Baby Blues by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott for February 01, 2023

ask to see Robert’s birth certificate

Zoe let it go. Just try harder next time.

Zoe. That’s unbecoming. Shows poor sportsmanship.

I could divide way faster than anyone else in my class. Then, one day, someone was faster than me.

tough, eh, Little Miss MacPherson?

Aha, the truth is out… it was rigged against her all the time.

Isn’t this how “the Bad Seed” started? lol. :-D

Democracy in action.

Hmm. I’m feeling a déjà vu with this one.

There’s always next week, Zoe!

My vote is the only one that counts, GET over!

Bad look, Zoe.

Looks like you better start ingratiating yourself with the teacher.

Well that took an autocratic turn.

Oh. So, it’s totally meaningless, then. That should make Zoe feel better about being passed over.

And thus, Zoe displays for the entire class, why she wasn’t selected.

No go Zoe. Sorry.

What do you think was gonna happen when you associate with known criminals?

Cue the lawyers!

Who knew the MacPherson’s lived in Arizona?

There’s only one thing left to do Zoe…call Rusty Hardin.

Little Miss Kari Trump! “Stop the Steal! Bengazi! Hilary’s E-Mails! Hunter Biden! Make Zoe Great Again! Covfefe!” ☺

How come in comics, or TV, or literature, there’s always a teacher with the last name of (something)-ski?

What grade is Zoe supposed to be in? Anyone know?

Zoe needs to stop or she could win the “Less likable student of the week” title.

Reminds me of Lord Vetinari in Ankh-Morpork. “Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with that form of democracy known as One Man, One Vote. The Patrician was the Man; he had the Vote.” — Terry Pratchett, “Mort”

Did she have to say that in front of Robert?

We’ve got am elementary school near us with an electronic sign. Every day the sign changes to reflect a student’s birthday.

When I want your opinion I’ll give it to you.

“A CLEAR CASE OF JURY RIGGING!!”

“… you MIGHT want to reconsider if you hope to see any more apples.”

Thank goodness that in my day and in my kids’ days there were no such things as these useless certificates.

It was only the mark on your test and on your exam that mattered.

The marks were posted on the bulletin board and there was a thick red line above 74% and below 75%… The eighth grade homeroom teacher put that line above 79% and below 80%. The kids whose mark was above 90% had their tests posted beside the marks for all to see the comment from the teacher. Nowadays it is unheard of to be congratulated on one’s high marks in school.

I have two sons, one smart one athletic. The smart one had straight A’s all through elementary school, the athletic one got the Presidential Physical Fitness award a few times. The physical award was announced during assemblies, but the other was never acknowledged. Why might you ask? Because the school didn’t want to demean students who weren’t as smart but that had no problem demeaning ones who weren’t athletic.

Give it up Zoe. It’s not your time.

In the school I went to the didn’t have student of the month, week, year,etc when I was in there in the 80’s and I graduated in 1991, but they do now and they post them in the local newspaper witht he students with their certificates and it is done for all the grades. One thing they did have and still do is close to the end of the school year they have a “honor’s banquet” for senoirs who were graduating with honors and high honors, they had a meal and your parents and siblings could come and then after everyone ate the gave out the certificates and any scholorships the student got for their grades. I was happy to be able to attend the honors banquet in my senior year because I was on the honor roll every semester in my junior and senior year and graduated 23rd out of class of 120.

And you just lost it for the next week

Haha! XD