Peanuts by Charles Schulz for October 15, 2020

eye roll indeed, Sally’s older brother

It never occurred to anyone I went to school with, either

Write a report on Rivers? Would that be Joan Rivers, or River Phoenix? I know why not combine the report and write about both of them? You’ll sure to get extra Brownie points.

Back when you had to research stuff instead of Googling it…

Sometimes the direct approach is the best approach.

According to one story, Henry Kissinger was a stern taskmaster. He asked his subordinate to prepare a report for him.

The following day Kissinger called the man into his office where he tossed the report on the desk, pointed to it and said, “Is that the best you can do?”

The man mumbled some apologies, took the report and went back to work.

Kissinger repeated the act the following day. Again the man went away dejected.

On the third day, the man broke down and replied, “I’m sorry sir. I can’t do any better.” Kissinger replied, “OK, I’ll read it now.”

Hey, what are big brothers for?

Kids these days. No common sense or ambition.

Hard work is as much a rare superpower like commonsense in these days

Sally’s best report would still fail, poor classroom challenged thing that she is.

Of course, nowadays she would just lift one off the Net and put her name on it.

Remember the TV series “Welcome Back Kotter”? In one episode, Kotter caught one of the Sweathogs plagiarizing a paper. He was ready to lower the boom on the kid when he realized it was the very same paper he had plagiarized when he had been a student there.

they still make peanuts comics????

An oldie but a goodie…..

Hard work won’t kill you. But, it will certainly ruin a perfectly good weekend.

Nah… ☺

Charlie Brown in the last panel is like “Is this kid serious?”

Or his trademark “Good grief!”

xxx

I’ll give you a head start, Sally:

“Why the East River is Not a River.”

You’ll start an immediate controversy, and if controversy sells, it should also net good grades.

Sally seems related to Calvin here; same work ethic.

That suggestion apparently takes the treacherous path, which most of us would like to avoid.