Baby Blues by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott for October 05, 2012

They’ve used this storyline before, but with different words.

he might make more as ditch digger than his daddy will ever make in his white collar cubicle monkey job

ditch diggers still need training

That first panel reminds me of the scene in The Santa Claus

Forget it, Hammie! You’re getting a good education so you can work as a mindless office drone like everybody else and like it!