Lio by Mark Tatulli for March 15, 2009

It was probably Obama’s plan of fixing the economy :D

Good daddy!

(Wussy educational establishment! You know the joke about how to eat an elephant? One bite at a time? A school-teacher friend of mine tells me that joke is illegal in school now because it advocates violence!)

The power of the fridge!

I’m a recent Lio fan – and this is one of the things I love. The combination of Lio’s macabre view and his Dad’s real world love. Dad loves him just the way he is.

Awwww! Lio’s Dad is just full of win.

i see dad is much smarter than the liberal education system

Bravo, Dad!

Way to encourage learning and imagination, teachers and principal! (not). A real look at our schools. Lio looks so dejected in the 5th, 6th & 7th panels. Gotta love that smile in the final panel. Thanks to Dad, Lio will not be some drooling lump sitting in front of a TV, but a free-thinking, inventive, imaginative, fun boy!

What a great DAD!

Aw, little Lio is dejected! I love how Lio’s Dad understands him and makes him feel better. Nicely done.

doctortoon says:

This makes me think of my son and I. I know he can be a little odd, but I raised him, that’s what I would expect.

~ But does he have a squishy cephalodpod for a pet? I love this comic.

I ADORE Lio. This one reminds me of our public school experiences prior to homeschooling. The kid is now in college getting a degree in art. As Redtail10 says - the power of the fridge. Hugs to you, Mark Tatulli.

I think Lio’s dad has been desensitized.

Our school systems have bad reputation, much of it undeserved. We do the best we can trying to teach kids how to learn. When people find out I’m a teacher they always ask, “What do you teach?” I always answer ‘Children’. I have never, ever seen a school like the ones people describe. Not as a student, not as a parent, and not as a teacher. We always talk about the ridiculous things we ‘hear’ about in school but I see very little evidence of it from where I am at. If things are so bad what are YOU doing about it? —— The comic is lovely. The look in the last panel restores the kids self image 100%. I love it. Let me be honest here folks, few kids get this at home. As a teacher I know that for some of the kids I see I am the only adult who tries to care for them and gives them any encouragement. Me and ALL the teachers I work with. Our schools can be a truly great place for our kids to learn how to learn and grow up. Because so many parents arent doing their jobs it’s up to teachers to do it for them.

i wonder if lio’s dad sees himself asa lad when lio does things that freak other people out

Dypak, do you teach in a private school?

There are many excellent, caring public school teachers. My mother-in-law was one before she retired. She was constantly frustrated by the increasing bureaucracy and the necessity of skewing her curriculum to match the mandatory tests’ materials. But even through all of that, I saw evidence she was ensuring the children under her charge were learning to think critically and not just parrot facts and figures.

“If you can read this, thank a teacher.”

Lesson learned by Lio… hide those talents found to be “unacceptable” by the Powers That Be. Appear normal on the outside. Find like-minded individuals.

The_JAM says: Dypak, do you teach in a private school? —- Nope, public school. I admit it makes a differance that it’s in a small, rural community but that just means we have differant problems. Poverty, red-neck, good ole boy mentality, and so on. It doesnt matter where you teach, there are going to be problems. And we do our best to deal with them.

how interesting a teacher that does not know how to spell different

Dypak says “Me and ALL the teachers I work with”. I do hope you don’t teach English.

TorstenAdair says:

“If you can read this, thank a teacher.”

Lesson learned by Lio… hide those talents found to be “unacceptable” by the Powers That Be. Appear normal on the outside. Find like-minded individuals.

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yep like all of us here on this page n_n

Dypak, It looks as if you may be part of the problem. It shouldn’t matter if you teach English or not. ANY teacher should be able to use proper grammar, spelling and sentence structure. You miss the mark in all three areas.

Love the smiles of Liō and his dad in the last panel…

If you think a teacher is supposed to be someone who never makes mistakes and is always ready to correct every stupid little inadvertent mistake that a student might make then you’re right. I am the root cause of the education crisis in America. My gosh, while posting on a silly comic strip web site I made a series of grammar errors. Good thing there were several highly educated defenders of decency around to point out my shortcomings. Those of us who make such errors always appreciate the smug, self important ones around who are always eager to point out someone else’s failings. I guess I’ll just have to limp along, teaching my kids like the half brained moron that I am. I’ll have to settle for listening to what they have to say, rather than criticizing the way that they say it.

That’s a father-son relationship for you.

Nothing like a father!

well……..wat waqs tht pic anyway!!

Do you REALLY want to know?

Folks, lay off teachers. I had great ones in school, ones that practically bent over backwards helping me through school and even to graduate on time with my class (Class of 2000). When you have Asperger’s, and don’t even get a proper diagnosis until five years after graduation, that’s a problem. A problem during those critical formative years. I thank teachers for helping me out and supporting me, for my turning out as well as I did (and considering I was the subject of social abuse–I mean, bullying–until graduation, their efforts are measured in miles). I was a junior when Columbine High happened; according to every report I could find, I was one of those kids that could go over the edge if someone (my teachers) hadn’t kept me sane.

Poor Liō!