Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for May 18, 2018

That saying only pertains to people who have no control over yer life, Danae!

Thought Danae was too smart to start a twitter war.

It’s an illogical tweet anyway. The book has pages, not her life.

Pages of one’s life is rather poetic. May blank ones be few.

I’m not sure why that’s a trip the principal’s office. An “F” should suffice. She’s welcome to her opinion, but her report didn’t support it.

I used to tell students there was no such thing as a dumb question. Every now and again they’d do their best to prove me wrong.

It was a gallant effort, child, a gallant effort. Don’t lose that.

She was flunked for not knowing that you can’t use ampersands in hashtags.

In HS I once turned in a one-page book report, and a nosy classmate questioned my high grade. The teacher pointed out I managed to get everything into that one page. I didn’t turn prolix until later in life.

When I was told to write a 150 word essay on (BLANK), I usually got the job done in 100.

In the minor seminary, my Latin teacher was also the Dean of Discipline – loathed and feared, by all, for both reasons.

Ironically, he was the one who gave me the best recommendation for college – much to my amazement, and chagrin.

Life is the real punishment emporium.

“And punishment emporium” You rule Miller……

Danae perfectly summed up “To Kill a Mockingbird.”

Ms. D. missed the chance to disarm her teacher with a trenchant and percipient haiku.