Frazz by Jef Mallett for October 06, 2012

The government wasn’t as deeply involved in the schools. The average teacher puts in 70 hours a week with just the paper work.

When I was his age, Friday night and Saturday were nothing but play. Sunday was the day of homework. Gotta do the homework then…..Besides, Sunday’s already ruined by the fact you have to go to school the next day….The Sunday evening blues…Thank God for the Simpsons…. The tic ttic tic of 60 Minutes bugged the hell out of me…

True story – I refused to do any homework the last two years of high school. They hated my guts as they do anyone they can’t indoctrinate to obedience. Control bullies? Schools are the ultimate bullies.

Elementary school has study halls? When did that start? My recollection of elementary was that the whole day was divided up into classes—English, math, science, reading (why this was separate from English I don’t know, but it was), music, art, etc., and each class included some time to work on the assignments. Anything unfinished in class became homework. I don’t recall stand-alone study halls till at least seventh grade. Have things changed?

Nabuq: There was less to learn back then, so it was easier. When I Caufield’s age, DNA hadn’t been discovered, there were 52 countries (only three in Africa), probability was college level math for accountants (now it is a primary part of role-playing games), I was born closer to the Civil War than to today. You learned more because there was less to learn – like one can run a hundred meters faster than a marathon.

Very wise philosophical strip.

Not public schools, Government Schools. The land, the buildings, the equipment, the employees, even the lesson plans are government owned or controlled.