Transcript:
Student: Why is Mrs. Olsen so mean to us?
Frazz: You might be bowled over by how much she really cares.
Student: That would be news.
Frazz: Breaking news!
Student: I don't get it.
Frazz: Maybe some of that summer reading list will have "foreshadowing."
annieb1012 almost 11 years ago
Hmmm…I’m not sure I get it, either. Panels two and three, anyway. The first one I get loud and clear!
Randy B Premium Member almost 11 years ago
What it means is, “More to come in future strips!”
annieb1012 almost 11 years ago
Ah. Hmmm. Okay!
Varnes almost 11 years ago
The forshadowing is that she’s going to get bowled over?
llargiader almost 11 years ago
Here’s one meaning of foreshadowing: “a literary device in which an author hints certain plot developments that perhaps will come to be later in the story.”
elysummers almost 11 years ago
Meaning C might actually enjoy his reading list. and he’ll discover that Mrs. O doesn’t really hate them. Hey summer is three months long. There’s got to be some down time in there somewhere.
Kev_a_Swing_Dancer Premium Member almost 11 years ago
When I hear “foreshadowing”, I think “A Tale of Two Cities”.
As for the meaning of this strip, all I can think of is Frazz is saying the summer reading will help the students in next year’s classes.
magicwalnut Premium Member almost 11 years ago
I’ve seen the aforementioned shadow in my grand kids. They wait until the week before school starts instead of spreading it out over the summer. Thus is a freaked out procrastinator born….
Potrzebie almost 11 years ago
It would be funny to see her get Teacher of the year!!!!
Erichalfbee almost 11 years ago
War and Peas??
The Garden conflict?
1MadHat Premium Member almost 11 years ago
That’s not news – it’s “infotainment”. But it gets on the nooz anyway.
lmonteros almost 11 years ago
Meaning that she is preparing them for honors classes in high school and for college.
water_moon almost 11 years ago
amen to that!
mdsock about 4 years ago
Considering what’s coming, very clever, Mr Mallett.