Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce for February 04, 2002
February 03, 2002
February 05, 2002
Transcript:
"Mrs. Godfrey, why are you always making us memorize all these historical dates? Why do we have to be so exact about it?" "I know what the Louisiana Purchase was! I know how important it was! So why do I need to memorize the exact year it happened? Why?...Why?" "In case you end up being tested on it." "Did you ever stop to think about the similarities between school and the insurance industry?"
My teacher actually once pointed out that some things that our grade needed to learn according to the school curriculum had absolutely no application in real life.