Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for June 11, 2017

Bernice got you there, Luann.

“Be careful what you wish for, you might get it.”

Old habits are hard to break for either of them.

Luann has a point though. It’s usually easier to give lessons than to learn them.

School Teacher! A very Noble Profession, Luann! You’re Great with Kids! Say, Weren’t You once nervous around Kids and was Gunther, the Guy that You said many times that You “Care Very Much For,” Helped You overcome that? Yeah, that’s what I thought.

Well, Tiff, the Gal You HATE, is playing "Patty-Cake with Gunther!

And “NO,” I’m Not saying THAT because I want to see a"Fight"….,

https://www.verywell.com/how-long-does-it-take-to-become-a-psychologist-2794935

In order to become a licensed clinical psychologist, you need to:

Earn Your Bachelor’s Degree (Timeline: 4 to 5 Years)

Earn Your Master’s Degree (Timeline: 2 to 3 Years)

Earn Your Doctorate Degree (Timeline: 4 to 7 Years)

When I was growing up the standard line was 10 years to be a doctor, but it appears in the age of universities where it is difficult to get the classes you want from year to year, that number could be as high as 15 years. Bernice appears to be counting on at least 2 extra years, possibly more.

If Luann’s ‘go nuts’ expression were to be taken at face value, my wife, a classroom assistant/teacher’s aide, would tell you that the name of the school would have to be changed to “Planters’™ Academy”!

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But, somewhere along the way, you get the good feeling of trying to help young minds go on the right track, in life, and seeing them actually take it….

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And for your troubles, about two months and two weeks (and a few other days, scattered on the calendar) of “Aaaahhhhhh!”….kinda like that travel booking commercial….

Wait, wait, wait! When did Luann actually say she intended to become a teacher?

Regarding going back to school: I like Lila’s comment, ’I’d rather take all my skin off with an apple peeler than go back to school." (from The Meaning of Lila).

“All’s Well…That Ends ‘Bell!’ "

“By The End Of The Year, You’ve Got No Class!”

“Victorious Principal: The Model Of Education”

“Trying To Lesson Your Load”

“Cafe-teary-eyed”

“Vive La Difference!”

“Grade’s Anatomy”

“Quick, Robin! To The Teacher’s Lounge!”

“An Apple For Mr. Adam”

“The Annual West High Bats’ School Dance”

“Watusi, Is What You Get” (♩)

“In The Recesses Of Your Mind”

“Chalk The Way You Talk”

“School Can Be A Bit Test-y, At Times”

“The Mother Lode, Deep In The Mind”

“It’s The Principal Of The Whole Thing!”

“Hay! Teechur! Leev Doz Kiddz A Loan!…..” (♪)

“Hey! Children! Leave That Teech Alone!” (♪)

“The Faculties Of Life”

or

“Give Them Extra Credit”

I have a question. Many people criticize Luann for not having ideas about and motivations toward her career. Yet, they admire Nancy, her mother, who does not have a career. I see Luann as a wife and mother. What’s wrong with that?

If Luann really wants to become a teacher, she ought to be taking classes in the Education or Child Development department. Given that we always see her in art class, I had thought she planned to be an art major.

By the way, I don’t really think that her work at Kids First is putting her on the road to being a teacher. That place should be called “Feuding with Tiffany First, Kids Second.”

@Puzz and Luannaphile: Sorry I got back so late! Enjoyed those!

On June 4, 2012, Bernice said she wanted to be a veterinarian and Luann (jokingly) said she wanted to be a Thermodynamics Astrophysicist:

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http://www.gocomics.com/luann/2012/06/04?comments=visible

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On June 11, 2012, Luann is looking into Juilliard:

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http://www.gocomics.com/luann/2012/06/11?comments=visible

It does appear that Sunday Bern has matured considerably. She looks like she’s 40 years old or maybe a fit 50.

So…..what are your thoughts about common core?

Do you think Greg will actually allow these characters to grow up and into adults? And then what? Well, maybe we could focus on Shannon as she becomes a teen. Lots of story lines there!

