Baldo by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos for January 27, 2016

Cheaters ne’er win nor prosper, Baldomero.

Tssk, this doesn’t work, never will.

It is Fraud and he may get caught.

I assume the idea is to trick his dad. If his dad just looks at the grade at the top, then he does not care much himself. If dad wants to go thru the paper, the lie will be out immediately. So Baldo’s effort is wasted either way.

Unless the idea is to just manage dad’s reaction – in which case dad needs a class himself: in how to get kids to care for their own studies instead of worrying about parents’ reactions.

I tried it once, I think my bottom’s still sore.

It would be hard to reconcile the supposed good grade with all of the red marks on the test itself.

I see.

this seems out of character for baldo. put off telling dad, sure. but changing the grade??? wrong

That doesn’t work. You can only change a D into a B!