I don’t mean to boast, but I happen to know Jerry Lewis played a goofball in the movies with his partner Dean Martin, and of course Clark Kent was the secret identity of Superman. But I can’t remember Lewis and Clark teaming up, but that would have been a funny movie I would have watched.
I think the teacher is misreading something. Shouldn’t she be asking about Lois and Clark and why they are famous? That question I’m sure Calvin could answer.
Although it does not define us, our collective past shapes who we are today. I think this is why a few of us are so adamant about keeping some of our past hidden from students. When we examine what makes us uncomfortable, it motivates us to accept it, make the necessary repairs, and move on as a better society. But even as an individual, it’s hard work accepting where I went wrong but it’s the only way for me to legitimately get to making repairs.
I hardly see that as “useless” information. How can any (mostly) younger person go to the movies or open a streaming channel without being at lest somewhat educated on such things.
You don’t need to know this, and you don’t need to know that and you don’t need to know the other thing and before you know it, you don’t know ANYTHING.
When I was that age, I could have cared less about Lewis and Clark. But, I could name every Star Trek episode ever done, identify which season it was by the incidental music and the backlighting and could quote the captain’s log entries verbatim.
I could tell you all kinds of factoids about video games, pro wrestling, Transformers, or comic books. Not so much about the other less interesting stuff.
It’s a wonder that I wasn’t officially diagnosed with autism/ADHD until recently (I’m 44).
so whose history would you follow? the woke crowd, the European scholars, or maybe some extreme american comentator. What I learned from my history classes is he who wins writes the history book. most of it is bs.
There seems to be a widespread misunderstanding about lower education. The point is that you are “learning how to learn”. Skiving off, fantasizing, cheating or guessing don’t work that well on the real, unfamiliar problems you will encounter in your life.
What you are supposed to be learning is how to organize information, extract relevant “chunks” from it, and express it in your own words. In your future, nobody will care about whether you still remember intrepid explorers; they care about whether you are educable.
I confess that I was a bit of a cut-up in class but I knew where to draw the line between fun and learning. I did learn how to learn, still learning today.
She wants to see Calvin after class so that she can find out about the secret superhero origin of each member of captain napalm’s thermo-nuclear league of liberty.
A later strip has Wormwood reminding herself that she has five years till retirement when Calvin is causing trouble. Calvin makes it feel like an eternity.
To be honest, Lewis and Clark is kind of advanced for a first grade curriculum. I don’t believe elementary schools teach about them until second or even third grade.
dadthedawg Premium Member over 2 years ago
What a gift!….
BE THIS GUY over 2 years ago
And knowing what Lewis and Clark did is useful?
codycab over 2 years ago
And the school should care why exactly?
Sugar Bombs 95 over 2 years ago
Calvin is one of the most relatable characters ever written.
Charles Barr Premium Member over 2 years ago
Lewis and Clark were explorers. Calvin likes exploring. So he might find it interesting (if not useful) to learn a bit about them.
Panufo over 2 years ago
It’s uncanny how close to home this hits. And I even live in MT, close to the Lewis & Clark Trail.
Ravenswing over 2 years ago
I know who won the NHL scoring title in 1941. I think I know where my house keys are.
bigcatbusiness over 2 years ago
Heh. Isn’t everybody?
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member over 2 years ago
Lewis was an athlete and Clark is Superman.
sirbadger over 2 years ago
Lois and Clark kissed, but he didn’t want to talk about that.
eastern.woods.metal over 2 years ago
They got lost and made up a story about finding stuff
retrocool over 2 years ago
he could tell her that Lewis and Clark recorded some music with their Expedition, in the late ’60’s.
Robin Harwood over 2 years ago
Weren’t Lewis and Clark a comedy duo in the 1950s?
The Reader Premium Member over 2 years ago
Weren’t Lewis and Clark provisional members of the Thermonuclear League who failed their initiation test?
BigDaveGlass over 2 years ago
Oops, I thought she meant Lewis and Martin, I am tired this morning…..
Guilty Bystander over 2 years ago
Welcome to my life, kid. In my case, it’s sport.
Susan00100 over 2 years ago
Lewis (Stone) and Clark (Gable) were MGM contract players during Hollywood’s Golden Age.
gopogogo Premium Member over 2 years ago
Ah, yes, the TNLL. Coming to a multiplex near you.
Skeptical Meg over 2 years ago
Then he grew up and changed his name to Ken Jennings and the rest is history.
dcdete. over 2 years ago
I don’t mean to boast, but I happen to know Jerry Lewis played a goofball in the movies with his partner Dean Martin, and of course Clark Kent was the secret identity of Superman. But I can’t remember Lewis and Clark teaming up, but that would have been a funny movie I would have watched.
theincrediblebulk over 2 years ago
I think the teacher is misreading something. Shouldn’t she be asking about Lois and Clark and why they are famous? That question I’m sure Calvin could answer.
in.amongst over 2 years ago
thoroughly useless information matters – TUIM!!
mrwiskers over 2 years ago
Although it does not define us, our collective past shapes who we are today. I think this is why a few of us are so adamant about keeping some of our past hidden from students. When we examine what makes us uncomfortable, it motivates us to accept it, make the necessary repairs, and move on as a better society. But even as an individual, it’s hard work accepting where I went wrong but it’s the only way for me to legitimately get to making repairs.
Count Olaf Premium Member over 2 years ago
I hardly see that as “useless” information. How can any (mostly) younger person go to the movies or open a streaming channel without being at lest somewhat educated on such things.
