Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for January 26, 2022

I guess it’s a choice between fast or right.

You’re only the prince of the castle, Calvin. You just can’t do whatever you want; you need the king and queen’s okays.

At this rate, Hobbes is going to get a better education than Calvin.

My folks insisted that homework be done at the family dining table. With my mother in the near vicinity, either fixing dinner or cleaning up after. There was no TV. We all turned in homework that had been at least viewed by a responsible adult, though it only had her hand actually involved if you asked nicely or it involved art work. And then more with suggestions than “assistance.” I followed much the same practice with my kid, which worked much less well: He “forgot” to turn it in. Every day. Until we got him into an alt school that didn’t seem entirely like jail time to him.

I tended to get nasty remarks on my report cards, even though I was always near the top of the top class. Found out at 75 I had Asperger’s, damm.

Just how much homework does a 6-year-old kid in grade 1 get these days? Maybe I was lucky back in the 1960s, I don’t remember any homework in grade 1. The teacher had to stand over me to watch me print the alphabet or had me stand in class to recite the Jack and Jill poem. How would the teacher know how I did that at home?

Be carefully Calvin, there would be personal sanctions on you if you break the dad’s rules.

Speaking of being fast, Clark Kent must hate post coital talk with Lois.

Hobbes’s expression in the last panel…….

Why aren’t the parents checking the homework?

Homework is just an excuse. The real truth is that Mom and Dad want to be rid of their son for the evening.

“I need some time to stay outside with Hobbes!”

That’s what SHE said, Hobbes!

The Bengals are still in the playoffs! Did their homework?

When my older daughter first started school, I told her she could have an hour of “chill” time where she could play, watch TV, whatever, before starting her homework (yes, they gave homework in Kindergarten). The next year she opted herself to do her homework the moment she got home. The next year her little sister, who started Kindergarten, picked up that habit as well. To this day, it’s still what they do, if they don’t have a study period where they can do it. They’re now a college freshman and a high school junior.

I disagree with giving kids so much homework.

When I taught in elementary school in the U.S. from 1972 – 2010, homework was always, always practice. New material was never sent home before that material was covered in person during class. Is that true now, where you live?

8/10

Mistake number 1, letting Calvin do his homework in his room. To many distractions. My homework time was at the kitchen table right after dinner and before any TV. I hate homework. Not too keen on working at home, truth be told.

Quality is better than quantity, they should spend some of that time going over his work and helping him see his mistakes. Of course he DID do that once leading to the hilarious “you can’t add 2 numbers and get a result smaller than either” “why not, who says I can’t?!” Exchange

So, is Calvin motivated to pressure his parents to have dinner as late as possible, and bedtime as soon as possible after dinner?

I do feel sorry for Calvin. My Mother educated me at home before I ever went to school. From first grade until high school, I was able to do all my homework on the bus on the way home. Way to go, Mom!

How come Hobbes looks so short there?

Homework doesn’t take that long to do when you just make stuff up

I sit down with my son and we do his homework together. When I was young, my father would watch TV, drink beer and smoke cigarettes while I did my homework alone.

In my home, homework was done first thing when we walked into the door. That way, we would more easily remember what we learned that day. And it would help us on our homework

With those bad grades, Calvin will either grow up to be:

Pumping gas

Fry cook

A lazy slob on welfare

Calvin goes to a government-run, a.k.a pubic school. What has government ever gotten right to begin with?