Frazz by Jef Mallett for June 27, 2019

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    Richard S Russell Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    If the principal at Bryson Elementary is even reasonably competent, he’ll give the teachers at least a couple of weeks to get their final grades in.

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    Bilan  almost 5 years ago

    Caulfield isn’t really a deadline-oriented guy. He just felt that he could enjoy his summer more if he ruined Mrs Olsen’s summer.

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    Ceeg22 Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    More likely he did them all along but didn’t turn them in

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    The Brooklyn Accent  almost 5 years ago

    What teacher would set the deadline for an entire year’s worth of book reports on the next-to-last day of the term?

    Especially, what teacher who’s old enough to be counting the days to retirement and who’s been dealing with wise-ass kids who try to game the system ever since Frazz was her pupil?

    All but one (at best!) of those book reports can simply be disqualified as late.

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    sandpiper  almost 5 years ago

    Precocious doesn’t win all the time. Caulfield probably is turning in the most recent report on time and likely will get an A for timing and A for quality. (Can’t image he’d write a poor report.) If there are 4 others of equal quality but late, he might get a decent grade for quality and one grade lower for each late report, i.e., B to F. Overall average would be lower but he made the bet and Mrs. Olsen will call.

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    jpayne4040  almost 5 years ago

    To Caulfield, it’s not about the grade, it’s about the game.

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    cervelo  almost 5 years ago

    Great punchline on this one.

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    Jan C  almost 5 years ago

    An F for being late on all of them. There wouldn’t have been a book report due on the second-to-last day of school. In fact, if his behavior were in the real world, he probably would have gotten straight F’s all year long and would be repeating the grade.

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    Old Girl  almost 5 years ago

    Real World: El-Ed kids will take report cards home on last day for kids. Teachers have a “work day” following that to clear the room, turn in grades, file school reports, etc. Typical schedule would be the following: 9-11, coffee and donuts in various rooms; 11-1, lunch somewhere by car loads; 1-3, throw some stuff in a box; 3:00, line up to check-out.

    That would only be compressed if the principal had a morning meeting planned to explain all the things that needed to be done by 3 o’clock.

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    Nick Danger  almost 5 years ago

    Behavior that succeeds will be repeated. Caulfield succeeds in his late delivery of these book reports, so he will continue to be late with them in the future.

    If his teachers downgraded late reports (as they should), then he would not repeat this.

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    Seed_drill  almost 5 years ago

    I actually pulled a stunt like that in college. 32 pages of poetry journals handed in the last day of exams.

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    oakie817  almost 5 years ago

    most excellent

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    Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo]  almost 5 years ago

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    Just yesterday, the NPR anchor tasked with accompanying me to swim practice related a story about interviewing an uncooperative subject, who took the time to explain, “No, I didn’t answer your question. I gave you my response.”

    Clever, huh? I still like Caulfield’s dialogue today a little better, and I like a whole lot , and better yet that it comes from a well-meaning fictional character instead of a self-satisfied, elusive weenie. If I was reading Steve Innskeep’s tone of voice right.

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    cissycox  over 4 years ago

    Why does she continue to assign book reports? Aren’t there better ways to encourage students to read?

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