Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce for June 30, 2011

I used to think that Ms. Godfrey was a good teacher that Big Nate didn’t understand—but NO! She is what she is. I had a teacher like her in 7th grade (he only lasted a year). He made us write a term paper for science class & I wrote one on how vacuum tubes work (yes, it was a LOOONG time ago! I only got a C because I didn’t follow his margin instructions. Under him I actually flunked one semester of science, and a year later, at 8th grade graduation, I got the science award! And yeah, if Gina doesn’t change, Nate will outshine her as an adult (Unless they get married!).

ooohhh how life can be so unfair sometimes. better luck next time Nate

So Nate got all the hard parts right but messed up on the easy stuff. I see a future in engineering for him…Once he gets out of sixth grade.

YEP MRS. GODFREY DIFFENTLY OUT TO GET NATE LOL!

For the longest time I just figured Mrs Godfrey to be a tough but normal teacher….. Nate is right, she is a B#$%#

What a great teacher. The kid finally does something good and you take a dump on him. Luckily most teachers have an ounce of common sense, compassion, and humanity – not like this BIOTCH.

That one is well out of order. Nate should be rewarded for pulling of such an incredible feat but instead gets penalised for such a silly mistake which is not part of the test iteself.For once I feel really sorry for Nate

lol tell me who saw this comming ..a 99 ..

agree dude..i hate her too. A true monster.

we’re supposed to dislike her

Nate still needs special recognition for most improvement. I hate her too!

Yeah, I would hate her for that too!..

That is a CRAPPY reason to take a point. Just ONCE let the kid win.

That is child abuse! Poor Nate!

Maybe SPG can get a job as the Ice Cream truck guy this summer? As for Nate’s flubb, I know whom isn’t going to be giving a good teacher’s present this year!!!

Yes! I nailed it yesterday! This is the greatest day of my life!

Wow, that’s pretty depressing.

Maybe tomorrow she’ll reconsider. That would be nice for him to get a break once. But probably not, too bad.

Bosn_c_otter: I believe that is spelled B!î(#.

Like I said in a previous strip comment, “I WAS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE!!!!”

Well, maybe Mrs. Godfrey will realize how hard Nate tried, and give him a B for the semester, anyway.

And of course, Gina gets 100. I remember on my Social Studies final I got like a 96 or something.

I knew someone who was a lot like Gina in college; and I still run into her around town, occassionally. She doesn’t strike me as an especially happy person these days.

Know it’s a comic about a perpetual loser, but man this sends a wrong message about hard work and the result of it. Could have let him win one. The little blonde b___ needed to lose one. Get a clue!

That’s weird… I said the same thing yesterday, but my comment is gone. Weird… but yeah, I figured it would be something easy when he got all the hard stuff right. ;-)

Mrs. G. still has an opportunity to show compassion by giving Nate a “B” for the overall class grade, though. One mistake is still one mistake; he didn’t earn a 100.

Really cant blame Nate for not being awfully fond of school with a non supportive teacher like that. Any real life parent would complain to the board about her doing that crap (and what kind of nitty gritty ¤%#¤%#¤ teacher would bother about that if a kid who usually does crap actually bothers to read up and do good for once).

It was pretty standard for my teachers to deduct points for not including your name on a test. In fact, it was usually in the range of 2 – 5 points; it just seems more horrible because Nate needed that 100.

The real lesson Nate SHOULD be getting is that if he actually applied himself a little more, that one little point wouldn’t make such a difference in his average.

You never know, Mrs. Godfrey might still curve Nate’s average based on his performance on the last test; it’s doubtful, but possible. I, for one, am just grateful she didn’t suspect him of cheating; that alone tells me that she knows Nate has the potential to be a capable student.

The morals of the story: Set goals for yourself so you know how much of a failure you are.No matter how much hard work you do, somebody’s always out there to screw you no matter what.Have the good fortune to be born a girl. Everything goes your way and everybody bends over backwards to make sure you succeed at anything you want to do because they think you are incapable of doing it on your own.Nate’s not getting a B. When has Ms. Godfrey ever cut Nate any slack? He’s not her pet, Gina is. Nate’s getting held back again and this whole dance is going to start again and Nate is going to be even more of a loser than last time.

What do you expect? With a teacher like Mrs. Godfrey, Nate will never get a hundred! Although Mrs. Godfrey has occasionally showed kindness.

