Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for June 03, 2021

Masters? I thought Susie planned to get a MD or JD.

This strip was when I realized how academically serious Susie is. The fact that she’s worrying about her master’s degree because of a principal’s office visit in 1st grade is funny to me

Just in what would Susie get her master’s degree? Psychology of the male mind?

Jill of all trades…..master of none.

I think her original line in the last panel was different. something about an Ivy League school.

You can still settle for a bachelorettes degree, Susie.

It’s OK, Suzie, you’ll still be able to get a job at Starbucks.

Permanent records for school offences are a joke, at least at young ages.

There are probably some schools where getting spanked might be an enhancer for admission.

sweet Susie…

Susie, if you emigrate to Doonesbury you can attend Walden.

Yes, yes, some people summon big fault on their shoulders!

I don’t understand, she was the one passing notes. She instigated the whole thing.

How about wait & see what happens, Susie; if all else fails, you can always through Calvin under the bus…

Her Masters certainly won’t be in conflict resolution.

Gee, Miss Derkins, who was passing notes in the first place? Can’t blame all of this on Calvin.

Calvin’s daydreaming in the first 2 frames, not even there.

Susie Derkins, meet Lisa Simpson. You’ll be roommates at an Ivy League School.

“We’ll” be ruined, Susie? I don’t believe Calvin even cares…

From bawling to bully. I think that’s pretty close to reality of things.

This should be funny, but in today’s world it’s too true.

I still remember being worried about my “permanent record”. I wonder what ever happened to that myth?

She was the one passing notes and face it, in ten minutes no one will care about the swats.

What’s so great about a master’s degree? I have two, and the MBA proved worse. It’s NOT what you know, it’s WHO knows you.

We really do put too much pressure on kids, don’t we?

When I was a little kid I was always told (regarding some ‘minor’ misbehavior on my part) that ‘this is going on your permanent record’. Where IS my permanent record NOW? (I’m 76 years old). I was duped.

There are thousands of Masters degrees sheepskins hanging over fry stations around the world.

This sounds like more of a Japanese-level of scholastic foreshadowing.

If girls’ heinies weren’t more sensitive than boys’ heinies are, she wouldn’t be so fearful. She’s run THIS far with the story, no point going back on it now…

Susie is far scarier than any ol’ principal.

It’s been my experience that any institution will confer nearly any degree if you fork up enough (mostly borrowed) money for the classes.

Well, I’m still trying to find out whatever happened to my “permanent” grade-school record. Anyone seen it?

We were touring the old high school during our 50th class reunion, and as we passed thru the administrative offices I asked if I could get a look at my permanent record. I was informed that all the microfiches were out being digitized, so I was out of luck that day, but try back again for the 55th.

Come back in 20 years, Calvin, when Susie’s done a 180 about being spanked.

Calvin and Hobbes is the best….!

Calvin and hobbes is amzing!

Then she shouldn’t have been passing notes in class, should she?

Don’t feed the trolls

I think she’s mastering the situation just fine, thank you very much!

Just put them in detention together – with desks next to each other. Punishment enough.

You were the one passing notes, Susie, don’t blame Calvin just because he snitched! Especially when you clearly knew he was going to!

Watterson has always said that he based Suzie upon his wife…

You’d be surprised how stuff like that can come back to you! A company did a background check on me and the report listed that I was disciplined for coming into class the first day of 2nd grade barefoot.

Spanked? You can’t even tell’m they have a wrong answer now.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t she start this by passing the first note, in order to get Calvin in trouble. Just saying.

I do believe that if all men’s peepees were the same size,there would a lot fewer wars

If the Principal even touches you, Susie, you can have your parents sue the school board and you can all retire on the settlement. You, by age 7 (or whatever it is you are).

Why is Susie even thinking about getting a master’s she’s only in the first grade she does not have to think about college for a while

You were the one passing notes

Shut up Susie

what a snob