Peanuts by Charles Schulz for February 28, 1969
February 27, 1969
March 01, 1969
Transcript:
Linus lies in bed. Lucy stands next to the bed and says, "Get up! It's time to go to school . . The teacher's strike is over . . ."<BR><BR> Linus sits up and says, "Really? That's great! It'll be good seeing Miss Othmar in class again." Lucy says, "Don't count on it . . She's been fired!"<BR><BR> Linus shouts, "Fired?! That can't be! They can't fire Miss Othmar!"<BR><BR> Linus cries and shouts, "She has a contract! She has tenure! She has her own parking place!!"<BR><BR>
This cartoon was WAY AHEAD of its time, in terms of Miss Othmar getting fired, in spite of having tenure—I have heard, that these days, if teachers act lousy, say, in any way, like by being OVERLY ROUGH on a student, etc., in spite of having tenure, these days, they STILL CAN get fired—it seems I have heard, that these days, they are beginning to draw the line, at allowing teachers to keep their jobs, if the teachers go to such dire extremes, in being lousy or mean, say, even if they have tenure. They should draw such lines, there, at allowing teachers to keep their jobs, even if they have tenure. Anyway, makes you wonder, if Miss Othmar had been like this, to any of the other students(not Linus, of course, but any of the other kids.)and if so, that would have been why she was fired, in spite of having tenure, even some 45 years ago.