Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for November 15, 2019

“teachass”? I am not sure how Luann and Tara are going to come out of this one still being friends.

”No Soup For You~!!” ✨

Em inglês, senhorita Starr.

Tara’s “sculpture” appears to be animated – in the first panel, it has a grumpy face, in the second panel, it is smiling, and in the last panel, it is sticking out it’s tongue. Take a close look…

Tara is disgusting. I’m sick of seeing her ugly face.

I think Luann would look better if she had her shirt tucked in under the sweater. Letting it hang out like that appears sloppy.

Well there you have it, gentle folks who THOUGHT Tara was Luann’s “friend.”

Ms. Tara just called her pal Luann a “Teachass.”

I told you Lu should have let Tara KEEP that “F.”

Hopefully, this little exercise will be the last nail in the “friendship” coffin.

I think Tara’s explanation will be understood and appreciated by Prof. Zebo – and no one else, including Luann and the rest of the class (and us readers too)…

Tara sounds like one of the characters on 9 Chickweed Lane. And that’s not a compliment.

Well, Tara. You finally showed your true color. Posturing. Smart assery. Mocking. Comebackship. Pretentious. All this to just tell Luann to piss off. Geez. It would be much simpler to just say “Zebo did not deliver a clear assignment. All I can do is show him what I do best” and leave him that paper sculpture. Now, Luann. You sure you still want Tara for a friend? IMHO, she’s not worth it.

Luann it’s in the eye of the beholder.

Seems like Tara lifted some of Zebo’s lines from here & there. Zebo played with Luann the last few days – can he take on Tara? I didn’t think I would find myself rooting for Zebo – but here goes.

Nil’s eye in frame 1 is both funny & creepy.

We really have so little background on Tara – how she got in trouble at Mooney – where she lives – any family around – does she have a job. Maybe a falling out with Luann will be followed by a tearful confession.

I hate to give Tara credit…she’s cleverly good at being hateful and getting away with it. What blame is there in calling Luann a “Teachass?” She’s just abbreviating Teacher Assistant, right?And her BS explanation of her artistic intent is an skillful mimicry of Zebo’s “deep essence” assignment presentation.I’d like to see Zebo swoop in tomorrow to somehow put her in her place…but I have a dreadful feeling this story line is going to sadly enable more obnoxious one-upmanship with Tara as the victor as it lingers on into next week.I think I’d rather watch Irma and Mr. Gray sit side-by-side in front of the TV for a week.

Did I still correctly perceive some mockery in that genius explanation?

Zebo, take over and flunk the little lady for being sassy!

Now let’s not all jump on the “Everybody hate Tara” bandwagon. I swear, the readers of the strip can be the most hateful of all the commenters I have read on this website. People like this are the reason the writer of “1 Chickweed lane” decided to block any comentators.

Okay, that being said, Tara does have many questionable qualities. As do everyone else in this strip. (And in life). Is Tara a smartass? Of course. And many times readers enjoy this. Most people enjoyed when Tara made fun of Zebo when he gave the assignment. But the second she made a comment to LuAnn, it was all “Boo!” , “You horrible person!” " Throw her off the strip! ". Quick aside; if LuAnn took the readers’ advise on dumping friends every time one of the made a disparaging comment, she and Bernice would have stopped being friends long ago. Bernie has been pretty snarky in the past. And not in a smartassery way like Tara does. But deliberately deprecating. But I digress.

A couple commentators noticed Tara’s explanation was more or less, repeating what Zebo said at the beginning of the assignment. Though everybody else only focused on the “teachass” comment. So is she mocking LuAnn? Or is she still mocking Zebo? My vote is on the latter. The ’’teachass", was her being a smartass. Which we have already established.

I think what’s annoying LuAnn, is that Tara’s rehashed explanation of her work, kinda kicked the ball back into her court. Which is now unsure what to do with. But again, LuAnn is missing the point. Zebo tasked her to show how Tara’s work was a mockery of the assignment. Tara’s explanation did that. So LuAnn actually succeeded. But she (and the readers) is too focused on an off-the-cuff jab to even notice. I wonder if Zebo is going to shock LuAnn by congratulating her on succeeding?

