Rose is Rose by Don Wimmer and Pat Brady for June 28, 2023

Good family investments, I would deduce.

She has the beach all to herself? How does that happen? On such a lovely day?

I don’t think she will be alone for long.

Not unless she turns into a piece of wood, Pasquale!

I’m reminded of calvin and hobbes. his mother said she saw miss wormwood at the grocery store. calvin is surprised “What did you think teachers did during the summer?”“I dunno, slept in their coffins.”

I’m sure she’s going over next year’s schedule.

The teacher in CURTIS enjoys her freedom even more

The concept of a teacher (regardless of gender) not having any time or desire to socialize during their VERY limited ‘time off’ is (for the most part) nonsense. Teachers, like most ‘normal’ people, are social animals. They meet, date, become engaged, commit to personal relationships, and have kids just like most of the rest of us. I did, as did and do most of the rest of the profession.

The whole concept that a person who teaches (or is a librarian, or is a scientist) is doomed to be a spinster is a fabrication created out of social envy. This is especially true for females, who for the past century or more have endured depreciation and dismissal by males for their actual capabilities. The populace just had begun making some progress about leveling the playing field when Trump and The Party Of Trump (TPOT) stomped all over women in general with their misogyny. Men have, for at least 500 years, been terribly afraid that women will displace them. Rightfully so, since males pretty much have made a mess of the world.

Men pontificate, castigate, and alienate.

Women cooperate.

Props to the cartoonists for having an adult there watching the kid.

By the way, I do have to (lightly!) rap the knuckles of the cartoonists. One NEVER should leave a water source directly connected to a source of infection or pollution. Putting the end of a hose into a body of water where people are immersing their bodies is just such an issue.

Fill the pool, and then remove the hose BEFORE anyone sits or puts their feet in it. Also, parents, be aware! Your kid WILL swallow some of that water, regardless of whether you tell them repeatedly not to do so. Use a little bit of chlorine in the water each and every time you fill it. Replace the wading pool every year, since the chlorine gradually will degrade (harden and crystalize) the plastic.

Except for family wealth, it is likely a second job.

Looks like the beach scene from Contact!

Sailing away.

You really have no idea of 1) how much teachers make and 2) how many hours of professional development one must take during the summer to maintain credentials. Love Rose is Rose though.