Baby Blues by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott for December 15, 2022

Come on guys be nice. Wait until after Christmas before crushing Hammie’s belief on how much school is left.

Is that a jujutsu hoodie he’s wearing?

Hammie’s calculation is known as the new math. The university math professors here in Canada were astounded by the lack of math basics and proficiency in problem solving. YIKES!!

Factor in Christmas Break, Spring Break, Snow Days, a couple of holidays and at least one childhood illness. and he just might be right.

Nothing that Hammie ever says adds up……

Math is not Hammies best subject!

So, you take a pie, maybe apple, and you cut it into 12 pieces. Make him eat 3 pieces of pie, then explain that 6 more must be eaten, …

Wren hugging Zoe is SO CUTE! <3

Unfortunately, the kids of today are not being taught the basics. Oooo Hammie’s problem might be the dreaded “fractions”.

Hey, the jiu jitsu may be helping Hammie be more mellow and respectful, but it doesn’t do anything for improving his math skills.

Get ready for some rudimentary arithmetic, dude.

When they tell Hammie the truth, they will have to deal with the aftermath.

I still don’t know why kids start so early in the morning? LOL

Hammie, a mathematician you will never be. A gym coach maybe, but not a mathematician. But then the world needs gym coaches as well as mathematicians.

His math abilities are on par with Calvin from Calvin + Hobbes.

When we were leaving for Winter Break, our teachers would say, “See you next year!”…

Well, Hammie, you’re past the halfway point of the halfway point… ☺

When I was in 3rd grade, that was my logic as well…

Only one reader noticed how glad Wren was to see her big sister come home.Best part of the strip

Can he keep up that C- in math for the rest of the school year?

I guess they meant to say “six months left”. Also, here in New York City, school was ten months long. All months except July and August. As far as I know, it is still that way.

Wren!

Is it just me or does Hammie have little hearts in his eyes in the middle column?

With those math skills, he may need 12 months of school instead of nine!

does he start in September? My school started in August

Higher math??

I feel bad for him… wait’ll he finds out.

A little off with your math there Hammie.

Aww Wren loves her big sister. ❤️

Haha! XD