Luann, take my advice. With the animated faces on that sculpture, Tara must be controlling it, possibly making her somewhat of a wicken. Make sure you are not left alone with that Hellspawn thing after everyone else leaves, your life could be in danger…

In the last panel, Luann doesn’t say Miss Tara. She uses the formal Miss Starr!! The friendship is kaput!!

Gotta give credit where credit is due; Tara does think on her feet; its all b.s. of course, but never underestimate the power of b.s.

Tara could’a been a bit more classy though.

Dodgy like I said, but the basic issue for Luann is how to respond, as a teacher, not as a friend, to Tara’s obvious smart mouth super sarcastic vacuous class presentation. If they can come out friends, or should they come out friends, given dodgy Tara’s attitude, that remains to be seen, which is a test for Luann. Hope she passes, and I hope Tara learns something.

“The amplification of the eternal present is the technology of desire.” Shoo!

She knows the lingo and she can BS. That’s all you need to be successful

Told you so!

Tara just explained herself. She said most people look at things one way and I look at it another way. I explored both ways and chose mine, meaning I rather create something original than spend all my time and talent creating a replica of something that already exists, She definitely makes you think, doesn’t she?

Huh. This is the first curse word I’ve seen in this comic.

Tara pulled that off – more mocking of Zebo and I’d be sadly willing to bet Zebo thinks she is brilliant.

An interesting exchange that elicited a lot of reader comments and feelings. I think Tara picked up on why Luann called upon her to explain her “work of art” and, therefore, the attitude. So, I don’t think Tara really cares. As for friendship you don’t see strips with her actually hanging out with Luann as a real friend. The couple of strips where it looked like they would hangout, Tara doesn’t stay around very long. My take is Tara doesn’t have the best opinion of Luann irrespective of this current situation. Tara is one who pushes boundaries, Luann doesn’t. I also suspect Zebo may have anticipated something like this and is lurking out of sight, more interested in seeing how Luann ultimately handles the situation.

As for the Tara character in the strip, it may be that she ultimately goes away like many other characters or becomes another antagonist (but to a lesser degree) who Greg (and maybe Karen) find is easier to come up with story lines. It all ermains to be seen.

Oral artforms.

“Now explain what all of that means as it applies to your art.”

I like Dali at least you know it is a watch that is melting.

I thought we couldn’t swear in the comics lol

We had lots of names for TAS but never used the pseudo contraction “teachass”

What is Tara majoring in? Because that explanation of her piece sounds like total BS. She isn’t a PoliSci major, is hse?

Tara eschewed the assigned -monochromatic – drawings and instead revealed her true colors. She mocks what she doesn’t understand. She makes up stuff rather than just telling the truth – which in this case would have been something like “I though the assignment was BS so that’s what I created.” And she’ll publicly mock a supposed friend – which of course invites other students to follow suit – If it’ll make herself look cooler.

Nil is a friend of both Luann and Tara. I wonder how he’ll react?

Tara is great. Luann planned to use her “power” and humiliate Tara and she failed. “Teachass” is obviously short for teacher assistant, also similar to misstress (female of master). And Luann deserved some good houmor pricking.

Tara’s had it pretty easy in college so far—might do her good to be challenged a little!

Look how many times Greg had to draw that thing…

Like I said yesterday, a sociopath always finds a way out of a mess though obfuscation and attacking those that dare to expose them. Everyone in this strip has their quirks, we all do, but I think Ann & Tara are in the same league. Both rotten to the core.

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA Just Teenage Girls being petty, snarky, Teenage Girls. Their “Claws” are only Half on Display. I wouldn’t make too much of it….This too shall pass.

It almost looks like Nil is breaking the 4th wall.

Actually this is a good explanation. She has fuse two different objects into one sculpture. But, despite everything, this still sounds like a joke to make fun of Luann. What grade will Zebo give to Tara?

The student outranks the teacher and outsnarks her.

I’m not cultured enough to understand such high art.

The one being mocked is Zebo. Tara’s " explanation fits perfect with her art work and its’ purpose. Everybody got what they deserved. “Teachass” was a nice reminder to LuAnn to not let being a TA to Zebo turn her in to a pompous ass. Note, LuAnn got what Zebo assigned her to do by just asking.

Tomorrow’s strip will feature Luann announcing her grade.

Tomorrow’s strip will feature Zébo telling Luann to announce Tara’s grade.

