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   capndunzzl said, about 1 year ago

   ….I’ll just use my imagination.
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   Dogsniff said, about 1 year ago

   Palm Sunday is over. Where are you Hobbes (TPPC)?
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   Fiendly Neighbourhood Terrorist said, about 1 year ago

   Looking back from today’s perspective, it wouldn’t have made a difference anyway. As a slacker, he probably would have avoided paying off student loans, so he’d actually be ahead of the game a bit.
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   rogue53 said, about 1 year ago

   Personal responsibility for success? Forget it.
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   mcizzle527 said, about 1 year ago

   What every college kid is thinking today
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   JohnnyDiego said, about 1 year ago

   I’m with you, Calvin.
   The problem with work is work.
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   win said, about 1 year ago

   are there diplomas in those eggs?
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   JDsg said, about 1 year ago

   The Asian response to the teacher in panel 3 would be “Yes, teacher, you’re absolutely right and I will work harder, bringing honor to my family.” And then they would actually do that. Asia drinks America’s milkshake (if you know the allusion).
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   dukedoug said, about 1 year ago

   @JDsg

   True, as it is for all struggling and developing environments. Unfortunately I fear that complacency increases with success. How else have all powerful cultures throughout history crumbled away ?
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    saywhatwhat said, about 1 year ago

    It’s not general complacency that brings down “powerful cultures”, so much as over-reaching military adventurism. There will always be individuals with initiative and willingness to work will find a way to replace the complacent. What those with initiative do after they elbow their way to the top makes all the difference. (Of course dumbing down the school system doesn’t help either, but this cartoon is from before the Regan years, I think.)
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    bluram said, about 1 year ago

    Work harder! Forget it. I’ll just let Uncle Sam take care of me.
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    rshive said, about 1 year ago

    Always a catch, isn’t there Calvin?
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    Citizen GROG! said, about 1 year ago

    Work is just another 4-letter word to Calvin. In Strickllands words Calvin will always be a slacker.
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    Richard S. Russell said, about 1 year ago

    All the way thru K-12 education, I was one of the “smart kids” who already knew most of the material from my own personal reading, so I never had to work hard and consequently never developed any good study habits. This backfired on me when I really needed them in college.
     
    The result made me a fan of ability grouping. I was ready for algebra in 5th grade, but I was bored to death doing repetitive multiplication problems. I would have been much better off if I’d been dropped into a class of 8th graders. Meanwhile, I’m sure there were some of those self-same 8th graders, in way over their heads, who would have been better off taking my vacated seat in 5th-grade arithmetic.
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    JGordonFan24 said, about 1 year ago

    It ain’t easy being ahead of your time.
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