Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for January 12, 2015

I also found first grade physics challenging.

Newton’s first law of motion -

sometimes referred to as the law of inertia. An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.

Try “A train is hard to stop”

Axiomata sive leges motus.

It was Spinoza that said “Chumble Spuzz” -—stupid kids.

my word!!?!!

I taught my children that it is annoying trying to be too clever. Unfortunately, it didn’t work.

If you don’t touch an object, it stays where it is.

Things move if you give them a push.

And once they get going, they’re hard to stop.

Good life-lessons, too.

2. Write a dictionary defining your words (in your own words) including their etymology and a translation dictionary into English. Define as above any of your words used on the definitions.

What class is Calvin in, again?

Why would Calvin be studying Physics at his age?

Do they really teach that in the first grade?

Chumble spuzz, you say? Interesting.

THANKS for the George Carlin clip!

Actually Newton’s 3rd law applies today: Calvin’s action will cause Miss Wormwood to have an opposite reaction.

Click here (or stretch image): Peanuts (October 8, 1975)Here is a B.C. strip from Johnny Hart’s final year. He died at his drawing board in April 2007. His wit with the English language, especially his clever usage of double meanings, has perhaps never been matched by any other cartoonist.Click here: B.C. (June 23, 2006)

Exactly what I thought as I was reading the strip Lochem…

Chumble Spuzz.

The kid is destined to become a lawyer!

the direct result of entropy in action

Oh, if I had a dollar for every time I wanted to do that when I saw or heard the phrase “in your own words.”

My own words are cencor’d. :) Peace.

The teacher is likely to come up with her own loophole and say that those aren’t words.

Sometimes loopholes can turn into a hangman noose

I see an “F” coming. Lol

Calvin in class is a fine example of the irresistible force meeting the unmovable object.

My favorite is the “in your own words” version of algebra:When told to “find X”, simply draw a line to the letter X and write, “There it is, right there!”It’s good for a chuckle, but not for your grades…

HAAA! Now that’s one clever loop-hole!

I am thinking, and it can be dangerous for me to do this; but, I think I now fully understand why the “Fig Newton” cookie was so named..You all are thinking about it, now aren’t ’ya?

W/ props to Tank McNamara; MOOSPLUP!

Nous sommes tous Charlie.

isn’t that a little advanced for first grade?

Chumble spuzz!

Well… The assignment DID say “In your own words”

Can’t get more specific than that!

xxx

I thought Newton first 2 laws stated that 1) if a stopped body was supposed to be moving, hit it with a hammer, and 2) if it was moving when it was supposed to be stopped, apply duck tape (though it may have been ‘pitch’ back then.)

We agree those are your own words!

Newton’s First Law of Motion: Fig jam packed in dough go down easy.

Well, can’t argue against him there. This one made me laugh.

Those words are so much fun to read out loud, too.

This is so wrong! Asking such difficult questions to a six year old. :P

I didn’t learn this stuff in first grade!

I like “chumble spuzz”.

My favorite word in that sentence is “Pubbawup”.