When I was in grade school we had a long enough lunch period to go out to the playground and run around plus we had a recess plus gym class a couple-few times a week.
Now they don’t give the kids a break and when they get restless they call it ADHD and drug them.
When I began teaching in 1968, this could have actually happened. We could bring treats to school, and kids brought cakes on their birthdays. You could declare a recess when the kids either were getting too hyper to be effective, or as a reward for getting work done early. We didn’t drug wiggly kids, we let them go run it off. Ten minutes to get it out of their systems and they were ready to concentrate on the lessons again. When I retired in 2000, no one could feed the kids anything, except the school nurse drugging them on a regular basis, because they were afraid of allergies or intentional poisoning, and we had to schedule recess as part of our daily schedule, turned into the office at the beginning of the year.
Hyperactivity can be caused by consuming large amounts of sugar, but consuming large amounts of sugar does not always cause hyperactivity. Even with the consumption of large amounts of sugar, students should still be able to restrain themselves. In Nate’s class, there is a disproportionate amount of hyperactive kids (or as far as we can see, all the kids are hyperactive), which should not happen. Even Francis and Gina can not seem to be able to contain themselves.
Peter Pancake over 6 years ago
Has society come to this?
Synchro StardustDragon over 6 years ago
Usually, Art also Doesn’t fuse with A sugar buzz.
jpayne4040 over 6 years ago
It was the best thing Mr. Galvin could do in that situation!
dwane.scoty1 over 6 years ago
Chemical-induced behavior study is a Science!
MR. STAPLES over 6 years ago
this is why you don’t do drugs kids.
joegee over 6 years ago
When I was in grade school we had a long enough lunch period to go out to the playground and run around plus we had a recess plus gym class a couple-few times a week.
Now they don’t give the kids a break and when they get restless they call it ADHD and drug them.
Kalkkuna over 6 years ago
Why is Mr. Galvin’s nose so red? Some science in there?
Darryl Heine over 6 years ago
I wish Mr. Peirce declared the end of the Big Nate strips if new 2018 Big Nate strips don’t resume soon!
Rachel_E over 6 years ago
The last panel is just way too crazy and creepy. XD
Ed_Bickford creator over 6 years ago
HAHA! Good work Mr. Galvin.
Diane Lee Premium Member over 6 years ago
When I began teaching in 1968, this could have actually happened. We could bring treats to school, and kids brought cakes on their birthdays. You could declare a recess when the kids either were getting too hyper to be effective, or as a reward for getting work done early. We didn’t drug wiggly kids, we let them go run it off. Ten minutes to get it out of their systems and they were ready to concentrate on the lessons again. When I retired in 2000, no one could feed the kids anything, except the school nurse drugging them on a regular basis, because they were afraid of allergies or intentional poisoning, and we had to schedule recess as part of our daily schedule, turned into the office at the beginning of the year.
Bucinka over 6 years ago
You know it’s bad when normally straight-laced Francis is just as buggy as the other kids.
BiggerNate91 over 6 years ago
Which commenter had the picture of Teddy and Francis in the fourth panel as their profile picture?
o_o over 6 years ago
Will reruns go on forever? Beacause almost all strips this year are reruns.
Cardinals Coach Premium Member over 6 years ago
Is this one new? I don’t remember it in any of my Big Nate books, I think i have all of them.
LINK_O_NEAL over 6 years ago
Today’s random comic!!!
http://www.gocomics.com/bignate/1999/02/03
LINK_O_NEAL over 6 years ago
Unfortunately, sugar doesn’t get me that high anymore. Unless I eat a ton of it. LOL
Something tells me Mrs Clarke is getting back at Galvin for something. LOLUNCLE_TED over 6 years ago
Probably one of my favorite Nate comics. I love the last panel so much lol
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 6 years ago
The sugar buzz is a myth.
Onyx over 6 years ago
We’re not allowed to bring in anything to share now
c`mon on man over 6 years ago
BEST CLASS EVER!!! LOL!!! :)
hev1 over 6 years ago
Hyperactivity can be caused by consuming large amounts of sugar, but consuming large amounts of sugar does not always cause hyperactivity. Even with the consumption of large amounts of sugar, students should still be able to restrain themselves. In Nate’s class, there is a disproportionate amount of hyperactive kids (or as far as we can see, all the kids are hyperactive), which should not happen. Even Francis and Gina can not seem to be able to contain themselves.
Dizz-Z over 6 years ago
Mr. Galvin is so weird, right?
nuklearpolarbear over 6 years ago
i’v had much more sugar then that and my eyes did not look like that…
no234ab over 6 years ago
Big Nate is forever dead. Stop hoping the reruns go away. This comic has died.
o_o over 6 years ago
in memory of peanuts: http://www.gocomics.com/bignate/2000/05/27
namelocdet over 6 years ago
Funniest Nate strip in a while. LOL!
The Red Hypergiant over 6 years ago
How much cupcakes, brownies, and soda have they eaten/drank? I’ll guess a million lol
LINK_O_NEAL over 6 years ago
http://www.gocomics.com/profile/2919433
N8ORIUS about 6 years ago
I like the crazed look in all their eyes
Stonkss almost 6 years ago
If only this was real life…
Tactropyc almost 6 years ago
If the conversation was with mrs.godfrey…“What about you, Mrs.Godfrey? Got anything special planned for class?”“Yes. Detention”
DevilDog2001 Premium Member over 5 years ago
Fourth panel: green sky, blue grass, and Teddy is strangling a black-eyed Francis. I get that they’re working off a sugar buzz, but holy cow!
Ehi10 over 5 years ago
even gina is going nuts
RBK_sandwich over 4 years ago
last panel reminds me of the music video of “Black Hole Sun” by Soundgarden
JulianJet almost 4 years ago
Found this strip, finally. I love how insane the kids look.
Calvin and hobbes #1 almost 4 years ago
Does it look like Francis has a black eye to anyone else?
Over-Confident Nate (Comic Reviewer) almost 4 years ago
why isn’t Francis choking?
samhaanen884 over 3 years ago
The origin of my Profile Picture
TheShadow1614279 about 3 years ago
look at Francis in panel four
ComicAssassin almost 2 years ago
francis’s eyes look bruised in the last panel
markkahler52 over 1 year ago
Kids, on the Bus and to the Dead show – NOW!!
markkahler52 over 1 year ago
The kids get on the bus and then they… tremble and explode!! Runnin’, runnin’, runnin’ around!!
GaspingCat 11 months ago
It’s heterogeneous XD
DACuber 10 months ago
Notice how Teddy is choking Francis