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1. about 2 hours ago on Peanuts Begins

   He’s a little boy! The original dirt-magnets!

2. about 2 hours ago on Speechless

   Ladybug could follow me home any day!

3. about 2 hours ago on Speechless

   That’s fine, Len!!

4. about 2 hours ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   Reminds me of a girl who signed on as a part time summer temp where I worked at the time. She complained about how she had “no personal time.” (She was in her early twenties.) Everyone stared in disbelief and I finally asked her what she thought her parents did all day. That was nearly thirty years ago; now a lot of young adults seem to want to be paid without working at all.

5. 1 day ago on Connie to the Wonnie

   Looking at Panel 3, when your reflection sneers at you, does that count as self-hatred?

6. 1 day ago on Buni

   A cup without coffi is just ceramics.

7. 1 day ago on Peanuts

   Most likely an “unsatisfactory.”

8. 1 day ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   And for teachers who recognise in a heartbeat the papers written by students who use them as their only source.

9. 2 days ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   Same thing happened in my teaching courses in college. No one ever took the time to say, “OK, this is how you draw up a basic lesson plan.” And then they expected us to be able to just do it by instinct. I have mentioned this to people in three different countries and they agreed with me. You’re just supposed to get it by osmosis, I guess.

10. 2 days ago on Calvin and Hobbes

    Looking back, our elementary teachers scolded us for copying things out of the encyclopedia for reports. Not one of them, however, took class time to show us how to do it right. They just expected us to know.