Mr. Spaetzle: Tuck your shirt in, Caulfield. Show some self-respect. Frazz: Shirt's untucked. Caulfield: I was going to fix it, but then following an arbitrary order seemed undignified.
who cares about tucking in a shirt? but, then it is a public school. they have english teachers who think a clock is a bomb. school admins who have a zero tolerance policy that fails. kids can’t have their epi-pens, inhalers, retainers, feminine hygiene products, etc….because the zero tolerance policy. they also think common core will rescue the american educational system, and increase test scores. their textbooks have to heavily edited by politicians, not by educators, to promote a viewpoint.
Personally, I do not understand why this is an “arbitrary order” from Spaetzel. I wasn’t sure if Caulfield was making some sort of wise crack about Principal Spaetzel’s girth and self-respect (I hope not, because that would be mean spirited and impolite.), but I am not sure why or how an “aribtrary order”, “self respect”, and “undignified” all fit into being a humorous conclusion to the comic. So, if anyone can offer insight, I would be appreciative.
Back in the stone age when I was in junior high we had a history teacher that would enforce the shirt-tucked-in rule with an iron hand (and wooden paddle). It didn’t matter if you were one of his students or not — if you were in his sight, you were under his jurisdiction.Did I just sound like somebody else commenting on the penal aspects of public education?
Kind&Kinder over 8 years ago
“I gotta be me; I gotta be me….”
Randy B Premium Member over 8 years ago
Feel like a maverick.Look like an idiot.
nosirrom over 8 years ago
Guys always wear their shirts untucked in middle school. With good reason.
whiteheron over 8 years ago
At least Caulfield’s britches aren’t to his knees….yet. (While wearing either a belt 24 sizes too long or at the very least unfastened.
42Irish Premium Member over 8 years ago
I refuse to conform to the nonconformist’s conformity.
vwdualnomand over 8 years ago
who cares about tucking in a shirt? but, then it is a public school. they have english teachers who think a clock is a bomb. school admins who have a zero tolerance policy that fails. kids can’t have their epi-pens, inhalers, retainers, feminine hygiene products, etc….because the zero tolerance policy. they also think common core will rescue the american educational system, and increase test scores. their textbooks have to heavily edited by politicians, not by educators, to promote a viewpoint.
Pipe Tobacco Premium Member over 8 years ago
Personally, I do not understand why this is an “arbitrary order” from Spaetzel. I wasn’t sure if Caulfield was making some sort of wise crack about Principal Spaetzel’s girth and self-respect (I hope not, because that would be mean spirited and impolite.), but I am not sure why or how an “aribtrary order”, “self respect”, and “undignified” all fit into being a humorous conclusion to the comic. So, if anyone can offer insight, I would be appreciative.
akaCat Premium Member over 8 years ago
@PipeTobacco
My first thought was that it’s a riff on the “I was thinking of doing X, but now that you’ve ordered me to, I won’t.”
Even though there’s no evidence that Caulfield was thinking of tucking his shirt in, I still feel like that’s the route the punchline was taking.
Fido (aka Felix Rex) Premium Member over 8 years ago
Back in the stone age when I was in junior high we had a history teacher that would enforce the shirt-tucked-in rule with an iron hand (and wooden paddle). It didn’t matter if you were one of his students or not — if you were in his sight, you were under his jurisdiction. Did I just sound like somebody else commenting on the penal aspects of public education?
Al Nala over 8 years ago
School dress codes ARE arbitrary.
Thomas & Tifffany Connolly over 8 years ago
Other peoples standards.