Frazz by Jef Mallett for June 16, 2014
June 15, 2014
June 17, 2014
Transcript:
Caulfield: Last day of school! Time to coast. Frazz: Mrs. Olsen is out sick. Caulfield: What? Frazz: Mr. Uhrmann will be subbing. Caulfield: The Uhrmanator? Frazz: He's back! Caulfield: This is what you bike dorks call a summit finish. Frazz: You're not made for the flats, anyway.
Caulfield may fight to avoid the work assigned, but keep in mind that he actually does work at a higher level on his own. He fought reading a book assigned to his age group, but was reading one 2 or3 levels above for fun. There was one pre-Summer vacation comic a few years back were Mrs Olsen gave him a “do not read” list, instead of a summer reading list, full of high level, challenging books. The idea was that she figured he wouldn’t be able to resist the temptation and would actually read them. Caulfield told Frazz that the real joke was on Mrs Olsen, since he had already read all those books long before.
That is why Frazz says Caulfield isn’t built for the flats. If he isn’t being challenged, he doesn’t perform to his capability. The part I love is the fact that Caulfiled has Mrs Olsen every year.