Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

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margueritem said, 2 months ago

You’d better…..
Mishka said, 2 months ago

Well, you let him go.
imaginarypet said, 2 months ago

I have to try this on my exams today.
sjoujke said, 2 months ago

I did that on an exam once….they were not amused.
kreole said, 2 months ago

He’ll make a good scientist. I love it!
Bargrove said, 2 months ago

More research is needed
vinaybhatta said, 2 months ago

At least he was honest…
Yukoner said, 2 months ago

Write numbers at random, tell Mum it’s “new math”.
Dino-1 said, 2 months ago

I did that on part of an exam too when I ran into some Math word problems I couldn’t answer. I think the test was one of those ones that was graded on a curve because I remember being shocked when I got a 80 something on it. I always figured they did that so the teacher wouldn’t look bad by flunking us all, because the material was impossibly difficult. I know some of you are teachers so can you tell me if I’m right on that assumption?
Johanan Rakkav said, 2 months ago

Not meaning to be a wet blanket, but why would this make Calvin a good scientist?
ARF2 said, 2 months ago

The problem is that a true answer is not necessarily a correct or acceptable one.
LX013 said, 2 months ago

Playing outside with Hobbes is much more funny than learning!
Johanan Rakkav said, 2 months ago

Speak for yourself. I enjoyed both immensely. Still do.

Of course, having Calvin act like that (until he creates a good clone of himself, which will happen eventually) would violate the First Law of Cartoon Physics: “Only When It’s Funny.” :))
Carmy said, 2 months ago

Oh boy, won’t mom and dad be surprised?
jrbj said, 2 months ago

“These are similar to the ones we had the other day “, doesn’t work either.
pintcape said, 2 months ago

to late his already gone,you won’t catch him now.
Praxsis said, 2 months ago

I can see Calvin, working with AL GORE on the Climate Change Thingy…GLOBAL WARMING….
Ivy0730 said, 2 months ago

3+7= ？ 37
jbmetalmonster said, 2 months ago

hey they always say tell the truth rite? whats the piont, they nevr even believe the truth even if u do speak it
pamlicorat said, 2 months ago

As a teacher, I can tell you that this is what a lot of kids do on their homework. Then they ask for extra credit two days before report cards go out.
Lewreader said, 2 months ago

Do I see Susie as a tutor?
friarwilliam said, 2 months ago

Dino-1:
… so the teacher wouldn’t look bad by flunking us all, because the material was impossibly difficult. I know some of you are teachers so can you tell me if I’m right on that assumption?

Dino:
as a teacher, I would like to share with you that:
YES - there is this curve thing . ND normal distribution.
However, this is what school board makes us follow, not that individual teachers care. There are places that would lower the passing mark so there would be similar percentages of grades for different subjects. However, the way we do it is to give out grades, rather than marks when we do apply the ND for grading.
Grog said, 2 months ago

Ivey0730
I like your math much better. That would make the answer to Calvin’s question 57.

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If I didn’t know something, I either left it blank or faked it.
bobsch said, 2 months ago

I puuled that once on a chem engineering quiz..

Quest: Can you ………….

Ans: No

I got credit for it.
Vigilante de noche said, 2 months ago

Calvin… A glairing example of why “No Kid Left Behind” has put such a financial burden on school districts!
bald 716 said, 2 months ago

if i had used calvin’s logic when i was in school, maybe i would have had better grades
treBsdrawkcaB said, 2 months ago

Praxsis - You mean Gore-Bull Warming? That’s why the Enviro-terrorists have now changed it to “Climate Change”. Used to be “Greenhouse Gases”. Always new phrase hysteria so they can still keep the lie “hip”.
Macushlalondra said, 2 months ago

Sorry Calvin but you will receive a failing grade. “I don’t know” is not correct.

This reminds me of the story about the professor who wrote one word on the board “Why?” and left the room. Everyone was trying to figure it out but one person wrote on their paper, “Why not?” and left. They got an A.
witewater said, 2 months ago

As I try to figure out the connection between today’s strip and the pot shot comments about scientists and global warming, I am left only with Calvin’s answer, “I don’t know.”
kab2rb said, 2 months ago

My daughter was taught a little in middle school but not in hight school allergra bra. When she started for Associates it took a special teacher to break it down for everyone at the time told the instructor they where frustrated and no one could teach them allergrabra. I told my daughter some teachers/instructors may not know how to break it down since for long time it has been taught a certain pacific way. My daughter credit’s that instructor and recommended her to other students for that class. For adults this instructor cared.
LiamC said, 2 months ago

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DDFENCE EMET First said, 2 months ago

A true answer IS ALWAYS acceptable, but not always profitable.

