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   pouncingtiger said, about 1 year ago

   “Extemporaneous” is a big word for a little boy.
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   Alain Harper (מיכאל בן-אברם) said, about 1 year ago

   @pouncingtiger

   So is the excuse itself, for that matter.
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   Nabuquduriuzhur said, about 1 year ago

   Now, if he’d had an ebook back then, the letters crashing off the screen might be a reasonable excuse.
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   sriram_iyer said, about 1 year ago

   I too have observed that when I try to read something uninteresting the characters just fall off the page in a heap of gibberish!
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   bluskies said, about 1 year ago

   Next time, sweep the pile of letters into a trash bag so you can dump ’em on her desk and let HER figure them out.
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   NebulousRikulau said, about 1 year ago

   Doesn’t that teacher realize that he’s telling the truth!
   deslyx… lixyd… Dyslexia is a real learning disorder.
   
   Okay, that’s probably not Calvin’s problem, but…
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   opuscroakus70 said, about 1 year ago

   He can’t pass history but he knows the word “extemporaneous”?
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   JohnnyDiego said, about 1 year ago

   @pouncingtiger

   “Extemporaneous” is a big word for a little boy.
   

   Did you post that with little or no preparation or forethought?
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   watmiwori said, about 1 year ago

   he’s good with words, but not much else [like history, math].
   an idiot savant???
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    Thirdguy said, about 1 year ago

    @JohnnyDiego

    Are you grading us?
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    hildigunnur said, about 1 year ago

    @opuscroakus70

    dyslexic kids are actually often quite clever with words – they just have problems reading them. The “letters fall from the page” are actually a dyslexia symptom as Nebulous speaks of above. Might have something to do with Calvin’s aversion to studying. – then again he might just be lazy :þ
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    hildigunnur said, about 1 year ago

    @Thirdguy

    do you know what the word means? ;)
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    Dogsniff said, about 1 year ago

    Forethought. Forehead. JohnnyDiego.
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    bluram said, about 1 year ago

    Miss Wormwood? Miss Worm would what?
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    moronbis said, about 1 year ago

    She could have, at least, appreciated his originality on the excuse.
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