Online gift guides proliferate at this time of year, but we at Academichic are focusing in on what we know best: presents for the academic in your life.
The On-the-Go Academic:
If your academic is constantly misplacing her favorite writing tools, she might benefit from a brightly chic fabric pencil case that can be easily spotted in the depths of her tote bag.
Your well-clad academic’s laptop deserves to be stylish too. These laptop sleeves come in a variety of fantastic prints and sizes.
S. has frequently sung the praises of her sturdy and practical tote bag. It’s hard to deny a basic that’s ergonomic and well-made enough to get your academic through those seemingly interminable years of graduate school.
The Teaching Academic:
When it’s time to grade, all three of the chics swear by these brightly colored Pilot G2 gel pens. And none of us ever use the red pen.
Every teacher knows the feeling of walking up to the classroom’s dry erase board only to discover that all the pens are either a) mysteriously missing or b) utterly parched. These mini dry erase pens are small enough to discretely tote around so you’ll always be able to write out that very useful diagram for your students, regardless of less-than-accomodating classroom conditions.
A compendium of unfortunate declarations made by North American college students in their history classes, Non Campus Mentis provides that sometimes-needed pick-me-up during grading marathons. Just knowing that someone else’s student wrote about the Automaton Empire helps ease grading fatigue.
The I-Prefer-Hard-Copies Academic:
The embedded brilliance of these “Mental Note” note pads will help your academic break through any dissertation, grant, article, or book-writing block.
It’s hard to choose just one of the many Anne Taintor products featuring 1950s ladies speaking their minds. Portable, practical feminist snark is always in style.
Bonus Round:
Passive-aggressiveness runs rampant in academic circles. This book helps put it all in perspective.
As always, we welcome recommendations from our readers! What will you be giving the academic in your life this year?
** Academichic recommends these products independently. We do not have sponsoring relationships with any of these vendors.
I am FOREVER looking for pens. I am going to ask Santa to fill my stocking with pens. Thanks for the great idea!
xoxo
Dear milk thief, that was breast milk! i nearly got kicked out of the library laughing out at that one! the 1950s housewife thing is cute too!!
I, too, LOVE the G2 pens–so glide-y. And I never, ever use the red one to grade with.
The Annals of Improbable Research and the Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony (aka my husband) just started a CafePress store:
http://www.cafepress.com/ignobel
Tell me you don’t want a mug with “Please stop. I’m bored” written across it 30 times.
I love Pilot gel pens! I always have tons of them around in blue, and I get the mixed batch you pictured too, although the green is my favorite!
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