Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce for August 27, 2013
Transcript:
Panel 1: "Francis. Yell at me." "Say WHAT?" Panel 2: "School starts next week! Mrs. Godfrey will be airing me out, all day EVERY day!" Panel 3: "I can't walk into that kind of verbal abuse without being READY for it! I've got to get in SHAPE!" Panel 4: "His pre-season conditioning program isn't like most people's! "That's the stupidest thing I ever -" "Louder."
Ms Godfrey doesn’t HAVE to yell at Nate at all. She chooses to do it because she enjoys bullying and harming children. Nate’s plan to ignore the verbal abuse is a good one. If you can’t beat ’em, ignore ’em.