Frazz by Jef Mallett for November 25, 2015

Ah, it’s a hard lesson but an important one:little children cannot always pull the wool over the eyes of all adults, not even in this strip. Still, as with young criminals in jail, I’m sure Caulfield can sharpen his game and his scheming through experience. And maybe get a little academic education besides.

@The Wolf in your Midst (from yesterday)“If you don’t fold time carefully, it can get wrinkled.So can you, for that matter.”-And then you will say, “Who? Which? Whatsis?”

ON your suggestions, I read Tuck E. Should I see themovie too? Or just stay with the book. You can buy it on Amazon for a penny.

Unfortunately, Caulfield could be harmed because his boredom makes him ‘act out’ (admittedly, an all-purpose term used for anything the teacher finds annoying), and possibly get a rep as a troublemaker. He needs an at-your-own-pace gifted program, but while schools spend time and funds trying to assimilate special needs students into regular classrooms causing the general run of students to have attention diverted from them, there is too little being done to allow the Caulfields to go full speed ahead.

cforzettingThe creative/divergent thinker type of gifted is the one most often cheated in our educational system. It is often too difficult for adults to keep up with one smarter than they. As comicsssfan incessantly points out, the kinesthetically gifted get all the attention, while the artistically gifted are fast approaching the creative/divergent thinker type in neglect.

School sports do not pay their way. I don’t think Texas is that far out of line for US average, despite the stereotype. One third of the capital expenditures (stadium, weight room, etc.) is dedicated to sports activities and not used for any other purpose. It is doubtful if there would be a band program if it weren’t a traditional part of sports, certainly the lesser status of orchestra supports the claim. A quarter to a third of faculty (increasing with grade level) is devoted to PE teachers and coaches, who are given token academic subject to teach to varying levels of competency (I only encountered two in my public school career). This doesn’t even count the crippling (or even fatal) injuries to players whose bodies are hardly developed enough to be able to take the stresses.