Frazz by Jef Mallett follows the adventures of an unexpected role model: an elementary-school janitor who's also a Renaissance man. While he's sweeping the hall, he's whistling Beethoven. Or Lyle Lovett. He paints the woodwork in the classrooms; he paints a Da Vinci on the cafeteria wall. He's a trusted authority figure who is every kid's buddy. He took the janitor's job while he was a struggling songwriter, and when he finally sold a hit song, he decided to stay on at school. Frazz appears in 200 newspapers worldwide, including the Los Angeles Times, Seattle Times, Chicago Tribune and Detroit News. "A few years back, I wrote and illustrated a children's book," says Mallett. "When I was traveling around reading it at school assemblies, I noticed that often, the most respected, best-liked grown-up in the building was the janitor. And I thought, 'Hmm, there's a comic strip in that.'" Often praised for its intelligent wit, gentle spirit and effortless diversity, Frazz won a Wilbur Award from the Religion Communicators Council in 2003 and 2005 for excellence in communicating values and ethics.
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Varnes said, 3 months ago
Yeah, what are you, anti-symmetric? Hater!
masterskrain said, 3 months ago
Mrs. Olsen is just about to give Caufield’s Ying a good hard Yang!
treblemaker said, 3 months ago
Like the ski resort of girls looking for husbands and husbands looking for girls, the situation is not as symmetrical as it might seem.
furrykef said, 3 months ago
Would have been more symmetrical as “She know I don’t care”.
Richard S. Russell said, 3 months ago
An “agreement” that only 1 party agrees to isn’t.
CasualObserver said, 3 months ago
@Richard S. Russell
The “agreement” might not have been with Mrs. Olson. Maybe it was with his classmates…or Frazz?
zoidknight said, 3 months ago
@Richard S. Russell
Tell that to the current administration.
StoicLion said, 3 months ago
This kid is starting to get on my nerves.
P Partridge said, 3 months ago
@StoicLion
It’s not his fault. he’s just one of those kids the “typical” classroom environment doesn’t work with. Unfortunately, the modern school system is more designed to teach kids that they need to listen to anyone above them as adults more than teaching them the important things.
jessegooddoggy said, 3 months ago
In much later years, Caufield will give the eulogy and shed more tears than anyone else at her funeral…
bigpuma said, 3 months ago
@StoicLion
He don’t care (that he gets on your nerves). He’s a sociopath.
Jeffrey Kaplan said, 3 months ago
Mrs Olsen needs to stop feeding the troll that is Caulfield. And/or assign him extra work since he is clearly not being challenged enough.
Agingstoner said, 3 months ago
As someone who taught elementary school for 22 years, I can attest that some of the most disruptive students are ones that are bored and irritated by a system that focuses on the lowest common denominator. Imagine what it must be like to have to sit quietly and listen to a teacher explaining something you understood years ago.
StoicLion said, 3 months ago
@P Partridge
Caufield is an attention wh-re more interested in showing people how smart he thinks he is rather than learning. Promote him a grade or two if he wants to be challenged.
water_moon said, 3 months ago
@Agingstoner
“bored and irritated by a system that focuses on the lowest common denominator.”
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I had this problem, only the teacher that had issues with me assigned me dention for reading our text book. Because I “didn’t have my head all the way down on [my] desk and [she had] told the class to put their heads on their desks and be quiet.” That was in 8th grade.