Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for May 21, 2010

You’re incorrigable….

I’m surprised you didn’t get an F. You better get on that book report if you want to improve on that D.

Good Morning, Marg!

Calvin’s a lost cause.

Let me guess Calvin,, u forgot about book report…

…. I wish my life as a child is an intresting as Calvin.

then again, which child can be as smart as Calvin in his age

As if his day could get any worse………

Incorrigable!!

so a D minus minus makes it a D+? Two negatives make a positive …

D-minus-minus, my foot. You can split the difference between a D and an F infinitely if you need the kid to pass. But Calvin should have got an F for that non-effort with a minus tacked on for dishonesty.

Not to say I don’t like the kid. That’s beside the point.

The Game starts again! :)

D-! Ha! I knew it. Be thankful young man that you just barely passed.

He doesn’t want to hear that, Hobbes.

As my wife the teacher observed just a few hours ago, some kids have no sense of pattern recognition …

Interestingly Hobbes is the only being (non-human) who will not get Calvin into trouble. He always has an ear for Calvin’s antics. He also has a wise but sarcastic mouth.

“My what?”

That cracked me up, Clavin and Hobbes and Peanuts are the only comic stips that ever made me laugh. I like how this strip had a lot up build up for the ending joke. Today’s comic strips in newspaper are just bland, uncreative and BORING. I stopped reading the funnies in the newspaper years ago.

Margueritem and LX013 - incorrigable he might be but we, his readers, keep icorriging him to excite us with his antics.

dont worry calvin.. hobbes is kidding.. HEY!!! lets go play calvinball!!! YEIIIII!!!!

Incorrigible, right! I think the only take-away lesson our little guy will learn is the politician’s credo: Don’t get caught!

Later he will learn the five words that politicians fear most:

Will the defendant please rise?

Poor kid needs some play time to recover from goofing off all day.

Despite all his troubles he’s in a much better mood than when he started his day.

HOBBES!!! good to see you!! i have been missing you…. and thanks for reminding calvin of that book report. :)

Calvin, grab your books and head over to Susie’s. I bet she’s in a mood to help you.

A D- -? MissWormwood was too nice! Calvin deserved an F and a - in Conduct as well. What does Susie see in this guy? And welcome back Hobbes! We missed you.

Welcome Back Hobbes. Yes, we missed you.

Aw, I wanted to see Calvin take the long walk.

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Good morning Marg! Good morning Fran and Kizzzy!

According to my math a D minus minus would actually be a D plus.

Oh boy .. not another visit to the principal!!

@possiblekim: What child could be as bright as Calvin at his age?

Well…ahem…I was. And I was much more responsible (especially about my schoolwork) too, despite being very similar to Calvin in all the other basic ways that count. And I have known kids who were brighter still.

If only Calvin could learn to focus. That would be a very great gift, for then nothing could stop him from becoming anything he wanted to be.

ahaha.we never learn dont we?

(4th panel) Kid, there’s always another book report.

Calvin in on a career track to become the next and best CEO of British Petroleum.

Or a Massachusetts or Illinois senator…

G’Morning Mike Firesmith and Loki.

Loki, did you eat Calvin’s book report?

RE all the comments on the grade Calvin recieved: Look at it from Miss Wormwood’s perspective.

Would YOU be willing to risk having to teach a class with Calvin in it for TWO YEARS IN A ROW?!!!

When Calvin grows up, maybe he can replace Beetle Bailey.

I might have been here earlier, but we ‘research assistants’ were busy observing the sunrise! By the way, the sun is like bread dough; it comes up in the y(east).

Puddleglum2, I decided to sleep in. I didn’t like what Danae was paying.

A D minus minus is a (small) cut above an F plus, which is about where Calvin likes to be. Now he’ll have to play all weekend and remind his parents Sunday night (after the library closes, of course) of his book report.

It doesn’t end when you are a adult. I just said to my wife you have book club tonight and she said @#*^# I haven’t read that book yet. Looks like another search on the internet for a condensed version.

I hated book reports when I was in school.

Cliff’s Notes or Monarch Notes were popular must-reads when I went to school.

Calvin’s mind is elsewhere … like in his make-believe reality with Hobbes or other dimensions when he is having fun and being creative. Please, let’s hope that all those adults looking at Calvin, don’t stifle his creative side. Channel it elsewhere, like into more effective educational methods.

Oh No! Here we go again!

calvin,its better then a test! get crackin’

Grog, Well, i’m not independently wealthy, as you are. I have to take what I can get …and “Make hay while the sun shines.” We research assistants observe together. “Many hands make ‘light’ work.” Danae is like Calvin; she doesn’t ‘pay’ attention, but I often don’t get paid attention. If I were egocentric, it might bother me. :o) P.S. Thank you for the attention.

BTW, I’m not like those people who crave attention even if it’s negative. I relate to a comment from yesterday, “No noose is good noose.”

Easy to forget something when your in hot water.

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Hobbes, ever the constant friend and good lawyer keeping his clients’s affairs always in mind….it’s a source of consistent interest to me to try to figure out what Calvin will actually become in later life….like any of the rest of us knew what would happen to us…lol

Well, Calvin, unlike the very last minute bug collection you tried to throw together (earning you a D-minus-minus) … Hobbes has given you a more than sufficient enough reminder that you have a book report due soon so get crackin’, kid!!!!!

Books can report me, too?!!!

@ Demonsloth,

Have you checked out Cul de Sac? There is another one for the list.

the boy just doesn’t know what’s going on in his class,blame the teacher.

Hobbes, Calvin didn’t really want to hear that…

Good to see he has learned his lesson well!!

Good suggestion Lew – I’ll bet Susie would really like to give him lots of help.

For anyone who finds today’s comics boring – you haven’t seen Danae – a female Calvin

D - -? Didn’t know such things existed

Hobbes is all his happyness, the only what counts!