World Learner Gifts

A teenager is bent double under a globe-shaped school bag.

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

'X is unknown? Even to somebody with all your education?'

"Oh indeed I did: I went feral for a year when I was young. It taught me a lot about the world, but about myself too..."

"Academic freedom doesn't mean you're free not to study."

'When they came up with a 'do your homework' app, then I'll know technology can really make life better.'

'I did it all from memory.'

'I finished my homework, and half my college freshman courses.'

Teacher has two boxes: "Book Smart" and "Street Smart"

"Thanks to the Internet, I learned to ride a bike. Since I was bored, I also got my pilot's license."

"If animals can be cloned, why can't homework be cloned?"

"If you do well in your first practicum, you can move on to teaching real children."

'Relax, dad, I haven't been in a classroom for months because all my college classes are online!'

'I'm sorry Timmy, but if I keep going for help, you'll never learn to take care of yourself,'

'Remind me to never again ask him what he learned in school.'

'Would it make a difference if I told you I was listening to book on audio?'

'There's one app we can't give you ... aptitude.'

'Father, when are you going to get software for our home computer that will teach me French?'

"I'm doing all I can to make the little things count."

'Miss, I think I've learnt all I can too.'

'The trouble with education is everyone knows how to teach, but nobody knows how to learn.'

'Where's the mouse for this thing?'

'After being here for more than forty years - as undergraduate, graduate student instructor, professor - what saddens me most is that this was not the college of my choice.'

"Thank you for 30 years of teaching service. Now you have 5 minutes to turn in your keys, I.D. card, empty your desk and be escorted out."

University of Hard Knocks

'OK Sheldon - which part of the Unified Field Theory do you not understand?'

'Wow, that sounds rigorous. What are the prerequisites for living in my mom's basement?'

Modern Studying

'What did you learn at university today?'

Moral Values for Dummies

Tiddles completes his doctorate.

'Pete plays truant, but keeps up with his lessons!'

"We all make mistakes. That's why pencils have erasers!"

'It's nice that you've learned to tie your shoes, but you're really too young to quit while you're ahead.'

"Does school really help people with real life?"