology assignments. I'm buried and need to dig my way out. And everybody in political science lies and cheats to get ahead. How are you doing in statistics? I think I'm doing very well! My test scores are hugely below the class median. I should probably learn what that means.

Good Luck!

'You have to STUDY for tests, dummy -- you can't just put a memory stick in your ear!'

"Hey, there's Sara, padding her college-entrance résumé!"

"That's lovely darling, but I don't think that's what your teacher meant when she asked you to draw your family tree..."

Bigger Brain

'Gifted class, indeed. One is gifted in science, but he can't read - one is gifted in reading, but won't even try math...'

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