Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for January 24, 2013

There’s no hope for Holly (in Holly’s opinion) to be redeemed.

Could it be that Holly doesn’t want to be redeemed because the way it is going she won’t have to write the paper. If she goes for redemption she is going to have to spend the weekend doing the paper.

Holly’s logic:It’s the teacher’s fault, why?!In the first place, had the teacher not try to bog down and encroach/invade on her personal free-time after spending 6+/-hours in school with homework/holiday-assignments, there be no need for blame…-If anybody ask, personal free-time for play/fun and holidays are sacred to children… and if they could, they’d defend it from anyone by any means necessary. I know would.

Sounds just like my daughter….sigh. Blame everyone but yourself and then run away.

There’s still hope-Holly did own up-that’s often impossible with many of today’s generation leaning towards the entitlement theory……hold firm Val, she’s trying the boundaries….one of these days she’ll come back to you and say, “Mom, you did right”-it just may take a decade or so……….

Val, she can’t write the paper over if she didn’t write it in the first place.

Apologize and rewrite the paper for partial credit? This is a potential reason for expulsion. I’m very surprised her teacher didn’t keep Holly at school and called Val in immediately to discuss this with her and the principal. I mean, she didn’t even call Val to tell her about this but instead relied on Holly to confess. That’s extremely weird.

It’s a comic strip.

If you are not willing to learn, No one can help you.

If you are determined to learn, No one can stop you.

I know it would be too dark to kill her off, but couldn’t they just Chuck Cunningham Holly? She’s an insufferable brat and her storylines are never funny.

That’s right! "The more points you get on a test the more you should “share” with your less fortunate – is all just luck, right? – students." Sounds even more familiar.

THAT smart aleck remark would have earned her a grounding of epic proportions

Wow, that’s a dumb political analogy. Perhaps intentionally? ’Cause otherwise, kind of a stretch.

Have her repeat whatever grade she is in in middle school. See how she likes to do an extra year of homework then!

I agree that teachers ought not to give out homework assignments over holidays or the summer, I’ve heard that kids have to read a certain book over the summer. Not right. Let them have that vacation time. But since the nasty teacher did assign something for over the holiday break, if Holly had any sense she’d have done the assignment first and gotten it out of the way, then enjoyed her holiday.

redistributing the wealth, school grade version.

Tell Ms. Wingit that you plan to “wingit” and not plagiarize again.

Holly needs to feel it where it really hurts: no shopping, no mall, and no new clothes for one year. Then she just might get the point of how consequences really feel.

If there is no recognition for achievement, there is no incentive to try. If it’s possible to fail without anyone making a fuss, why bother to work? More children would benefit from a good education if singled out for praise and those who fail would not be ‘left behind’ – they would receive more attention. (I think Notsoastute was being sarcastic).

I know it’s a comic strip, but Holly will never learn if her mother isn’t going to do anything about it. She didn’t punish her or anything.

That’s great! Good for you! :)