Tomorrow’s strip will feature Zébo telling Tara she received an F.

Tomorrow’s strip will feature Zébo asking Tara to leave the class.

Tomorrow’s strip will feature Luann asking Tara to leave the class.

Tomorrow’s strip will feature Nil picking his nostril.

No! I don’t know what tomorrow’s strip will be either.

Pure presence can take us beyond ordinary knowledge and penetrate its reifications, but the tendency for reification will remain. As long as the mind is present, and can recognize forms, it will reify them. It will even reify omnipresence, even though it is not a form with shape and size. To go beyond the tendency for reification we need to go beyond the mind that reifies, and beyond the concepts that can be reified. Freedom from reification can be total only when we do not see any concepts, only when we do not recognize any forms.

Is Zebo in the room watching this extreme disrespect from one of his students toward his TA?

Give Tara an A for the work and expel her from the class for disrupting everybody else’s learning process.

Tara’s been study with Mr. Zebo at night to come up with those words. And it’s still BS.

Tara should write grant applications

Bernice has gotten away with worse snarks. We shall see how all this turns out. It all depends on the tone of Luann’s reply.

“If you can’t dazzle ’em with brilliance, …” …Annnnd you all know the rest!! :)

Pointing out: Luann in Panel 1 was just doing her JOB, and was being pleasant … including to Tara!

Tara was out of line, and I’ve seen this in college days as well!! …

I wonder if Tara is….jealous? In their previous chemistry class, Tara declined accepting a TA position, citing it “lame” hence beneath her. Then Luann has a TA position with Zebo. Gotta wonder if all her posturing is jealousy. Irked her that Luann ignored her “lame” comment in their old Chemistry class and applied for TA spot with Zebo. Tara probably likes people who follow HER examples and takes down those who don’t.

LuAnn has been T&A since the redesign!

Tara has learned to hate Luann as much as the rest of us…

Tara will be crowned the new TA? … Just a thought.

Ahh, It’s soo good to see this turn out how we all said it would.

An old saw fits here – If you can’t dazzle them with your intellect, baffle them with your BS

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Lots of divergent thoughts for me today:

1. Tara is obviously being rude and obnoxious. But…. to me, this seems beyond “over-the-top” even for her. In some ways this makes me wonder again if she has actually been “planted” here to purposefully be so obnoxious by Professor Zebo in order to get Luann to grow and develop? But, I have to admit, that if Zebo planted Tara here for this purpose…. it is still rather extreme.

2. If this is Tara just being her true self…. then I agree with the others here who think this should be an obvious end to Luann’s and Tara’s friendship. If this is the true Tara…. then I wouldn’t want to associate further with her.

3. Tara’s “gobbledygook” nonsense that she spouts may at first glance seem like she is replicating Professor Zebo’s own words…. but if you read through them and compare them to Zebo’s…. you can see that Tara’s are just nonsensical…. whereas Zebo’s actually say something (even though I grant they are somewhat convoluted) that is of merit.

4. Instead of “I’ll let you know, Miss Starr.” I really wish that Luann would have said something akin to “Ok, Miss Starr, if that is the best explanation, you can give, you may sit down.” leaving open the idea that it was crap…. and yet shutting it down so Tara could “stew” a bit.

“OK, Tara. If you have no respect for this class or for me, then we don’t have to have any respect for you. Enjoy your fail.”

Have they received their grades yet, or can they still be changed?

Apologies to anyone who tried to respond to a comment I made about rrstlx and have since removed.

The comment was made in error. (I had misread “Ann and Tara” as “Luann and Tara” in the original comment)

Again, for anybody’s comment that was deleted when I deleted my comment, my sincerest apologies.

Teachass? How’d that get by the censors? Could just be short for Teacher’s Assistant

Last, and certainly least, G&K took no time in making me eat crow. I had figured Tara as a “no show.” Pipe Tobacco says that this behavior seems out-of-line even for Tara. Hard to say.

Was Tara a “plant” by Zebo to help Luann learn? (That’s Pipe ’s posit) Hard to say. Her personality has always been to take from everybody and never give back. That is on full display here.

While we know that she was “called out” (for lack of a better word) for the television and vending machine at the Uni, we don’t exactly know what went on, other than Tara no longer attends Uni.