So the whole “actress” / Juilliard thing is off the boards now? Remember that before Greg Evans created Luann, he started out by writing and drawing Fogarty, a give-away strip for school newspapers about a teacher in a classroom setting. Is it his idea for Luann finally to become the new Mr. Fogarty, and then the whole cycle can start over again?

Hey, it’s totally different on the other side of the desk… Isn’t it?Ooooohhhhhhh, yeahhhhhhhhhhhh… like you wouldn’t believe. (Cue ominous cello chords here.)

Yeah,except for the pay…it’s worse!

It’s a lot more work on the other side of the desk. If you do it right, anyway.

Teachers need a master’s degree. LuAnnn will have almost as much schooling to complete!

No not really Lu

Only certain states require teachers to have a Masters degree. California doesn’t.

SallyMargaret comments on Nancy’s lack of a career, other than wife and mother…….I agree with her. That’s perfectly okay. At least she looks a ton better than Ms. Berger, who must be in the same age bracket, but has out of date clothes, terrible hair, and dates a rotund 50 plus ex-Vegas casino manager (with a questionable background). For that matter, what does Frank do besides tinker with his local theater/restaurant?

I thought Luann was going into the arts? Why is she wasting time on Zebo’s cockamamie art classes if she’s going into education?

Since no one’s opinion means anything here, I like to think that Frank met Nancy while he was in college studying accounting, and Nancy was a waitress working at Hooters’. She was very much like Tiffany, but without the family baggage.

This makes NO sense! Her patience with children would make her a good Mom, not a good teacher. Because teachers not only need patience, but also a passion for knowledge, with which to inspire their students. Plainly she doesn’t have that.

What she does have is an instinct for placement and proportion, on a practical level, that she used well in set design, which could also apply in a career as an interior decorator, an architect, or a civil engineer—none of which exclude also being a good Mom. She should go with her skill-set.

GO comics, I HATE how you so overload each page with ads (which everybody ignores) that you become unnavigable. I mean really, buffering on every third letter typed? I wish I was exaggerating! Even as a retiree I don’t have time for this.

Psychologist: 8 years. Less if you can fast-track through a Masters program and straight into a Ph.D. Psychiatrist is different, since it requires clinical training, so about 1-2 years of residency in addition to “Psychologist” schooling.

So Luann is becoming a teacher… I wonder how Mr. Fogarthy would feel about that…?

Psychiatrist: 4 years of undergraduate, 4 years of medical school, then residency and fellowship. Psychiatry residency is generally 2 years. A child and adolescent psychiatrist adds on another 2 years of child and adolescent fellowship.

Another ‘’well, DUH!’’ moment!

It IS different on the other side of the desk!

Luann has never been a better than mediocre student, she doesn’t like schoolwork. and education just isn’t her thing. So why does she want to be a teacher? After what we’ve seen of her own poor classroom performance in the first decades of this strip, would you want to send your kids to be in her class at school?

Luann does seem to be good at providing care for young kids (her reading stories in the library, and what she does to mind the students at Lincoln Elementary’s day care). So why doesn’t she choose a job working at a day care center, or maybe being a full-time nanny? She’d be a lot better at that than at teaching.

Ahh, no, Luann. It’s harder on the teacher-side of the desk. So, if you’re looking for an easy route, becoming a teacher is not what you should do. Try something else to earn your living, and continue to volunteer as an aide for younger kids for the satisfaction it gives you….

I hope she plans to be an art teacher, or else constantly repeating Zebo’s class is a real waste of her time. Heck, it’s a waste even if she does plan to teach art, since Zebo is just a pretentious fraud anyway. Luann could probably learn more on her own.

A schoolteacher?? OMG Get a job with good pay, already!!!!

One wonders if at some point Greg will have Luann transfer to Moony.

No. It isn’t different on the other side of the desk.

People carp about teachers getting paid for a whole year and getting the summer off – but let me tell you – They EARN it.

Liz Patterson – one of the daughters from For Better or for Worse became a teacher … perhaps she and Luann can compare notes. :)

I loved both sides of the desk. Go for it, Luann.

Yes, it is much different. It’s 10x worse. stay away from middle schoolers. They are evil.

Ask Mr Fogerty.