Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for June 02, 2022

Calvin had more important things to read, like comic books.

Hobbes was the ghostwriter…..

Leave it to Calvin to cheat on writing assignments.

Tomorrow in class should be real interesting.

Read what you want into that

“Dictated but not read.”

Careful Calvin, do you want mom to read you the Riot Act?!?

“No, I never rewrite, and I never read what I have written.” Enid Blyton.

I’m looking forward to Calvin’s reading that paper in class!! Betcha it’ll even put a smile on ol’ Miss Wormwood’s face!!

That look in frame 4…. priceless

Always worked for Fred Olen Ray and Greydon Clark.

That’s all you’re going to get from Calvin, Mom!

This is going to be good.

And – Have them do homework just after school. And – BEFORE – Bedtime !

Any surprise that ’Calvin’s Mom is totally ‘grey-haired’ by the time that ‘Calvin’ is nine ??

“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players”

So is this the current 8:30 Calvin or is it the 6:30 Calvin 2 hours later?

by “helped”, you mean he wrote the whole thing, right, Calvin?

Does Google Translate do tiger?

Okay, I know that sounds odd, but I have done a surprising amount of coding that way. Particularly in COBOL.

conundrum

We had to practice elegant writing and make pages and pages of just one letter. I made e with a curved line for the middle straight line, curved up like the top line. It drove my teacher crazy. She would stand behind me in class and say, straight line, straight line, and I would make a curve. It was automatic somehow.

Time travel is such a pain.

Mom needs a time macnine….

Calvin has a knack for keeping mom lady off balance.

“Doc, I’m from the future. I came here in a time machine that you invented…”

“I gotta get that boy tested…”

So, hey, it’ll be a surprise to everyone!

In Texas in 2nd grade I learned 2 digit math and cursive writing. Moved to Virginia for 3rd grade and had to start over on the math and cursive was not taught until 3rd grade and it was a different style.

Today, here in Alabama, elementary school kids are given Chromebooks and have programmed homework modules several nights a week. Middle and high school kids receive PC laptops.

Parents of Calvin should check their blood pressure before checking his homework!

Because he can’t read “Tiger”?

Can’t wait to read it.

In first grade we were learning to write letters and numbers. By second grade, we were writing Time Tunnel episodes for TV

Ah, another example of the paradox of existence.

No doubt that’s just a couple of minutes after the 6:30 Calvin and Hobbes left…

The difference between writing and reading has widened during the Era of covid with children attending classes online.

As Mom should have learned by now, “It’s written.” is a flexible concept.

Don’t ask, just leave, don’t ask, just leave, don’t ask, just leave…..

So much negativity here. (Sigh.)

Mom, give Calvin credit for an active imagination, and for getting into pajamas and going to bed more or less on time, all without a lot of fuss for once. Kiss him good night (Hobbes too) and go relax for the rest of the evening. Life’s too short.

With an imagination like that, Mom may be hoping it’s actually good. But Calvin, you ought to have just said yes when she asked.

Mom should know by now to ask Hobbes what is going on, if she wants the straight story. And she could take Hobbes’ silence to mean that Calvin is digging himself into a deep hole- again.

Just keep walking.