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   mroberts88 said, about 1 month ago

   Yeah that happens to me every time a new semester starts. The kids should be good.

   For yesterday, OpenWings, everyone tells me something like that, but never how, or what they are talking about. So, what do you mean?

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   OpenWings said, about 1 month ago

   Awww, she really DOES look lost - poor Elly!!

   Guess she will need to use some creative thinking to get to her class on time :o)

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   zenax said, about 1 month ago

   that’s the same thng that happened 2 me as well

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   OpenWings said, about 1 month ago

   Hey mroberts88, it just meant that in general I like the way you comment, it always seems fresh and honest, like a what you see is what you get with me type of thing. It was a compliment! It would take me a while to go back and find actual specific examples, and my comment would be HUGE if I did, and nobody wants to read all that, lol :o)

   everyone tells me something like that - if you get that sort of response from people, then I think that’s a good thing! So that was all I meant, no biggie! :o)

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   howtheduck said, about 1 month ago

   Elly is so cute going back to class, walking around without using a campus map. Won’t she be surprised at the way classrooms have changed since she was last in university. The professor will say, “Now open your Creative Writing textbook” and Elly will learn that the modern schools don’t provide textbooks for you, but they are happy to sell them to you for exhorbitant prices.

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   Susan001 said, about 1 month ago

   I love adult ed. No pressures, no grades, easy one-on-one with the instructor and fellow students.

   I’m just wondering if Elly’s writing with reflect her generally negative attitudes.

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   catlady1 said, about 1 month ago

   @ howtheduck

   I went to University back in the dark ages and we had to purchase textbooks back then. And I’ve taken plenty of adult ed classes, Susan001, and we’ve always had exams and grades and pressure. In fact, the last one I took had several exams and 2 papers.

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   masnadies said, about 1 month ago

   I love how excited Elly always is about trying new things, even if she gets scared and overwhelmed at it. Her actions show a “jump right in” and “try anything” attitude that I love, a true optimism, not the annoying chipper kind they encourage on kiddie shows.

   Now I want to go back to school! Not that I need to, but it was so much fun- I loved tests and homework…

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   ComicDetectiveDA said, about 1 month ago

   Panel 1: Michael never gets any love, does he?

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    Macushlalondra said, about 1 month ago

    Doesn’t she know you should go over to the school and scout out where your class(es) will be? Then when you go over there for the first class you know where to go.

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    howtheduck said, about 1 month ago

    WRT catlady1’s comment:

    I went to University back in the dark ages and we had to purchase textbooks back then.

    Even if this strip is set back in 1980, when the storyline of Elly going back to school was originally published, she would have to purchase a textbook, as I did going to school in the early 1980s. One of things I find amusing about this strip is how the author oftentimes uses her own experiences or memories of pop culture from much earlier times, even though they don’t fit with the time period of the strip. When Lynn Johnston dropped out of art school, she never went back, so she has no personal experience on this story. This strip reminds me a lot of the “mom going back to school” TV shows which were prevalent in the 1970s, where mom heads back to school with nothing but a purse and a mom-like outfit and mom-like attitude.

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    Kay Fegette said, about 1 month ago

    I had to purchase my college textbooks back in the 1950’s.

    What”s new about that?

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    Burgundy2 said, about 1 month ago

    catlady1 - I think it depends if you take a credit course, or “continuing education” course.

    I took the latter, like Susan, in creative writing. And yes, there was no pressure (well, except letting others read my stuff and having it critiqued) and no tests.

    And no diploma.

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    pibfan868 said, about 1 month ago

    Sometimes in continuing ed classes the teacher waits until you get there and gives you a handout for what you’ll need to have the next time out.

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    cleokaya said, about 1 month ago

    I always hated going to school, until I graduated high school and could start studying something that I actually enjoyed. Then, I couldn’t wait for the school day to begin. And, it was also fun meeting people that were interested in the same subjects as myself.

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    libra said, about 1 month ago

    i have recently gone back to college. i feel just the same way and feel OLD!

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    mroberts88 said, about 1 month ago

    Open wings, that makes sense, and I’m sure someone would want to read that.

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    Susan001 said, about 1 month ago

    Don’t misunderstand, Burgundy2–I never took classes in creative writing.
    My field of adult ed was Bible and Talmudic studies.

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    massha said, about 1 month ago

    howtheduck: most schools DO NOT sell you textbooks at all. They provide space for a bookstore on premises so students buy the books for classes. Most of these stores are Barnes and Nobles owned and run, some are e-Folett’s and others, and a small number are independently owned.

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    mroberts88 said, about 1 month ago

    massha has a point. However, my school does. We still have bad food in the cafeteria.

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    Wolfdreamer250 said, about 1 month ago

    Hope they redo the strip where she is listening to a lecture and thinks “wow its been x years since I’ve been in school and I can still sleep with my eyes open.

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    KimberlyT said, about 1 month ago

    haha, it’s so true. Poor Elly.

    masnadies- You like taking tests and doing homework? Why don’t you take my midterms for me? hehe :)