That’s why religious leaders, politicians and scientists don’t want to answer with ‘I don’t know’.

It’s easier to answer with the lie that’s hard to disprove, or a lie that can’t be disproved until after they’ve cashed in their payroll checks.

I admire Calvin’s childlike spirit.
daphygirl said, 2 months ago

how i wish that worked Calvin, i could do almost nothing and still get 100% it would be awesome.
dudeabideshou said, 2 months ago

Kind of surprising that Calvin (he’s what, 8 or 9 years old?) still can’t figure that the sum of 5 + 7 is 12.
Ldywldkat said, 2 months ago

I remember my grandma finding a paper that my uncle had written in high-school many years ago.

“We were given an assignment to write about something special that had happened to us. I have 3 days to do this.

Well just got done with supper and I can’t think of anything yet. I’ll try later.

Need to get to bed and I still haven’t thought of anything to write about.”

You all get the point right? This went on for the 3 days. He had turned this paper in and actually gotten a C on it for his creativity, format and speclling!

I would never have gotten by with that.
Susan001 said, 2 months ago

There was an article the other day about a couple who successfully forced their school board to STOP assigning homework to their three kids.
They said, “Class work should be done in the classroom” (or words to that effect).
I agree with them. Nowadays, students are loaded with 2-4 hours of homework daily, much of it being inane “busywork”.
One of this couple’s sons was assigned the task of cutting pictures from magazines, for chrissakes!
“Family time” is becoming non-existent. To me, this overburdening of homework proves that teachers aren’t doing their jobs. I hope more parents follow this couple’s lead.
DirtyDragon said, 2 months ago

Cliff Clavin: “Who are three people who have never been in my kitchen”
AJCA said, 2 months ago

Mon said “Finish the homework”, she never said it had to be correct.
Shikamoo said, 2 months ago

Calvin has just lowered the bar for child prodigies. Hop over everyone!
bleepingdeadalien said, 2 months ago

Love that look on C’s face as he’s jumping off the porch…I doubt there’s a comic strip out there that catches any better what it’s like being a kid better than C & H!
GretchensMom said, 2 months ago

Yukoner: With an answer like “I don’t know”, I’d say the math is more “fuzzy”!

dudeabideshou: I think Calvin is only 6 years old.
DDFENCE EMET First said, 2 months ago

Kid’s don’t learn to wear sandals to do math problems until they are 7.

I think Calvin is only 6 too. Actually, he’s rather tall in that case.
aerwalt said, 2 months ago

Once in college I was called upon to give what the instructor called a prepared talk. I had forgotten about this assignment , so I proceded to give an improvised lecture on how to lecture on any subject when you were completely unprepared.

I passed the course, a “B” .
Awesome-o said, 2 months ago

GENIUS answer…
masood4ever said, 2 months ago

5+7=12 crazy
bunnyface (bmonk) said, 2 months ago

DD FENCE EMET, not all religious leaders, and (especially) scientists are afraid or reluctant to answer, “I don’t know.” I willingly use the phrase, because I don’t know everything. A scientist I know likes to say, “Gee, I don’t know. Let’s find out…”
Johanan Rakkav said, 2 months ago

And so does every religious leader worthy of the name, if the situation calls for it. That’s one big reason why I work as a consultant in Bible background and exegesis.

I may not know something, but I certainly have confidence that I can find out anything…when the Lord agrees that I really need to. That trust has never been betrayed.
medamo said, 2 months ago

I’m surprised he stayed inside THAT long!
mrslukeskywalker said, 2 months ago

Why aren’t either of the witless lumps helping him understand his school work? It’s not like they are completely unfamiliar with him or his methods at this point. Poor little Calvin, always fending for himself with such lousy, self removed parents.
Johanan Rakkav said, 2 months ago

Because if they helped him, that would violate the First Law of Cartoon Physics: “Only When It’s Funny”.