VegaAlopex over 2 years ago
That’s what job interviewers imply with my MBA.
bignatefantic2.0 over 2 years ago
What kind of 1st grade class it this? Last time I checked first graders don’t learn this type of stuff
tripwire45 over 2 years ago
People remember what is important to them. I’m pretty sure I never use anything I may have once been taught about Lewis and Clark.
YippiKiAyMofo over 2 years ago
Personally, I prefer Lewis and Martin, but to each their own I suppose.
joegeethree over 2 years ago
Most kids in college don’t know what Lewis and Clark did.
oakie817 over 2 years ago
they were mentioned in history class, never mentioned strange end of Lewis though
grocks over 2 years ago
mckeonfuneralhomebx over 2 years ago
They traveled through the country with a 16 year old Indian Girl. If they tried that today, they would both be on the sexual registry…..
cpiller Premium Member over 2 years ago
My mother referred to it as “trivia trap mind”.
aejb over 2 years ago
Lewis lane and Clark Kent? Please be more precise, should have been his response…
jonescientific over 2 years ago
You don’t need to know this, and you don’t need to know that and you don’t need to know the other thing and before you know it, you don’t know ANYTHING.
nsr60 over 2 years ago
Is he being punished, or does she just want to know?
SweetSinger over 2 years ago
All-American product of media bombardment.
Frankfreak over 2 years ago
A future Jeopardy contestant.
mfrasca over 2 years ago
“Lewis and Clark left a trail of mercury across the western US.”
JMG316 over 2 years ago
AHA! So this is the one I’ve been wrongly quoting all these years!
greenlynn Premium Member over 2 years ago
Feel yah Cal
greenlynn Premium Member over 2 years ago
What did Lewis & Clark &Co. say when they finally reached the Pacific Ocean? “Long time, no sea.” (a joke I read as a child).
Itty-Bitty over 2 years ago
But, Calvin, you can think of Lewis and Clark as superhero map makers!
LHGG SigmaKiller over 2 years ago
I thought Lewis and Clark was 5th grade.10/10 (Yeah Calvin i also procrastinate on books and info too)
dv1093 over 2 years ago
That’s what my wife says when she gets most of the answers correct on Jeopardy.
gregcomn over 2 years ago
“About some useless information/Supposed to fire my imagination”
BiggerNate91 over 2 years ago
The struggles of having selective memory.
gantech over 2 years ago
When I was that age, I could have cared less about Lewis and Clark. But, I could name every Star Trek episode ever done, identify which season it was by the incidental music and the backlighting and could quote the captain’s log entries verbatim.
patrickab7 over 2 years ago
I could tell you all kinds of factoids about video games, pro wrestling, Transformers, or comic books. Not so much about the other less interesting stuff.
It’s a wonder that I wasn’t officially diagnosed with autism/ADHD until recently (I’m 44).
flying spaghetti monster over 2 years ago
so whose history would you follow? the woke crowd, the European scholars, or maybe some extreme american comentator. What I learned from my history classes is he who wins writes the history book. most of it is bs.
stamps over 2 years ago
Captain Napalm’s secret origin is as a Vietnam vet afflicted with agent Orange.
schaefer jim over 2 years ago
That is me also.
dbradway1 over 2 years ago
I’ve often wondered how Calvin and Susie’s kid turned out.
KEA over 2 years ago
me too
JoeMartinFan Premium Member over 2 years ago
“Captain Napalm’s Thermonuclear League of Liberty” – I like it! It’s about time for a new superhero universe.
liberalnlovinit over 2 years ago
Sigh…Me too.
hagarthehorrible over 2 years ago
That thoroughly useless information of yours has kept people across the globe enthralled for decades, buddy.
Scoutmaster77 over 2 years ago
Knowledge is good. Otherwise, someday you’ll be on the GoComics comment pages and say something stupid.
txmystic over 2 years ago
…said every gen-Xer ever…
cosman over 2 years ago
If you wanna know how Lois & Clark is doing lately.. https://newprimewire.site/tv/superman-lois-68031
mistercatworks over 2 years ago
There seems to be a widespread misunderstanding about lower education. The point is that you are “learning how to learn”. Skiving off, fantasizing, cheating or guessing don’t work that well on the real, unfamiliar problems you will encounter in your life.
What you are supposed to be learning is how to organize information, extract relevant “chunks” from it, and express it in your own words. In your future, nobody will care about whether you still remember intrepid explorers; they care about whether you are educable.
I confess that I was a bit of a cut-up in class but I knew where to draw the line between fun and learning. I did learn how to learn, still learning today.
gussyBear over 2 years ago
Thats me during school
StevePappas over 2 years ago
She wants to see Calvin after class so that she can find out about the secret superhero origin of each member of captain napalm’s thermo-nuclear league of liberty.
Otis Rufus Driftwood over 2 years ago
A later strip has Wormwood reminding herself that she has five years till retirement when Calvin is causing trouble. Calvin makes it feel like an eternity.
flyintheweb over 2 years ago
“What did Lewis and Clark do?” “I’m no snitch! I ain’t telling!”
wiley207 over 2 years ago
To be honest, Lewis and Clark is kind of advanced for a first grade curriculum. I don’t believe elementary schools teach about them until second or even third grade.
coffeeturtle over 2 years ago
I used to watch Lois & Clark on the telly
glowing-steak32 6 months ago
I’m told that I’m a savant of pop culture.