FoxTrot by Bill Amend for August 22, 2021

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    Kroykali  about 3 years ago

    Today’s classic Sunday strip we’re missing:

    https://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2000/08/20

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    Concretionist  about 3 years ago

    In college I (seldom) met a guy named Bill who read all the texts in the slack time before the term started. He then attended class and listened closely, taking no notes. He never studied other than that, and spend a lot of time doing things like writing musicals for the college theater club, singing with the men’s chorus, running the campus magazine and throwing or attending parties. Those around him tended to flunk out by following his example. He, on the other hand, pulled in scores well above 98% on all his tests.

    The only real problem was that he was such a NICE guy that he was hard to hate for breaking the curve…

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    Templo S.U.D.  about 3 years ago

    seriously, Jason? follow Peter’s study habits?

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    Cornelius Noodleman  about 3 years ago

    I only use notebooks with Superheroes on the cover.

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    Arbitrary  about 3 years ago

    Isn’t that Jason’s normal method too? I mean he’s usually doing college level work for fun. Studying for a test is absurd for him.

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    KenseidenXL  about 3 years ago

    Peter does Slacker Mode….

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    littlejohn Premium Member about 3 years ago

    Get him a Latin dictionary. That way he can do all his reports and papers in Latin. Next step in Geekeeness.

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    The Reader Premium Member about 3 years ago

    That fox, don’t trot!

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    gammaguy  about 3 years ago

    I knew a guy who “took” a college-level course in quantum mechanics without ever attending a lecture or reading the book. Well, he already knew the subject.

    When he went to take the “final” (one and only) exam, he discovered that they were using a different terminology than what he was familiar with, so he had no idea what the questions were asking.

    His solution? Instead of trying to answer the questions, he outlined — in the terminology he knew — what he felt an entry-level quantum-mechanics course should cover.

    He got an A.

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    Kroykali  about 3 years ago

    No pencils? Pens? Notebooks? Teacher’s dirty looks?

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    Auntie Socialist  about 3 years ago

    Watch it Jason! Your grades could slip into A- territory! Or even B+…

    The horror

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    LawrenceS  about 3 years ago

    Yep, Peter is not the role model that Jason wants.

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    danketaz Premium Member about 3 years ago

    Isn’t this the week Jason dedicates to doing all his homework for the coming year? Also, has the threat of Eileen Jacobson doing better than him lost all meaning?

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    Purple People Eater  about 3 years ago

    No notes, only skimming assigned reading, and rarely studying… I never knew there was a name for what I did when I was in school.

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    Snolep  about 3 years ago

    Pencils? Pens? Don’t they use word processors?

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    del_grande Premium Member about 3 years ago

    Isn’t Jason normally in fourth grade? Something tells me Peter isn’t going to be a senior this year…does the “reset button” get pushed next week?

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    paranormal  about 3 years ago

    Notebooks or composition books?

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    mfrasca  about 3 years ago

    I did medical school on hard mode. I did take some notes.

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    kauri44  about 3 years ago

    How much note taking happens in grade school?

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    shamest Premium Member about 3 years ago

    Thing is Peter tends to be a B student

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    hk Premium Member about 3 years ago

    Put your foot down mom and straighten Peter out… oh, that is right, reading, writing and math are no longer testable. Guess Peter is really in trouble. He sucks at football so he can’t even be one of those idiots with no education.

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    locake  about 3 years ago

    If the schoolwork is too easy for a student they give them more challenging work. That is what they did for my kids 20 years ago.

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    Lola85 Premium Member about 3 years ago

    In high school, my husband (then boyfriend, of course), rarely ever took a book home. And yet, he was in the National Honor Society, and graduated sixth in the class. I took books home every night, studied like a demon, and graduated fifth!

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    Stephen Gilberg  about 3 years ago

    I bet Peter wouldn’t do as well WITH studying as Jason would WITHOUT.

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    kab2rb  about 3 years ago

    Our schools started over a week ago.

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    Chelonaut  about 3 years ago

    I don’t miss school but I do miss back to school shopping.

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    Tijaro  about 3 years ago

    one week of school in and i had an essay and a math quiz, hows your year going?

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    Some guy who looks at comics  about 3 years ago

    who would win i a 1v1, Jayson or jimmy newtron

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    Ceeg22 Premium Member about 3 years ago

    Even using Peter’s methods, Jason’s results will be better

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    Chrysi Cat Premium Member about 3 years ago

    I’m in this picture and I don’t like it.

    And no, Ceeg22, Jason’s results would likely not be better.

    Peter probably isn’t that much less intelligent than Jason; he just never has enough memory to do his homework properly.

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    amatulic  almost 3 years ago

    “Hard mode” – is that a Minecraft reference?

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