Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for October 25, 2023

That bench has Danae’s name stenciled onto it.

Hmmm, unlike hell, the sign indicates you are already dam*ed even before you actually enter the vice principal’s office.

I got detention on purpose once. Just to see what it was like. It was cool! BUT it cost the school money to transport me home on a bus, we lived out in the country. BUT the pay off was when I got home…all he$$ broke loose. We lived on a farm and it was corn chopping season (which I loved) Anyhoo I survived

I see that she’s been sent to see the Principle of Vice.

I thought vices were when you don’t have principles.

On a coming weekend Danae and a few other kids sent to the vice principal get to form a Breakfast Club in the school library.

She hasn’t quite caught on to all those sneaky little games yet.

“It’s all on me” has become common coach speak for “Admire the way I protect my players" after a loss.

I went to a Catholic High School; our detention was referred to as JUG meaning “Justice Under God”.

Love the sign on the door! :-)

Her teacher needs to grow up. Of course Danae takes full responsibility. And the note home will reflect that.

I thought the sign said ‘Abandon all soap’, which I though was a little redundant, as they are all preteens

As 90% of the pupils in my school were bussed in all detentions were served at lunchtime standing in the main corridor for an hour.

Love the Divine Comedy reference on the door.

i was on a first name basis with my high school vice principal

Why does Danae have to make do with the VICE principal? I would have thought she rated the PRINCIPAL.

Danae and Calvin are a pair of anti-establishment kids. One of them will become a blonde haired president, known for his tantrums. The other? Still to be determined.

This looks more like the old days when kids got in trouble for chewing gum. When I worked in urban and suburban middle and high schools (starting in the ’70’s), office referrals were usually for more serious offenses such as fighting, possession of weapons or drugs, theft, arson, vandalism, or smoking on campus.

Her smugness is so thick you could spread it on bread and serve it in the lunchroom .

I always wanted to be the principal in charge of vice…never used my teaching certificate, but, I did get on the vice squad in my department.

I would say that Danae needs to learn that you cannot say the last part out loud, but she did get out of taking the test… for now.

This is a realistic strip- in most comics the kid is sent to the Principal’s office, but in every school I went to the Vice-Principal handled discipline issues.

I bet her teacher is counting the hours until she can retire.

I got sent to the principles office a lot when I was in grade school. Mostly for “not working up to my potential”. After about the 4th or 5th visit I wasn’t impressed.

Love the notice on the door. That one doesn’t have a good record of success, Danae.

The consequences of the test happen at home later.

I don’t think “detention” was part of school discipline or else no one I knew ever got sent there, because the whole concept is completely foreign to me. I went thru school K – 12 in the same town in the 40’s/50’s.

Well, once I almost got detention once in high school. It was in early 1964, and the lunchroom monitors (members of the faculty) used to play records during the lunch periods. For some reason, they asked the students to bring in records to be played. The Beatles had just released their first US album, so I bought one, took it to school, and asked the teacher to play it. He, of course refused to (as I hoped he would; those were the times). So I and my friends made up some posters, saying “We want the Beatles, not Beethoven” and the like, and hung them up in the lunch room before lunch period began (I was a very mild mannered kid, but I felt the need to make just a little trouble before I graduated). The teacher knew I was behind it, and sent me to the assistant Principle, who had helped us hang the signs; even back then I knew to CYA! We had a good laugh about it, and that was my High School rebellion!

Adults set the example, despite uttering words to the contrary.

I take full responsibility for this comment. : )

Today is “National Sourest Day”. The teacher fills that role to the max. ;-D

Obviously the Principal has delegated responsibility for handling Danae’s little quirks to the Vice Principal. That’s what delegation’s all about, isn’t it? Just kickin’ the can down the road …

Read Lies My Teacher Told Me. Quite the eye-opener.

Love the sign on the door!

Danae is a little behind the curve. Adults stopped taking responsibility for their deeds back in the 90s.

Interesting how this strip’s current arc parallels this week in ‘Calvin and Hobbes’.