Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for March 28, 2022

Maybe Calvin grew up to be an influencer.

There’s always a catch to it…..

Calvin wishes that going to school would be a high paying job. Odds are a lot of students like myself back then do too.

Learn now or food stamps later

An unhappy snowflake

Like so many others, Calvin is willing to do almost anything to become a success…except work.

He was on a roll before reality flattened his tires.

Most schoolkids aren’t concerned with “the skills to effectively compete”…

Calvin woke up!?!

What you put into it is taxpayers’ money.

What you get out of it are robots spewing insignificant “data”, whose future just may be as trivia game-show contestants!!

Calvin has the makings of a great politician. All talk and no action.

Always a catch…….

“Life is like a sewer. What you get out of it depends on what you put into it.” — Tom Lehrer.

It’s always fun and games until the need for a paycheck raises its ugly face !

No matter ho many times me read this it always great to read this. Mr. Watterson was truly a great cartoonist.

Even my grade 10 students didn´t know that.

Teacher; “Calvin, if you want to prepare for the 21st century, then I suggest you start reading books. Plant your face in a book. Maybe when you’re about 21 you can even start a company called Face Book. I have a gut feeling that a face book will be huge in the next century.”

I could see Calvin majoring in Economics if he were in college

Seems like there’s always a trick to things.

Calvin, it’s not WHAT you know, it’s WHO knows you. Otherwise, you’re OVERQUALIFIED for that high-paying job.

Now that we’re actually in the 21st century, I think we know what the answer to Calvin’s question would be…

Ms. Wormwood is definitely not a maths teacher than.

Or be born into a rich family that will get you into the best schools, by hook or by crook. TS, Calvin.

Garbage in and garbage out. Kids today can not count back change or can they punctuate or have any common sense. Proof Any where in America, walk into any Mcdonalds and ask the teenage cashier that you want a half a dozen chicken nuggets and they will tell you that they do not have that. They only have 4, 6 and 10.

Okay, folks, read and/or listen to anything with John Taylor Gatto. https://ia903006.us.archive.org/13/items/JohnTaylorGattoTheUndergroundHistoryOfAmericanEducationBook/John%20Taylor%20Gatto%20-%20The%20Underground%20History%20of%20American%20Education%20Book.pdf

Too often the most frequent choice

Never mind child. The world needs Zamboni drivers too. You do you little dude.

Why I like the educational model in which there are high schools preparing kids for technical careers and others preparing some for higher educational studies. One size fits all doesn’t work in education.

She’s got a very good point, Calvin.

Right, Cal. Hard work never killed anyone, but why take a chance?! :D

No one does a sour face quite like Mr. Watterson.

“You get out of it what you put in to it.” Kinda like a sewer.

And now we have an explanation for millennials.

If he gets a good editor/proofreader he can write fiction.

Fiction writers have dreamed of ways we could increase our knowledge and / or intelligence without working at it.

Sad thing is, even if you DO put in the hard work, there’s no guarantee that today’s educational system will fully prep you for adult life. Unless you’re a scientist who can actually apply the whole “mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell” thing.

So much for Calvin’s speech.

What you get out of elementary school is learning. If you want skills, look elsewhere.

Today Calvin and Hobbes is experiencing quantum entanglement with Arlo and Janis.

Wait – to be successful you need to stay in school, get good grades, and work hard?

Talked to a woman who taught in a large high school system. Her class was students who had discipline problems and were hard to control. She had one or two assistants who helped her when things got out of hand. The idea was to get them back into regular classes, but quite a few quit school as soon as they hit 16. She said she had a card printed that she gave them with instructions on how to contact her in case they wanted to continue their education. She said it was interesting how many of them called her after a few years out on their own.

Very true what the teacher stated.

True not just for school…but for life…

Too bad Calvin can’t build snow goons year round, because he excels at that

Perfect candidate for Trump University.

He wants training, not education.

Someday when sleep learning is perfected…

That the BS i heard from the nuns many, many years ago! Guess what they are gone!

Anybody remember the strip where Calvin tells Dad: You need to make more money, cause I plan to be a millionaire when I grow up!"

Calvin, there are also student loans…

Sure, I did well in school, even a MS Pharm. Would have worked out well had our state and those around us raised the requirement to a PHD. So yeah, you don’t always get what you put into it.

We have separation of church and state. Now is a good time to consider separation of school and state as well.

It’ll be a twelve-year process.

Calvin does ’splain Donald Dumpster all too well!

I got way more out of school than I ever put into it, luckily for me.

Those dialogs will work wonders in election campaigns. Mr Wormwood is shaping the future legislator.

EVERYBODY?

Schooling – as important as it is – does not reflect the world of work. In school, the harder you work, the better your grades, right? More or less, in any case. But in the workplace, it’s not hard work that gets you promoted, it’s networking and socialising. People who “just” work hard…. will be appreciated for doing just that, and left to continue.