Had a friend’s daughter in grade 4 getting bullied. She told the parents. She told the teacher. Teacher had a talk with the parents of the bully. Nothing changed. After a while, he was giving her trouble again and she smacked him one. She’d followed protocol and no successful intervention had occurred so she did what she had to to get his attention.
She got suspended from school and a note in her permanent file.
Strangely, the bully left her alone after that.
Another kid I knew was having trouble on the bus. He told the driver who told the kids to knock it off. It came back. His folks talked to the school and said they’d talk to the parents. It kept going. finally, one morning, he went over the seat at the two jerks behind him with both fists swinging.
His dad said to the principal: “He did everything you asked him to and you failed to stop it, so he tried to stop it himself. Why are you calling me?”
BE THIS GUY almost 4 years ago
Hitting a fellow student with a rock, even a bully like Moe, will get you a suspension.
Robert4170 almost 4 years ago
This won’t end well for Calvin.
Kymberleigh almost 4 years ago
Wasn’t there a Twilight Zone episode with the same basic plot concept?
jmworacle almost 4 years ago
I wasn’t aware Calvin has a death wish…..
Scorpio Premium Member almost 4 years ago
My word, that tongue-twisting alliteration in the second panel is epic
BigDaveGlass almost 4 years ago
Could do with more Spaceman Spiff…..
Roblox Lover! :P almost 4 years ago
Maybe a pebble, but a rock? That’s just mean
jpayne4040 almost 4 years ago
Looks like Spaceman Spiff is going to get a very painful defeat!
M2MM almost 4 years ago
Calvin’s lookin’ for a beatin’ from Moe.
gokar 4,la almost 4 years ago
Ain’t lichen what’s coming !
Emjeff almost 4 years ago
Re-reading C&H after I’ve raised kids, I find a lot of these comics sad. Calvin is a lonely little boy.
Nyckname almost 4 years ago
Well isn’t that just #@%§ spiffy.
A Hip loving Canadian... almost 4 years ago
Well, as long as it’s set to ‘stun’, I say fire away. The inhabitants of the sprawling city just might thank him.
chromosome Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Awesome art!
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
It seems that there are few bullies that don’t meet a bigger bully.
chief almost 4 years ago
Kind of reminds me of an old Twilight Zone episode (that I saw when it was new).
MichaelHelwig almost 4 years ago
So Calvin does know some geometry. I wonder if he knows the correct names of the shapes.
chief almost 4 years ago
This is the episode I was thinking about: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734655/
flagmichael almost 4 years ago
Before Spiff was a Spaceman, what was he called? Spunky Spiff? Spitting Spiff? So many questions….
Otis Rufus Driftwood almost 4 years ago
Let’s appreciate the fact Calvin shows more intelligence here compared with Moe. Which makes his possible action in the last panel really unpleasant.
AndrewSihler1 almost 4 years ago
Pedant checking in, in Linnaean systematics the genus is capitalized but not the species, so Doofus ignoramus.
tripwire45 almost 4 years ago
Get him, Spiff.
gantech almost 4 years ago
Forget Calvin’s suspension…Spaceman Spiff may face prosecution for squashing miniature farmers when he pressed his gigantic hands to the earth…
DCBakerEsq almost 4 years ago
If we off’d all the school yard bullies, where’d we find our future corporate execs? And, IP attorneys?
The Orange Mailman almost 4 years ago
I love the way some of these classics end keeping you in suspense.
Stephen Gilberg almost 4 years ago
Was this the only time Spiff discovered life and didn’t treat it like an enemy?
coffeeturtle almost 4 years ago
Phasers… er rock…set to stun.
kaladorn almost 4 years ago
Had a friend’s daughter in grade 4 getting bullied. She told the parents. She told the teacher. Teacher had a talk with the parents of the bully. Nothing changed. After a while, he was giving her trouble again and she smacked him one. She’d followed protocol and no successful intervention had occurred so she did what she had to to get his attention.
She got suspended from school and a note in her permanent file.
Strangely, the bully left her alone after that.
Another kid I knew was having trouble on the bus. He told the driver who told the kids to knock it off. It came back. His folks talked to the school and said they’d talk to the parents. It kept going. finally, one morning, he went over the seat at the two jerks behind him with both fists swinging.
His dad said to the principal: “He did everything you asked him to and you failed to stop it, so he tried to stop it himself. Why are you calling me?”