Peanuts by Charles Schulz for October 02, 2015

and Linus trued when he should’ve falsed

Teacher:“They will expect the first question to be true so I’ll make it false. The next one will be true to balance out the false one. The next one will also be true to break the pattern. And somewhere I’ll put three falses in a row. They’ll never expect three falses in a row!”

This is what happens when you think there is a pattern to a true or false test.. Even if you study you might ignore the questions if you think there’s a pattern. And worse for Linus was that comment about “there’s always three trues in a row somewhere.” If that’s true (no pun intended) the thing is knowing the where, not guessing at the where. Study and read the questions.

Yeah, he also trued when he should have falsed!

Story of my life.

Yup. It always helps to read the questions—and Think!! I have students who stop listening on their oral exam when they think they’ve heard the answer—trouble is, the examiners know this, so they nearly always throw a curve in the final moments that changes everything!

There are those who don’t even read the instructions, or the whole sentence, because they are so fixated on filling in the form as fast as possible.

One always lies and one always tells the truth. If I ask one of them what the other would say…

How come Lucy’s already home? Different school? Different bus?

‘I Falsed when I Should Have Trued’ – isn’t that a country song?

The following statement is true…

… the preceding statement was false.

Yup. It’s an awful experience. Hang in there, Linus.

Despite being seen as the intellectual in Peanuts, Linus doesn’t seem to do particularly well in school. About the only character referred to as a good student is Marcie. And she’s often clueless about a number of things like sports.

Happy 65th., Peanuts!

“When in doubt, ‘C’ it out!” (No, never tried it.)

There’s a dodge that works for DMV tests, though. Whichever answer makes an unapproved behavior look the worst is the right one. Pretend example:

“[BAD DRIVING BEHAVIOR] kills _______ people a year.A: 3B: 7C: 12D: A GAZILLION.”

D is correct. Don’t do [BAD DRVING BEHAVIOR], kids!

That’s true Linus, it’s not good to false when you could true. Happy 65th Peanuts !

I had a 9th grade science teacher who would give multiple choice tests, which may have included a few true/false questions. He said that if a student got every questions wrong, the teacher would give a grade of 100% for that test. One student tried it, but gave one correct answer. I was tempted to try it, but never did.

Some teachers actually flip coins, roll dice, or use random number generators to decide where to place the correct answer on true/false // multiple choice questions. They want to be sure to avoid patterns.

Be true to yourself, Linus.

Kids, never take a test without your blanket!

Welcome to life!

Don’t sweat the small stuff, Linus.

It’s actually amazing what guessing can do.

xxx

Wow 65 years of Peanuts.

Sums up Schulz’s behavior in his marriage pretty well, actually.

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Yikes. There’s apparently some things I might not want to know, but given I’m more than old enough to know I should likely find out! I’m also old enough at age 45 to not think any of my childhood heroes are perfect. ;) And by the way, I think the name is Schulz…

I did a quick Wikipedia (not a reliable source of knowledge but I’ll take the chance for this subject). ;) So he was married twice; I’m sure that was a lot more common as his years moved on, for better or for worse (um, no pun intended!). ;) I wonder, is Jean Schulz the mother of Jill? I always found it funny for me that Charles Schulz has a daughter who shares my first name. :)

I feel you, Linus, I feel you…