Frazz by Jef Mallett for November 26, 2012

Though surfing the net, MyFace & twittering probably didn’t happen so much when the studies were conducted.

I don’t know about Social Studies, but you just earned yourself an A+ in Creative Fiction Writing.

You mean it has nothing to do with the monotone voice, the politically correct lessons, or being required to chant along in a monotone voice the lessons.

Great parody, @Nabuquduriuzhur. I’ll bet some folks thought you really were parroting absurd right-wing talking points, instead of deliberately making them look ridiculous.

If missing breakfast is the leading cause of kids nodding off in class, then the second cause is not enough sleep. Parents don’t put their kids to bed early enough.

Yes…kids probably don’t get put to bed early enough. It is SO hard for parents to do that. I blame the electric light bulb. Without it, BOTH parents and kids would get to bed earlier and late shifts for the working parents would not exist. Trying to take advantage of that thought, my practice for getting my kids to bed has been to turn out the lights in the house, except for their bedroom light. Like little moths they are attracted there. And then, with gentle but determined discipline, that light goes off at a pre-determined time and all other illumination is appropriately dimmed as well (shades and curtains drawn, no other illuminated devices allowed, for example) and sleep will ensue. Not that it has to be cave blackness, but dark enough for sleeping. And as much quiet as can be brought to bear, that helps as well.

I should add that I don’t know whether the kids are learning the Tea Party dogma in class, from their parents, or from those long unsupervised hours in front of the TV set. But they’re learning it somewhere. And they are most certainly not learning any form of liberal or progressive (or, to translate to Faux Snooze Newspeak, “socialist”) version of history, government or economics.

The comments were better without the political crap.

I’m guessing Mrs Olson was hoping he DID mean during Social Studies!

I know that I’m sleepy during school because it starts so early (7:00). I know that there are worse, but still, most of us have to get up at least at six to get to school. Then we get out at three, and have to do homework and sports and stuff. I know that I don’t go to bed early because I finally have free time from school work to read and stuff. It seems silly that the time in our lives we need the most sleep is when we have to get up earlier,

Neither did America?

What makes you think it is a red state? BZZT!! You flunked. It was in a blue state. Nice try.

I do wish the flaggers would take a (LONG) break; it’s irritating read a response to a comment that isn’t there. Please allow me to decide for myself whether to be offended. Context matters!