Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for February 27, 2023

Crab teacher wishes she can finish you off but the darn school rules won’t let her.

Stupendous man is saved/doomed!

he’s doomed either way

Given that she smokes a lot, she probably won’t live to retirement.

And you know the rest. (Hint: BOOM)

Your fate is locked up

“One day closer to retirement,” was my mantra.

Poor teacher. And many countries want to increase the age when you can officially retire.

Ms. Wormwood reminds me of a Witch* of a teacher I had in first grade.

*Changed the word as to not incure the rath of checquers.

I honestly don’t understand how he thinks being Stupendous Man will help him with his test in the first place. Does Stupendous Man also have stupendous academic skills?

Suzie, the class rat!

You should only have Calvin for one year. Not every year. But since he never ages in this comic you will be stuck with him forever. You will never retire and you will never be rid of Calvin.

Miss Wormwood must be going for the full 50.

This is what happens when a plan is not thoroughly thought out!

In Texas teachers can under the rule of 80=age+years of service=80, then they get 2.3% x years of service x highest average salary.

Busted!

Five years until retirement. Best of luck Mrs. Wormwood. I hope your state doesn’t decide to shift your medical insurance costs to you as a thank you for all your years of service.

Nobody likes a tattletale!

Calvin will pop out of the locker, scaring the bejeebers out of Mrs. Wormwood and giving her a heart attack.

Uh-oh, Stupendous Man’s arch-fiend Annoying Girl has blabbed to Crab Teacher about the masked man of might’s whereabouts!

If Calvin doesn’t say something, he may never get out.

I taught for 35 years….I can relate

Ms Wormwood is the spitting image of my second grade teacher…….except a bit slimmer.

Miss Wormwood sure looks like she has more than the requisite maximum 30 years of teaching behind her or (more likely) it’s just aged her prematurely.

my decision to retire from teaching came about rather suddenly and then I counted days, not years

Hmmm … reality continues to ruin Calvin’s life

Susie you little whistleblower! :) In Calvin’s case it’s justified though, for simple reasons of self-preservation

Is Miss Wormwood a spinster or was there a Mr. Wormwood?

Early retirement is lookin better and better huh teach.

Calvin gets to spend her last five years in detention with her monitoring.

He’s lucky it’s not Sister Mary Joseph!!!!

I am not an old woman. However, I am an old man, and as an elementary school teacher, I totally identify with Ms. Wormwood. However, my mantra is a bit more optimistic: “FIVE DAYS TO RETIREMENT!”

Funny she doesn’t look Finnish.

Those five years can’t go fast enough for poor Mrs. Wormwood…

Susie “tattle tale” Derkins

Calvin is drawn nearer and nearer to the ’worm’hole of disaster!

She looks like 5 years past retirement…now you have a choice Calvin…