Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for March 03, 2013

Ha. Truism!

Both. Nowadays, both parties work, and college education can be important. Note that I said “can be”. It’s not imperative because there’s lots of rewarding work that doesn’t require a college education. A high school education, however, is VERY important.

That, and about 70 percent of college grads never use their degree, and end up with student loans they can never repay, ruining their financial future.

interesting…it seems she already sees herself as quill’s wife…

Luann in this strip is starting to remind me of my older brother; he’ll be 30 next month.

We all know what BS stands for, well MS stands for More of the Same, and PhD, Piled Higher and Deeper.

Looks like she’s on her way to a MRS degree.

I learned it like this…

Aw Sh*!, Bull Sh*!, More Sh*! and Piled High and Deep.

“It’s about making US happy.”

Don’t forget about “broke”, Frank.

High school performance does not always equate to college success. Many stars in high school can not handle college and many who receive mediocre grades in high school thrive on college education.

Maybe Luann will be one of those who benefit from a work interlude after high school and before college. Or maybe, like so many others, she should just go to college because “it’s what one does” after high school….

Luann does look pretty hot as a Quill’s bride. However we don’t know how Quill would make a living. Is his dad supposed to be well off? My guess is that both Luann and Quill will start college. Quill will need to come by a profitable skill in the U.S. We can’t have Luann start over with all new friends.

It would be Luann in the Tux and Gunther in the gown, pure white.

Luann, you forgot the Quill gets run over by a semi option! :P

I could see Luann as a Kindergarten, or daycare\pre-school teacher. Between babysitting and her library job, she already has a kind of experience in related professions

BS—→Exactly. MS=Master of Sh… PHD=Pointless High Debt

Oh, and J.O.B? Stands for ‘Just Over Broke’

And ask, “what is happiness?”Today, it’s more like surviving!

GET THE COLLEGE EDUCATION, YOU FOOL!!!

Those aren’t the choices anymore, Luann. Your choice will be to work for practically nothing or get a good paying job with a degree. Either way, you’ll be working AND raising kids at the same time, like we all do these days. Being a “housewife” is a luxury Quill probably won’t be able to provide you.

Um, 1950 called, they want their comic strip back.

Luann has a third option: she can join the US Army and be in the ever-loving Infantry.

Our great leaders in Washington Dee Cee have decreed that American Women are more than equal that of men of other nations. So, join up, Luann, and be a better man than your Dad.

LOL. How hysterical! Love it!

AND she really just wants to be an MRS

A number of valid points have already been made. College is no longer the gateway to the two-car garage and corporate ladder that it once was, and nowadays trade school seems like a more viable option for many people. My electrician sure makes a lot more money than I do at the moment…  On the other hand, many young people are finding that the only way to land a good job is to create one, and doing that requires a relatively broad perspective and world outlook; college is still a place where one can receive the liberal education (meaning broad-based, not necessarily liberal arts) which can be useful in seeing global needs and coming up with global solutions. Luann may see herself happily married to Quill or whomever happens to come next in this ongoing saga, but the odds are that at some point she’ll find herself with a need to make her own way in the world. I’d still recommend college on general principles.

Lu?

LISTEN to Me: GO to COLLEGE, GET an Education AND a Degree. THAT, Youngun, will ALWAYS be WITH You!

As OPPOSED to Marrying to Mr. Ozball, who will, no doubt, want His FREEDOM after the third kid and DUMP You, leaving You to Figure out How You’re get BACK to the US from OZ with 3 kids, No Job and No Money.

Of course the CHOICE is Yours,, and AGAIN, You Don’t have to THANK Me……,

Once upon a time, it was widely understood that there’s a difference between vocational training and education. The idea of education was to improve your mind, broaden your experience, teach you how to appreciate the good, the true and the beautiful, acquaint you with your heritage and history, and help you learn to love knowledge for its own sake. The idea of vocational training was to help you get a job by teaching you a trade. Now, in our wonderful wisdom, we have replaced all education with vocational training. There is no such thing as education any more except in odd corners of the few schools where it has not yet been rooted out.

Dear Frank – you lived/are living your life; Nancy the same. Brad is living his.SHUT UP! Let Luann live HERS! Yeah, she WILL make mistakes along the way – that’s (unfortunately) how people learn, IF they learn at all; only a VERY SELECT FEW are intelligent enough to learn from the mistakes of others. I’ll bet YOU made your own mistakes, did you not?I did not finish even one SEMESTER of college – and that was after a hitch in the Air Force and a Vietnam tour. I still managed to get myself a career in IT earning over $65K. True, that’s barely a living wage these days, but it proves it CAN be done – and I’m NOT the only one who has done it.College CAN make it easier – but it is NOT the be-all, end-all, that college administrators want everyone to THINK it is.Remember – THEY are desperate for paychecks, too.

