FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for October 04, 2017

Go with cremation, that way the teacher won’t be able to beat up your dead body.

I remember losing a fifteen-page assignment on a flash drive in college. Had to rewrite the entire thing from scratch overnight. The result was probably the best stream-of-consciousness writing I’ll ever do.

Peter must’ve procrastinated by watching something on TV until Andy chastised him and sent him to his room.

Do they still have Cliff Notes available?

I was like that having to read Pride & Prejudice 50 years ago. It was in HS Sr English class.

Two words: CLIFF’S NOTES

One time I had to do a project for a book in elementary school. One Sunday evening, I asked my parents if they could help me. My father asked, “When is it due?” I said, “Tomorrow.” He asked, “When did you first learn about it?” I told him that it was about a week or so ago. He said, “How much do you have done?” I said “Not much,” which was an exaggeration; I had NONE. He said, “You got yourself into this mess…you get yourself out.” I managed to squeak a B out of it, and that put an end to my procrastination streak.

If only peter had access to a brief video summary! Just like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h56Hg-2vYOQ&list=PLZjusUbz75Tk4xq33s_ffYbGGxrmfDY-w

And let me guess, it’s 9:00 at night.

Or worse, it’s 7:30 in the morning before school.

If it’s early evening he might try watching Kenneth Branaugh’s film version (long, but more complete than some others he might find to rent). Teachers tend to be familiar with what Cliff Notes has to say.