Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce for September 16, 2012

You have GOT to be kidding me

Nate actually did this before, with Thomas Jefferson

OMG Lincoln. How did you ever manage to write this? It is priceless. Is it a leftover essay from when you were teaching? I can’t wait to read the other comments on this strip.

I probably took the longest time reading this strip compared to the others; nevertheless still very funny

Washington never chopped down the tree, right? If i remember correctly it was just a story

:-)))))))))))

I should probably read it, but too much text so early in the morning.

Let us take this gently – Now, the world is round like a ball. It is VERRRY large – so, the sun – oh! never mind!

On another note – Mr Peirce, you are a genius. I have had students hand me in essays with song lyrics as verbal ballast. But this is right up there with some of the best in the world!

I THOUGHT he was making some stuff up.

Nate’s teacher should step down from her profession andtry and another profession…dance hall girl.

Mr Peirce, was it easier to come up with THAT story or draw more panels? :-)

This is great. I’m glad he stuck in the “very, very…”

I’m in california. Right mow it is 7:00.

at first glance, i thought big nate was coming to an END and this was some farewell letter or something. whew!

Nice made-up story Nate.

Some make history, some make up history, and those who do not learn from history are destined to repeat it.

(or have to take it again next year)

Any way you look at it, I see a meeting soon b/t Nate & Mr. Nichols, who, from behind his office desk, will be saying: “Sit DOWN, son”. Chortle! CHORTLE!!

I’ve read worse.

I didn’t read it.

Kinda reminds me of a report I had to on General William T. Sherman. It had to be 8 pages long, but there was no word count quota. So I made two reports – one to turn in, and a second to CMA. The first was about 5 pages of Xeroxed historical photos and maps with a paragraph of description, two pages of double-spaced(it had to be double-spaced) blurb, and one page of references used.The CMA copy was in case I got in trouble for the first – it actually had 4 pages of text, 3 pages of maps & photos, and one page of references.

Guess which one got the A? – The first one of course!Never had to use the CMA version. I’m not even certain the teacher read it – I basically ripped about 50% of the text straight out of my textbook, and used the other references for the photos and maps. With a wee bit o’ filler to make the page count.

It was for High School, but you would think the teacher would recognize text straight from the textbook……(This is/ has been a major reason for my cynicism about the public education system in the US)

Did anyone count the words?

haha George wanted to retire to Mount Vernon, but the rest of the country was like: we don’t THINK so.

Nate’s essay is actually quite correct. it’s the execution that’s not that great. Skewered syntax and minor inaccuracies aside,Nate’s report is actually quite good.

how did he do that?

It has been said that the best stories contain an element of truth. This was great.

As the teacher, I would probably give it a D for facts and A for creativity….

For me its late. 8:26 PM on 10/4/13

Someday I will copy this for my homework assignments

I see the slightest of a smile on Mrs Godfrey’s face…

I see a smile on her face

George didn’t cut down a cherry tree, and his teeth were animal hide.

He could have made it less opinionated and instead expand some elements. For example, he said Washington’s dad died, but not how, when, or where. He could’ve also explained how he got wooden teeth.

Who else counted the words?

Sometimes reading the last panel first makes the strip so much funnier.

Too many unrelated tangents, and is talking to the reader

He is making stuff up. there is a part where he talked about Ohio, which was not a state at the time. also note the cherry tree, which is fake

Reminds me of the comic where big nate started typing so,so,so,so,so, and very,very,very,very, LOL

I’d have given him an A just for making me laugh so hard!!

He gave 500 words though.