Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce for June 21, 2023

But what did Chester get?

Good Job Nate

Was not expecting that. Godfrey can be a pretty good teacher sometimes.

Plot twist

That was quite sharp compared to other strips, though it seems a bit unreasonable of Mrs. Godfrey to say that Nate should’ve known the real reason why she assigned him to tutor Chester.

So, what this arc was about was a plan to scare Nate straight in courtesy of Chester, all so he could pass this exam with a better score than usual?

Yeah, doesn’t P.S. 38 have strict rules against bullying? Because Mrs. Godfrey outright created a situation where Chester’s bullying would be painted as justified, where Chester threatened to harm Nate should he get a low exam score. So, what Mrs. Godfrey did was outright hypocritical and against school rules since she was deliberately setting Nate up to be bullied by another student.

This twist where it was all for Nate to pass makes no sense. I mean, Nate should take school more seriously, but he hasn’t had any trouble passing Mrs. Godfrey’s class in a long time, so scaring him straight is completely unnecessary. Plus, since this school has no tolerance for bullying, Nate shouldn’t even be put through this to begin with.

Well that’s quite a twist. We don’t know if Chester will really pass, but at least Nate passed. Though now Nate will think up a pretty brutal Prank Day prank to pull on Mrs. Godfrey to get back at her for that cruel setup.

someone predicted this from day 1 (i don’t remember who sorry) and I just want to say that you were spot on and we all should’ve listened lol

i’m confused

Well, I guess that’s a cool twist! I don’t have much to say, outside of Godfrey potentially endangering Nate for this sucks but hey it was nice to see Nate work hard?

6\10, not funny but decent swerve.

I’m sure Mrs Godfrey copied Chester in on the plan. Remember he didn’t even look at the test papers when the test started. Don’t think Nate was in any danger.

hey, a 92’s pretty good

Brilliant!!

Called it!

Hm. Okay, sorry, I just cant like this one.

What did Chester get? Did he pass? This whole arc was made to tell us what the heck would Chester get on the final exam?

1/10. I just am thinking this one is just like an empty glass of water.

And where is Prank Day?

I said this some months back that I thought the real or underlying reason that Mrs. Godfrey has always been so hard and ruthless on Nate is that she knows that he is actually quite intelligent but refuses or more often neglects to do the work to actually display it.

MOTIVATION

she got him to pass by helping someone else… clever. :J

Nice plot turn

Aaww. Nicely done, teacher.

Now it makes sense. I wonder if Chester was in on it.

Uh…so is a 92 bad?I am not on board with this twist really…

Godfrey outsmarted you, kid.

So how much is it worth to Mrs. Godfrey to keep Nate’s score secret? This could destroy his street cred, after all.

Good job Nate have a great summer!

I called it !!

Never thought I’d say this – well done Mrs Godfrey!

That was a dirty trick. But very clever in more than a way.

You’ve gotta be joking me. Does Chester know about this?

Strip rating: 9/10 I mean, the first unexpected twist we’ve had in a while.

…Nate wakes up from his dream 3/4 second later……….with the alarm screaming “GET UP!! YOU HAVE YOUR FINAL EXAM TODAY!!”

….on a SERIOUS note: Clever, lady! Veeeeery clever….kind of like Myagi with that “show me: wax on, wax off, show me sand the floor” thing with Daniel…….

What? OK, that was weird. I’m confuzzled (confused + puzzled). Why did Mrs. Godfrey do that? How would she know?

I can relate. I remember in college, a friend asked me to tutor her in Linear Algebra because she knew I had taken it. I agreed to do it in exchange for home-cooked dinners. I must say, you never learn a subject so thoroughly as when you must teach it to someone else! I always made sure to be one section ahead of her in the textbook, doing all the homework problems, and that made me look like a genius because I knew how to solve all the problems. I was studying the subject more than she had to (and more than I had to when I took the class myself), just so I could be a good tutor.

Suddenly I don’t hate her quite so much…

Once in awhile she does a good turn. Way to go Mrs. Godfrey.

LMAO! Genius ploy by Mrs. Godfrey!

We’ve been tricked, backstabbed, and very possibly bamboozled!

I don’t know whether to feel proud of Nate or feel sad for Nate.

uhh"confusion"

Ms Godfrey doesn’t get much in the way of props in this strip, but she deserves one for this idea.

Wow, what a great teacher, after all, even if Nate hates her!

I never saw that one coming!!!

Nate’s going to get pounded by Chester!

CLEVER!

Beautiful!!!!

Mrs. Godfrey made Nate study. 2,000 IQ play.

Sicko.

NAHHHHH bro when I saw he got a 92 i couldn’t even scream like bro ain’t no way NATE got a 92 in SOCIAL STUDIES wut pls explain my brain is confused

This is great. That is why she is such a good teacher.

gottem

smart teacher

Well, today’s the first day of the Summer seat

That was kind of doggy doo doo twist, no prank day

C tier

WOW!!! What turned her around?

She just helped him get a top grade.

And he’s still going to come out of it saying “Oh, how I hate her.”

That’s one of the nicest things that old battleaxe has done for Nate. I don’t know how well it will work if Chester beats Nate silly but we’ll see…

Dang!

Yooo twist Godfrey

If that was her plan she should have told Chester right?

No question that she’s a teacher….

I used that trick once when I was a teacher. :-)

Ms. Godfrey is a social studies teacher and a child psychologist!

THAT’S SO SMARTTTT

What has happened is that Big Nate – despite how smart and clever he is for his age – just got hustled by his worst enemy, Mrs. Godfrey. Hustled in a good way.

Nate doesn’t have to go to summer school – in fact, he is getting excellent grades.

Say what you will about Mrs. Godfrey….

…..she does what she does, and that’s teaching.

And if it means manipulating Nate to tutor a schoolyard bully, all the while he’s ready to excel on his finals.

Well played, Mrs. Godfrey. Well played.

Nate got a 92? A pretty high grade for Nate.

Yeah, what gives??? Is she actually being nice to Nate? I hope Chester doesn’t hurt Nate too much.

For all of us who want to twist this into what we want it to be, we just need to remember: This is Big Nate; it’s a comic strip; and this was pretty goddam funny!!

HOW HE GET 92???

At least Nate got a good grade

What?

It worked, but Nate’s never trusting her again!