The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for January 20, 2021

the rest of the kids didn’t fall for it…

Kayla’s all happy and summary.

It was show and tell so she brought a “see-horse” floaty

Summerize, schulmerize. It’s still fricken winter. It’s really cold. How cold is it? (The audience responds) It was so cold….Jack in the Box stayed put.

I’m surprised the teacher used improper grammar. Her statement should’ve ended “as I asked.” When I was in grammar school, little things like that mattered and we all were taught proper English.

The floatie is always a good visual.

She’ll do great in the secretarial pool.

Can’t say that I blame the other kids for not complying. Its so cold in the classroom that even the teacher insists on wearing mittens and a fur lined coat.

Spell check strikes again. Next the weather presenter will be suggesting to dress for the ‘70s

spelling counts

“ahhCHOO”

“Kayla, are you coming down with a cold?”

They’re all wearing coats, hats, and gloves? How cold is it in that classroom?

Where is Rat with his huge mallet when you need him?

Being English class, the other students just naturally assumed you meant grammatically.

They couldn’t hear you, lady. They were wearing ear muffs.

Teacher’s pet - teacher’s pet! She tried this again in 10 years and all the boys fell in love.

Some are eyes, some are Marians, some are cottages.

Must be a classroom in NZ or Oz …

That class is a real beach.

Kayla is the coolest kid in the class.

The rest of the class recapped instead.

Little blue Kayla.

The kids all read her speech balloon when she gave the assignment, but everyone besides Kayla just assumed it was a typo.