Frazz by Jef Mallett for August 13, 2013
Transcript:
RODNEY RENT N STOR MRS OLSENS COFFEE MUG GARAGE SALE Caulfield: So assuming you've been teaching since you were 22, and say 25 kids per year, one gift mug per 1.25 students and you've got about a thousand of them here, how old does that make you? Mrs. Olsen: Never mind. Frazz: So what's the answer? Caulfield: Who knows? I just wanted to hear her assign me not to do a story problem.
SukieDC over 11 years ago
approximately 72
beyondnow777 over 11 years ago
72, with a tolerance of say, about 4 assumptions.
Taigan Premium Member over 11 years ago
1000 cups / 1.25 cups/student = 800 students800 students / 25 students/year = 32 years22 years + 32 years = 54 years.
Milessio over 11 years ago
With Caulfield’s assumptions, even if every student gave Mrs Olsen a mug every year since she started teaching, she would be 62 years old (minimum). So, when is she retiring?
OR
Has she been storing Ms Plainwell’s mugs as well? and is only 35 :)
Taigan Premium Member over 11 years ago
You all are right. 72. I shouldn’t try to do math at three in the morning.
RwB1 over 11 years ago
Nah, you’re all wrong. Teachers unions let you retire with full pay at 62. No one stays around after that.
magicwalnut over 11 years ago
Unless she…gasp!….likes teaching….
Willow Mt Lyon over 11 years ago
She looks about as young as water. Who is to blame for that? The kids who tried to butter her up by giving her coffee mugs of course.
Me3000 over 11 years ago
25 kids per year? yea right thats more like 50 per year
archangel2244 Premium Member over 11 years ago
Some of those mugs might of been gifts from other members of the facility as well as from parents of the kids she taught.
Varnes over 11 years ago
Brighter1, you obviously are not a retired teacher. Only after 30 years of service can you retire with a full pension. A full pension equals about a little less than1/3. I retired with only 26 years in, so I get 24% less of that…In other words, a teacher with a Master’s degree that made 60 thousand a year, would get a $20,000. But you can collect S.S. on top of that, so I’m not complaining, just setting the record straight….. BTW, Good teachers never want to retire…..Remember they don’t do it just for the money…..That would be a laugh…..
MysteryCat over 11 years ago
I like that the kids hang out with their teachers and Frazz over the summer.
danketaz Premium Member over 11 years ago
My grandma taught Kindergarten til age 75 which is when somebody thought to actually check the numbers.