At least Nate won’t go to summer school that’s good news but the bad news is he didn’t get a 100.

You rubbed that in Nate’s face and your going to regret that Gina!

lincoln peirce! i heard you commented on this strip in your blog! since you posted on this i can ask you, did you get my letter? i asked you if there could be a big nate comic book.

ive also have a good idea for your fith book. you could make nate meet charlie brown again. your my favorite cartoonist! and when is the next compilation coming out? nick.

I don’t see why everybody’s dumping on Mrs. Godfrey over the difference between a 99 and a 100. He left off his name, he loses a point. As she said, it’s “automatic.”

Nate’s concern on this test (as it played out) wasn’t to learn the material, or to pass the test, or to raise his grade. It was to get a 100, and to gloat over it. He got cocky, and he got sloppy, and unless Mrs. Godfrey KNEW that anything other than 100 would be a “FAIL” for Nate and marked him down for something she wouldn’t have marked another student down for, she’s not targeting him. Yesterday, she DID say “Excellent work, Nate”, and I think she was sincere. If Nate is going to blame ANYBODY for his humiliation, it can only be himself. (Well, he could blame Lincoln Peirce, I suppose…)

Well I had to join GoComics to get in on BigNate. A 99! What a burn. I’d open a can of spinach and a big can of whoopa** on Mrs. Godfrey! Why? Because I’m Popeye, that’s why!Love having Lincoln Peirce joining in on the fun. See you in the funny papers!

OK, that’s just mean.

Geeze, get a grip people. It a comic. Lincoln does a great job with the protagonist Nate and all the antagonists in his world. That’s what makes it a “funny”. School Picture Guy really creeped me out at first but now I look forward to his socially ineptness and creep-a-tude. Look forward to his next appearance.

She reminds us of a teacher whom we will ove to hate during our school days.

I take Mrs. Godfrey’s side here, as usual. I actually see her as pretty reasonable and Nate’s complaining as baseless, and that’s what makes Big Nate work well for me. This is one of the rare strips where I laugh because I root against the protagonist.As far as this one was concerned, I was glad to see Nate fall short, because as another poster said, he didn’t want the 100 for the right reasons. He actually wasn’t even going to try for a 100. The only reason he wanted it was because Gina didn’t think he could do it, and he badly wanted to gloat in her face. I’m pleased he didn’t get that chance.

That teacher is very disturbing. That is certianly no way to help children advance to the best of their ability. Maybe she could get away with treating people like that years ago but today there’s probably a way she could be reprimanded. A GOOD teacher is something we all usually remember. UnfortuNATEly, a BAD teacher is someone we also remember! (Hey Nate, get that picture guy to make her trip in the hallway and twist her ankle or something!)

oh man that’s just cruel!

I feel you, nate

i know right. nate actually studied and all because he didnt right down his name he got a 99. poor nate ( 99 isnt so bad though)

Worst teacher ever

OH COME ONWHAT YOU FORGOT THE NAMEDID SHE KNOW ABOUT THIS BET AND DO THAT ON PERPOSE

Tell me how she knew it was Nate’s test?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Now that’s just unfair

:(

gina’s face in the first panel makes me so mad for some reason

Guys most, if not all, teachers deduct 1-5 points if you don’t right your name. It’s not just Godfrey.

Why? I can totally see why nate hates her

Get lost, Gina. Preferably somewhere near a hole roughly 10 feet in diameter and a minimum of 50 feet deep, which should cause life threatening injuries without resulting in immediate death. Then, you’ll lay there, a rotting pile of flesh, clinging to the grades you so desperately strived for, but they’ll provide no help now. A fitting end to Gina; dying in a hole because she’s a hole.

Everyone is really overreacting here, Mrs.Godfrey didnt do anything wrong. nate was just studying to show off basically, and its an automatic deduction. He should remember to just write his name, its incredibly simple

Bruh, It’s a Name.

What a horrible teacher

Geez Mrs.Godfrey, give Nate break.

Mrs. Godfrey makes Coach John look like a freaking saint in comparison

I was born TODAY!

Gina has no right to be so smug. She knows, I mean actually knows, he would have gotten a 100 if not for this mistake. Maybe it’s a really boneheaded mistake but it happens to everyone sometimes.

I get what Peirce is saying. Counter point: nate barely wins. He deserved to this time. This isn’t funny. It’s mean.

Why.