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   dukedoug said, 2 months ago

   At least he’s a square peg in a square hole …
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   margueritem said, 2 months ago

   @dukedoug

   Good point.
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   MPeters said, 2 months ago

   @dukedoug

   Is that panel illustrating Moe pounding him?
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   Night-Gaunt49 said, 2 months ago

   Calvin’s way of coping.
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   vwdualnomand said, 2 months ago

   conform. war is peace, freedom is slavery, and ignorance is strength.
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   Katiekicks said, 2 months ago

   I think Calvin is gifted and his teachers don’t realize it because he acts out when he’s bored.
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   legaleagle48 said, 2 months ago

   Just wait until Calvin gets his first job, if this is how he views school. He’s got no clue!
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   ratlum said, 2 months ago

   Lots of green,milk,fish,etc.And when you get that kind of experience in one school day,I envy you.
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   legaleagle48 said, 2 months ago

   @Katiekicks

   Gifted, my foot. He just refuses to do anything that doesn’t bring immediate gratification to him. I mean, pretending to have Stupendous Man take a history test? That’s not “acting out” — that’s deliberately being disruptive for the sake of drawing attention to himself. Moreover, there is more to life than stuffed tigers, dinosaurs, and science fiction. Calvin still needs to learn such things as reading, writing, and arithmetic — not to mention the concepts of responsibility and accountability — if he ever expects to function in society. The world doesn’t owe him a life or a living; it’s he who owes the world!
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    Zero-Gabriel said, 2 months ago

    Calvin has a future as a scriptwriter for TV shows…
    and potential for other jobs that require imagination.
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    legaleagle48 said, 2 months ago

    @Zero-Gabriel

    Not if he can’t write or read any better than he does now. The point is that he still has to learn to apply himself, even to things that don’t bring him immediate pleasure, before he can ever hope to reach that sort of career goal, or any other type of life goal. It’s just not going to hand itself to him without any effort on his part whatsoever.
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    LX013 said, 2 months ago

    Sad, but true, and true!!
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    rshive said, 2 months ago

    @legaleagle48

    To a point, i can agree with you. But sometimes my mind rebels at our educational system trying to make 40-year-old 6 -year olds.
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    capnLaz said, 2 months ago

    Why do you read the comics if you rant about the antics of a drawn character? Lighten up before you have a stroke.
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    Ray49FL said, 2 months ago

    Let’s repeat the Non-Conformist Oath.
    I promise to be different.
    AUDIENCE: I promise to be different.
    I promise to be unique.
    AUDIENCE: I promise to be unique.
    I promise not to repeat things other people say.
    AUDIENCE: I promise … [Dissolves into nervous laughter.]
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