Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce for November 21, 1999

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Nate: *sigh...* Mr. Rosa: What's wrong, Nate? Nate: The contract my Dad made me sign, that's what's wrong! It's killing me! Nate: Until I bring my grades up, he's not letting me do anything! Nate: No clubs!... No teams!... No extracurricular activities of any kind! Nate: All of the sudden everyone's teasing me and saying I have no life! Nate: The whole school's laughing at me! The call me 'Straight home' Wright because that's where I go after school: Straight home! Mr. Rosa: Well, shame on them, then! Mr. Rosa: The number of teams someone's on isn't the measure of a person! Mr. Rosa: It's who you are that matters, not what you do! Mr. Rosa: You are not what you do, Nate! Okay? You are not what you do! Mr. Rosa: ...Or so I keep telling myself.