FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for November 01, 2010
October 30, 2010
November 02, 2010
Transcript:
Peter: Man, it's too nice out to be cooped up studying "Hamlet" But I've only got a slim "A"- average going into this test. If I screw up at all, I could drop a grade. To "B" or not to "B" that is the question.
While I do appreciate the notion of trying to introduce a child to classic literature that they would never select on their own, you do run the risk of turning them off of reading altogether if it becomes an unpleasant chore. And while I appreciate the joke in the final panel, it would have been a bit confounding if Peter were considering the possibility that studying would allow him to RAISE his grade to a “B.” Peter, at any point in time, having an “A” in anything? That seems about as far-fetched as Tyson’s actually being concerned with their chickens’ welfare.