FoxTrot by Bill Amend for August 22, 2021

Today’s classic Sunday strip we’re missing:

https://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2000/08/20

In college I (seldom) met a guy named Bill who read all the texts in the slack time before the term started. He then attended class and listened closely, taking no notes. He never studied other than that, and spend a lot of time doing things like writing musicals for the college theater club, singing with the men’s chorus, running the campus magazine and throwing or attending parties. Those around him tended to flunk out by following his example. He, on the other hand, pulled in scores well above 98% on all his tests.

The only real problem was that he was such a NICE guy that he was hard to hate for breaking the curve…

seriously, Jason? follow Peter’s study habits?

I only use notebooks with Superheroes on the cover.

Isn’t that Jason’s normal method too? I mean he’s usually doing college level work for fun. Studying for a test is absurd for him.

Peter does Slacker Mode….

Get him a Latin dictionary. That way he can do all his reports and papers in Latin. Next step in Geekeeness.

That fox, don’t trot!

I knew a guy who “took” a college-level course in quantum mechanics without ever attending a lecture or reading the book. Well, he already knew the subject.

When he went to take the “final” (one and only) exam, he discovered that they were using a different terminology than what he was familiar with, so he had no idea what the questions were asking.

His solution? Instead of trying to answer the questions, he outlined — in the terminology he knew — what he felt an entry-level quantum-mechanics course should cover.

He got an A.

No pencils? Pens? Notebooks? Teacher’s dirty looks?

Watch it Jason! Your grades could slip into A- territory! Or even B+…

The horror

Yep, Peter is not the role model that Jason wants.

Isn’t this the week Jason dedicates to doing all his homework for the coming year? Also, has the threat of Eileen Jacobson doing better than him lost all meaning?

No notes, only skimming assigned reading, and rarely studying… I never knew there was a name for what I did when I was in school.

Pencils? Pens? Don’t they use word processors?

Isn’t Jason normally in fourth grade? Something tells me Peter isn’t going to be a senior this year…does the “reset button” get pushed next week?

Notebooks or composition books?

I did medical school on hard mode. I did take some notes.

How much note taking happens in grade school?

Thing is Peter tends to be a B student

Put your foot down mom and straighten Peter out… oh, that is right, reading, writing and math are no longer testable. Guess Peter is really in trouble. He sucks at football so he can’t even be one of those idiots with no education.

If the schoolwork is too easy for a student they give them more challenging work. That is what they did for my kids 20 years ago.

In high school, my husband (then boyfriend, of course), rarely ever took a book home. And yet, he was in the National Honor Society, and graduated sixth in the class. I took books home every night, studied like a demon, and graduated fifth!

I bet Peter wouldn’t do as well WITH studying as Jason would WITHOUT.

Our schools started over a week ago.

I don’t miss school but I do miss back to school shopping.

one week of school in and i had an essay and a math quiz, hows your year going?

who would win i a 1v1, Jayson or jimmy newtron

Even using Peter’s methods, Jason’s results will be better

I’m in this picture and I don’t like it.

And no, Ceeg22, Jason’s results would likely not be better.

Peter probably isn’t that much less intelligent than Jason; he just never has enough memory to do his homework properly.

“Hard mode” – is that a Minecraft reference?