Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for September 18, 2019

And then she gets an F for making crap up.

Only one paragraph? No one tell this teacher how to properly overwork children.

Will all that fit in one paragraph?

Too late! Such a subject has just been forbidden in some schools, because of the anguish it could cause if some children didn’t have a good summer or week-end…

If only school allowed recordings. Phoebe would DEFINITELY ace it.

Phoebe could write a NOVEL about her summers.

Yes Phoebe your composition will be INTERESTING, but it’ll be so far out that the teacher won’t believe a word of it.;-D

If it wasn’t for that pesky Shield of Boringness…

My teachers preferred to require that we write a book report on something we’d read over the summer. Some kids thought this was unfair double jeopardy, but my problem usually was deciding which one she’d give me the best grade for. This was kind of iffy when the teacher was brand new: Did she like fiction? History? Science? I tried a report on “Mathematics, Queen and Servant of Science” in (7th? 8th?) grade and got back a big “?” and a note to my mother asking if I had really read that!

So you won’t be popular this year either, huh?

Let ’em creative juices flow, Phoebs!

“Before we start, can we not write anything that had to do with unicorns, Phoebe?”

No, don’t do it, Phoebe!

And do you think she will believe it?

yeah, I get the feeling that teacher is at best going to give her points for creativity/active imagination. Or at worst, as Sugar Bombs said, give her an F for making stuff up.

“Phoebe, stop making things up!”

Teacher suddenly realises Phoebe is there and thinks; “Oh no! Another story about unicorns!”

I hope you’re teachers like fan fiction.

Did anyone else notice that Max in the background isn’t wearing black?

(urp)

The first day of my summer vacation – I woke up. Then I went downtown. To-look-for-a-job. Then I hung out in front of the drugstore.

The second day of my summer vacation – I woke up. Then I went downtown. To look for a job. Then I hung out in front of the drugstore.

The third day of my summer vacation – I woke up. Then I went downtown. To look for a job. Then I got a job. Keeping people from hanging out in front of the drugstore.

- That’s fine, young man. Young man. Young man!!!!

The fourth day of my summer vacation -

- SHUT UUUUUUUUUP!!!!!!!!!!!!

I gave that up; the last time I did something interesting they tried to give me 4 to 25…

yes, you write the truth and the teacher fails you for making fantasy stuff up

This is one of my favorite strips in the series, hands-down.