This. is. my. life.I can relate, Luann

That there folks is why not everyone should go to college. They aren’t mature enough to handle growing up.

Happiness is a really good goal. Much better than money or pleasing others.

If being a homemaker is what she really wants to do, then going to college would indeed be expensive and pointless.

I thought you wanted to go into theatre, Luann — and had settled for going to a community college.

So she’s still a junior in high school.. Will she still be one next year?

My two older brothers each got university degrees in the ’70’s…neither one is using them today; both degrees are in fields that are useless and obsolete today. I took a different route – I have both FCC and FAA certifications in engineering and maintenance, which I’m using. I think technical education is more valuable than “fluff” degrees that look good on a wall, but become useless years later.

No kidding. Geesh. :-p

With that cantilever effect, it looks as if Frank Lloyd Wright does her hair.

Nice one Frank:)

That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve heard yet. Even Aaron Hill beats out lame Gunther, do you remember that?

a good education is needed for when the husband walks out on the marriage. just because he thinks he needs a MUCH younger woman in his life.

Lucky is the lady who finds a husband to support her and the kids without her working….

What will she do while Qull is going to college? Also, how does she know Quill will make enough in his chosen profession to support both of them plus any kids they may have, if she doesn’t work? And if she doesn’t have kids right away, would she just keep working at the library, or stay home and expect Quill to support her?

SHE DOES NOT KNOW THAT YET

OR BS BULLS DO IT DAILY

MS MORE OF THE SAME

PHD PILED HIGHER AND DEEPER

or, do both. attend college and get married.

where’s little bratty annoying Shannon Daytona? My Favorite little twirp.

You 2?

I don’t imagine Quill would encourage her to skip college if she didn’t have a valid plan. Especially if he thought for a second she was doing it because of him. He picked her over Tiffany because she was not prepared to define herself by what some boy thought of her. He wouldn’t want to see her do it now.

Luann looks beautiful in her Wedding Gown. Go with your first choice, College, Theatre, Voice,Spend time in Oz as an exchange student then try Americas got Talent. or Australias got Talent..and Marry Quill along the way.☺

nice gown Luann has in the thought balloon but I would make it off the shoulder and no I not a slut that’s acceptable for a church wedding an off the shoulder gown

or maybe Luann can get married and have a career at the same time lots of women do it look at all the female singers that are married like Carrie Underwood for instance

@seyleigh … obviously you missed that article about the wedding party that was au naturel … LOL … but I think Greg Evans tries to keep religion out of his comic topics … politics is fair game … college was a bust for me but I squeaked thru, and now college debt is killing most, for the worst type of jobs … I cannot see people taking college for any life education – they need a job to pay back the college loans.

There is absolutely no reason why it has to be one or the other. For the sake of having a chance at a career, yes, get an education. My sister dropped out of college partway through her second semester freshman year. Why? To get married.

Fast forward nearly 30 years and she is now divorced and has had to go back to school at 45 in order to get a decent job to support herself and her daughter, and now she’s having to switch to a different school because the one she went back to took away all of her grants because she dropped all of her classes that 30 years ago! The school actually called her a “flight risk” even though she’s carrying a 4.0 now. Needless to say, she has very much regretted not getting her education while the money and opportunity were originally there via our parents.

If whoever you’re with is really “The One”, the relationship will last long enough for you to finish your education before getting married. Some of the people I went to college with were already married and managed to make that option work, too, although it wasn’t easy.

You have no idea how much graphic artists hate that stereotype.

BFA in Illustration here — unless you’re a fine artist or gallery artist that stereotype is absolutely not true. Computer animation, illustration, graphic design, interior design, motion design, etc., are all lucrative degrees to hold if you go to a reputable school. Neither I or any of my peers have ever had to say “would you like fries with that” after graduating. Most people outside the industry think we do, though, because they squish liberal arts into the little box of the starving artist trying to hock mediocre paintings on the street corner.

Good art schools (not the “AI” chain of diploma mill schools) get you good jobs because all of the major companies in the industry come to campus every year to recruit graduating seniors. I’m currently working for three production and design companies on top of individual commissions. My old classmates are working at places like Pixar, Nickelodeon, Hallmark, American Greetings, Carter’s Children’s Clothing, DreamWorks, Disney Design Group, etc., and even the CIA (they use technical illustrators for their training manuals). Even in a lousy economy, corporations and media companies still need artists and designers in order to keep their wheels turning.

I love her wedding dress

yes, I wonder if men also consider the option of settling down and getting married instead of a career. This was a new low blow, Greg.