Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for October 20, 2018

Great, Dad is probably thinking about a wiener dog again.

Come on Dad. You know you agree with him

Do you think your dad doesn’t feel the same way about his job?

Wait until you’re in the work force, Calvin.

if it only it were that easy, Calvin, to not have 12 years’ worth of formal schooling

Not to mention to write

Reminds me of a girl who signed on as a part time summer temp where I worked at the time. She complained about how she had “no personal time.” (She was in her early twenties.) Everyone stared in disbelief and I finally asked her what she thought her parents did all day. That was nearly thirty years ago; now a lot of young adults seem to want to be paid without working at all.

Well, if technology continues to improve to the point where having human resources on a job is no longer feasible, folks will have all the personal time they want. For some, there will be self-generated purpose-driven lives. They will find their level. For others, given the fractious nature of many humans, there will be an exponential growth in negative behavior. If experience has taught us anything, it is that the human mind, left to itself, without purpose or focus, can be a scary universe.

School seems to being doing some good after all. Calvin’s getting pretty good at math.

You’ve described the lives of most people on the planet, Calvin! Except, summer doesn’t give grown-ups a break!

I was incensed when I discovered I had to go to school for twelve years! I already knew how to read, so what was the point?

I used to do this as a kid…wish I were 12…then 16 so I could drive…then old enough to drink…then get married…etc. Now, as a senior, I’m not looking forward to that final milestone. LOL

Reminds me of a conversation I once had with my son. He was frustrated about something and said “It’s not fair.” I said, “Son, if you want fair, you’re on the wrong planet.”

The cruel reality of life. :/

Oh, Calvin, if you only knew…

It is a heck of a way to structure our lives with first school, when we can’t wait until it ends and then jobs, when we look forward to retirement. Just be sure to fit in some life between these obligations.

I tell the complainers at work, “They’re paying you. If it were fun, you’d have to pay THEM.” That usually gets a nod, at least. Doesn’t change anyone’s mind, of course.

Both need a break for Saturday, go to a fun event to unwind.

Life is overrated.

School has not been a total loss so far, Calvin can count and knows the concept of hours, days and months.. And.. can write an excuse letter.. something my daughter did not know how to do until grade 7

“Request Denied.”

See how Calvin is smart enough not to even ask Mom about signing the paper, the one who would have to put up with him every day, being home from school.

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On the positive side you would miss all the fun line teasing susie, show and tell, amazing adventures which you take on when the teacher is seriously discussing a chapter. Above all the meetings with principal in his dreaded room.