For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for October 18, 2023

He’s getting a better education than all his pals put together. :)

Looks like the start of a really successful business life…

He’s gonna go places

A newly high school graduate who doesn’t need a degree to learn. He’s got it hands on – nothing beats that. And saved thousands of dollars on college education.

hopefully the books are right.

A local TV station ran an ad for a health concern showing a photo of a man identified as “Dr. P – Urologist.”

Gordon’s growing up fast.

All the collage you want and you’ll still need on the job training to work in your chosen field.

Gordon did turn out to be a hard working young man. I think he grew up to be just lovely.

“Hasta”?

He was always the employee but never knew anything about deductions? ( He probably worked for cash cutting lawns on summer holidays then)

This is why he will be successful. I like how the storyline goes for him.

If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that.

Sounds like Gordo is growing up fast! Learning about the real world.

And the colorist is still out to lunch…

There in lies the path to success.

for many years, my Dad (a pharmacist) owned and operated his own store. Looking back over the years, I kinda wonder how he did it.

“Here, Gordo, let me write you a big fat check, so you can turn this little gas station into an EMPIRE! Because we Patterson’s have that golden touch, nothing we get involved with ever fails! Remember, Rome started out as a mud hut sitting on a hill on the banks of the Tiber. But YOU, my boy, will be BIGGER than Rome, BIGGER than Caesar! Just start selling cinnamon buns, and it will all come together!”

Good old Gordon, He will do well in this world. His head is on straight, he is responsible, energetic, and willing to learn and change.

Basic business goal…you are in business to make a profit. (Unfortunately there are those that feel you s b in biz for their well being)

And thus begins the life of a successful businessman.

At least, Gordon, you are independent and away from where you grew up ! ! !

I like this kid

The ego on this guy. No credit to his sick boss who took the time to teach a kid barely out of high school about insurance or income tax, things you just did not learn on your own back in 1994, in the pre-internet days.

Yep……It’s different in the real world.

How many bosses has he had in his life?

Lynn Johnston said that Gordon was the secondmost non-Patterson whom she got hate mail about. People either told her this was way too much of a happy ending that Gordon ended up how he did considering he came from a broken home. Others felt that this was promoting capitalism in Canada, which for some seems to be like flying the rebel flag in Massachusetts.

We’re all proud of you, Gord!!!:’)

Gordon’s mental toughness is why he succeeded. Kudos to him.

Better to learn when you’re young.

Mrs. Cunin I’ll miss you!

Mrs. Cunin, My mother, Roberta’s sister that name is Billyjean not Rosemarie’s friend has a little child named Krissy that does block me from coming in my drawingroom!P.S Brother Bryan’s face from New Jerusalem’s face traumatized me!

Mrs. Cunin, “my brother” does harrass me rell bad. I have two criminals that took over my whole entire land because I went in “his” house’s yard that I’m very welcomed there!

What put that all in perspective was Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling. When the spoiled boy is reunited with his parents, he has become mature and knowledgable about seamanship. The boy’s father, who is a millionaire, know well that he cannot reward the captain with money, and instead asks about the captain’s own son (who is a deckhand about the same age as the boy). The captain is proud of his son, but admits he is also lousy with numbers and a weak navigator, to which the millionaire recommends an apprecticeship with his own line of clippers and says his men will work to sharpen that problem. Proud of what his son has become, the millionaire shares his story which no one, not even his wife, ever knew: He was orphaned in Texas and had no school. He was willing to take on whatever kind of work he could find, eventually getting the willpower and determination that later made him a captain of industry. When the son thinks that is a good reason to brush aside college, the millionaire said “Indeed not. There were many mistakes I could have steered clear of had I had a formal education.”

My “brother,” Ricardo does block me from coming into the drawingroom so he could he could have the drawingroom for himself. My baby picture hung up there since I was born.

Sounds like an episode of The Simpsons where there is a school presentation of yo-yo tricks, which enthralls the kids.

Miss Hoover: “I have serious doubts about the educational merit of this presentation.”

Miss Krabappel: “Heck, it’ll be one of their fondest memories when they are pumping gas for a living.”

I love this kid ♥♥

They never heard of Justin Trudeau? All Gordon needs to do is kick back and collect welfare.

Welcome to the adult world! Looks like you are doing just fine.

Welcome to the real world, Gordo. You are doing great !

Well done, Gordon! You will be an unqualified success! I just know it!!! ❤️❤️❤️

Gordo has grown up fast and matured well.