Would that it actually worked that way, Calvin. I sort of enjoyed school (a nerd, I know). And, while I looked forward to summer vacation, I didn’t have that much of a fixation on it as you do. That being said, when I had the chicken pox I probably took a pretty accurate census of the trucks that went up the slight hill in our little town.
Just tell him school starts a week earlier than it does. Drive by the school and with the teachers in conference point out all the cars in the parking lot. He will start school thinking he got a week’s reprieve, will say something to the other kids, and as usual, they will wonder what in the world he is talking about.
And so Calvin spends at least part of a day, if not longer doing historical research, studying the constitution on his summer vacation. He just cheated himself out of even more vacation time.
The United States Constitution is an amazingly short document; it can fit in a shirt pocket!
If you have not read it since grade school, then maybe it’s time to pick it up again. It’s a quick read.
The one thing ALL politicians fear is an informed electorate. If you are getting all your news from cable television, especially if you get it only from a single channel, you are not informed, you are misinformed.
In Iceland, if your so sick during your summer vacation that you wouldnt’ be able to go to work if you weren’t on vacation, then the days don’t count and you get an extension. I got an extra two weeks once. It doesn’t apply to schook kids though.
The next amendment (most people think is): “All citizens shall have a right to do anything they want on their own property, regardless of the consequences to other properties.”
I don’t mean to be a downer today, but I think what I said about childhood innocence on ‘Grand Avenue’ applies here. Where Watterson was on the subject has always been hard to pin down. But Calvin does need to learn about dealing with disappointment.
BE THIS GUY almost 4 years ago
Check the Articles of Confederation, maybe there’s something in there.
Space_Owl on GoComics almost 4 years ago
Sorry Calvin, but they didn’t add that in the Bill of Rights. Trust me, I checked.
Templo S.U.D. almost 4 years ago
Called it! (Good luck, Calvin, at proposing that idea to the school board.)
whahoppened almost 4 years ago
The state is only interested in how many days you go. They don’t really care when.
mavinminx almost 4 years ago
Nice try Calvin.
codycab almost 4 years ago
Next time you get sick, Calvin, it will be your fault.
rshive almost 4 years ago
Would that it actually worked that way, Calvin. I sort of enjoyed school (a nerd, I know). And, while I looked forward to summer vacation, I didn’t have that much of a fixation on it as you do. That being said, when I had the chicken pox I probably took a pretty accurate census of the trucks that went up the slight hill in our little town.
Barry1941 almost 4 years ago
I think I felt like Calvin when I was a kid.
Cpeckbourlioux almost 4 years ago
He shoud take the resident’s example, misquote and rewrite the constitution to his heart’s content.
!!ǝlɐ⅁ Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Calvin, you’ll go far as a lawyer!
Troglodyte almost 4 years ago
The pox on the whole lot of ’em, eh Calvin?
Algolei I almost 4 years ago
Uh-oh, he’s about to read the Second Amendment everyone!!!
jpayne4040 almost 4 years ago
Good luck, Calvin! You won’t find that anywhere in there!
MS72 almost 4 years ago
There must be someone to sue. Where can we find a defendant?
jslabotnik almost 4 years ago
It’s not an amendment. Search for cruel and unusual punishment that will work
Jeff0811 almost 4 years ago
Just tell him school starts a week earlier than it does. Drive by the school and with the teachers in conference point out all the cars in the parking lot. He will start school thinking he got a week’s reprieve, will say something to the other kids, and as usual, they will wonder what in the world he is talking about.
theincrediblebulk almost 4 years ago
And so Calvin spends at least part of a day, if not longer doing historical research, studying the constitution on his summer vacation. He just cheated himself out of even more vacation time.
Vlad Taltos almost 4 years ago
It’s probably in HIPAA. I hear you don’t even have to disclose what you had!
dflak almost 4 years ago
The United States Constitution is an amazingly short document; it can fit in a shirt pocket!
If you have not read it since grade school, then maybe it’s time to pick it up again. It’s a quick read.
The one thing ALL politicians fear is an informed electorate. If you are getting all your news from cable television, especially if you get it only from a single channel, you are not informed, you are misinformed.
sheilag almost 4 years ago
Sorry Cal – when I got it in mid-June, I lost nearly two weeks of my summer vacation (way, way back in 1976)… ;-)
Purple People Eater almost 4 years ago
In Iceland, if your so sick during your summer vacation that you wouldnt’ be able to go to work if you weren’t on vacation, then the days don’t count and you get an extension. I got an extra two weeks once. It doesn’t apply to schook kids though.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Never a good rule when you need one.
grocks almost 4 years ago
Read and learn, Calvin.
MichaelHelwig almost 4 years ago
If only Trump’s nonsense were subject than overseer like mom.
Wizard of Ahz-no relation almost 4 years ago
well on the plus side he’s actually reading the Constitution.
garcoa almost 4 years ago
Dumb Founding Fathers – old white guys who didn’t think about the kids.
kab2rb almost 4 years ago
Sorry Calvin does not work that way.
BiggerNate91 almost 4 years ago
Just be glad you didn’t get something that cost you your entire vacation, Calvin.
(Kind of like what’s going around today.)
assrdood almost 4 years ago
Actually, I’m with Calvin on this one.
ChessPirate almost 4 years ago
Cal, just use “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness”… ☺
Meg: All Seriousness Aside almost 4 years ago
Hey, at least he’s reading the Constitution. That’s more than President Tweety Amin ever did.
ForrestOverin almost 4 years ago
Using all the logic we hear from the Commander-in-Hot-Air.
flagmichael almost 4 years ago
Thus is born another Sovereign Citizen. Sigh….
mistercatworks almost 4 years ago
So, “itch days” are not like “snow days”? Bummer.
swanridge almost 4 years ago
The next amendment (most people think is): “All citizens shall have a right to do anything they want on their own property, regardless of the consequences to other properties.”
jel354 almost 4 years ago
This got Calvin to read more than anything his Dad ever presented as “fact.”
tee929 almost 4 years ago
Calvin does a great job of explaining Donald Dumpster!
Red33410 almost 4 years ago
Disappointing to learn C-man is not a reader.
WCraft Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I’m kind of with Calvin and hope that this year doesn’t count!
yangeldf almost 4 years ago
Irony, he’s taking MORE of his vacation time to learn new things
fix-n-fly almost 4 years ago
You are a figment of your own imagination, Calvin.
Otis Rufus Driftwood almost 4 years ago
I don’t mean to be a downer today, but I think what I said about childhood innocence on ‘Grand Avenue’ applies here. Where Watterson was on the subject has always been hard to pin down. But Calvin does need to learn about dealing with disappointment.
jrankin1959 almost 4 years ago
Hold it, Hobbes – I can bear arms?
hagarthehorrible almost 4 years ago
The rule book is cryptic and the amendments are written in a form only nerds can make sense.