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Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for January 24, 2015
Transcript:
Rat: I don't get it. We teach every kindergarten student to share and yet somehow everyone grows up to be a selfish @#$@. Goat; So what do you recommend? Rat: That we teach every kid to be a selfish @#$@# and hope for the best. Goat: It's a wonder you're not in education. Rat: 'Day 1... How to fight for sandbox supremacy.'
Sherlock Watson about 10 years ago
Next, heâll write a new childrenâs book: The Cat in the Hat Meets Ayn Rand.:Let the trolling begin!
Bilan about 10 years ago
The must be a pre-law course.
Boots at the Boar Premium Member about 10 years ago
You donât find too many racist kindergartners either, but somehow by high school, life becomes pretty segregated.
Kaputnik about 10 years ago
I would think that Rat would want everyone else to be unselfish, so that he can take advantage of them.
paul GROSS Premium Member about 10 years ago
Actually we donât teach them to be share. We teach them that they are special and pump them so full of self esteem that they think the world revolves around them.
jreckard about 10 years ago
No teaching required. Itâs called original sin.
Cameron1988 Premium Member about 10 years ago
itâs how society treats us when weâre adults, Rat
alfracto about 10 years ago
The road to heaven is paved with BAD intentions!
Cajtri87 about 10 years ago
It is not the schools that are at fault, it is bad parenting. Plain and simple.
Sisyphos about 10 years ago
âWeâ are already teaching the kids that, Rat. Thatâs the problem. Morality is only for the old-fashioned, the fringe, the clingers. In the world of narcissism and hedonism, anything goes, and âthatâs okay.â
johndifool about 10 years ago
Synch with todayâs Lio (sandworms in the sandbox)âŠ
Defective about 10 years ago
Kids become messed up as soon as theyâre born. Babies are quick studies and everyone around them is already messed up.
Godfreydaniel about 10 years ago
Pig actually contradicts Ratâs âreasoningâ, being one of the least selfish characters in comics. And Pig is more or less a little kid in a pigâs body.
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member about 10 years ago
Kids arenât taught to share; theyâre forced to share and they resent it. Itâs a lesson they remember when they get old enough to defend what belongs to them.
Saddenedby Premium Member about 10 years ago
iâm not so sure rat that we arenât already doing what you suggest. after all more is âcaughtâ by kids in watching people than âtaughtâ to them by words.
Number Three about 10 years ago
Well youâre the expert at that, Rat!
xxx
Phatts about 10 years ago
Just teach kids they can be as selfish as they want, but they canât have anything unless theyâre willing to give up something. The problem isnât selfishness, thatâs just human nature. The problem is everybody wants everything for FREE. They get all snotty when they find out nobodyâs going to give them anything without some sort of payment.
claire de la lune. about 10 years ago
Stephan Pastis should write some self-help book. I would read that.
rgcviper about 10 years ago
Rat as a teacherânow THATâS a scary thought.
On a semi-related note: Bring back the crocs!
Die Barney over 4 years ago
Step 2: Conquering the playground