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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Chris Robinson said, 2 months ago
This is what happens when your lunch is at 10 30. If you were in the late lunch shift, it would be too warm to drink
sonorhC said, 2 months ago
@Chris Robinson
Tell me about it. At the school where I’m teaching right now, my students don’t eat lunch until 1:40. And the ancient boiler system appears to have only one setting, “broil”, so everything gets too warm.
Ewal Doh said, 2 months ago
@sonorhC
Need to know the whole schedule. My first shift is at 10:20; but first classes are at 7:45, so figure kids are having breakfast (or not) and they are ready way before the last shift at 11:50.
Now my daughters kids don’t get picked up until 8:40 for 9:00 classes. They don’t want to eat before noon.
The Wolf In Your Midst said, 2 months ago
Ah, that sad moment in everyone’s life when they realize that the rules only ever work AGAINST them, not FOR them.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 2 months ago
If only the world operated that way. Let that be a life lesson.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 2 months ago
Find a microwave oven to use. They’re faster.