Could it be, when confronted with her misdeeds, little Miss Tara reacted exactly the same way she did here?

“I do not attempt to do well .. I attempt to do what I wish to do.” -——- Charles Despiau, sculptor

Teachass, short and derogatory for teachers assistant.

How many of these traits describe Tara?

Psychopathy

• glib and superficial charm

• grandiose estimation of self

• need for stimulation

• pathological lying

• cunning and manipulativeness

• lack of remorse or guilt

• shallow affect (superficial emotional responsiveness)

• callousness and lack of empathy

• parasitic lifestyle

• poor behavioral controls

• sexual promiscuity

• early behavior problems

• lack of realistic long-term goals

• impulsivity

• irresponsibility

• failure to accept responsibility for own actions

• many short-term marital relationships

• juvenile delinquency

• revocation of conditional release

• criminal versatility

I called it, Exactly

Tara’s explanation of her work is just as clear as Zebo’s assignment instructions.

CAUTION: Falling out ahead…

“If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullsh*t!

Frowning bitchy face?

As far as artistic doubletalk goes, she’s right up there with these two.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-EPLY9XG5nU

“Teachass” that’s knock the grade down to at least a D and kicked out of class….total disrespect for “teachass” and for Luann as a person – I doubt she’d call Zebo “Professass” I dislike Tara even more than I did when she first showed up in the strip

Bottom line: Would you want your brother marrying this kind of witch, or snitch, or one of those “itch” words?

Tara is perfect for art and/or politics. She uses a lot of word while beasically saying nothing.

Tara is mocking both Zebo and Luann, e.g. by giving him back a version of himself, and the ‘teach-ass’ comment to Luann. Tomorrow… will Zebo be flattered by Tara’s imitation of him and give her an A+? … or not (I hope).

Tara can sling the Pretentious BS with the Best of them.

meaningless doublespeak, she has learned MUCH from her professor

Silver lining department: I really don’t see this arc continuing on Monday.

There’s not much more mileage to be had from this story.

Stick a fork in it – it’s done!

Sniff! Sniff!

A little too done, perhaps?

Tara is a Master at “double speak”. How to say something while saying nothing at all.

Exactly where is this arc going?

Well wasn’t that a load of hooie.

Teachass? What the hell is that? Tara is a dumbass.

@Kittysquared: It is Greg’s little way to see how many of us here would use the word, “ass” on the board here today. I think he has been rather successful.

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Meanwhile, 166 of us here will be banned by tomorrow.

Tara’s tart tongue might antagonize TeachAss the T.A. —The remorse of glibness! Please engage brain before opening mouth….

Earlier in the week there was discussion of Zebo as Luann’s mentor and how he is getting her to think ‘out of the box’. I’d like to believe this episode is also a lesson for him, i.e. in seeing the difference between free intellectual thought and garden variety fraud.

Ok Lulu. Zebo gave you the opportunity to grade her work. Give her the effin’ F she deserves, “Teachass”.

While today’s episode is wrapped in a veil of snark, Luann should have replied, “Yes, Miss Starr – I am ‘Teachass’, and that is exactly what I’m doing; I’m teaching an ass.”

Luann went to the community college, right? Teaching assistants are normally graduate students earning their way through school. So how???

Luann! Tara is no true friend of yours!

Tara went all Picasso on the assignment. I didn’t get it at first; she used both elements but reimagined them.

I didn’t think about it, but once someone mentioned that they think Tara is mimicking Zebo I have to agree. However, just like Zebo, it’s a bunch of hooey! Tara addressing Luann as teachass is uncalled for and quite offensive. I’ve known people like Tara all of my life, and while they can be fun occasionally, they are generally bad news. And in the classroom they are a huge pain in the neck.

What is it with you people? Tara makes a joke about Zebo’s teaching style and now your all up in arms? Have you forgotten Luanns high school days. She did the same thing all the time to her teachers! The only reason you get so mad at Tara is because you don’t like her so your going to make a big deal over everything. Tara’s comment to Luann should not have been said in front of the class but you cant deny that Luann was trying to embarrass her to prove a point to Zebo and this was a jerk move on her part. If anything, Luann is the one who started this whole thing by making a big deal over Tara’s joke.

“Yes, that sequence of words I said made perfect sense!” – Prof. Hubert Farnsworth, Futurama