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If I were the teacher, Iâd probably tell Danae that I would file this for her next fiction assignment and expect a verifiable true-life rewrite on Monday (verified by a call to her dad). Of course, I could just fail her for not doing the assignment properly, but that wouldnât really teach her anything other than to hate learning, and say what you will about Danae, sheâs smart. If her creative talent can be positively directed, thatâs a good thing.
When my friends and I didnât know the answer to a question on a Historal test, we would make up something fanciful and amusing. It was still marked incorrect â but over the years our teacher accumulated quite a collection of schoolboy humor.
One friend wrote an entire term paper with footnotes attributing fictitious authorities, using the slightly disguised names of other students. Well, he said, at least the teacher canât accuse me of plagiarism. [The teacher was a good enough sport to merely make him rewrite the paper.]
Lots of students have created extra work and a low grade for themselves when responding to a list of directions to follow that begins with #1 Read the entire list before you respond" and ends with #10 Skip numbers 2 through 9, put your name on the paper and turn it in.
Years ago I applied for a job with Disneyâs âImagineers.â (I didnât get the job.) I donât know if they still use the name, but youâve got to be careful using a word they invented.
My mother, a 3rd grade teacher, who taught for 39 years, retired early. Though her getting lymphoma probably had more to do the retirement than the kids. Of course, she didnât have Danae in her class, either.
A good teacher would treasure a student like Danae (who comes along maybe 2-3 times in a career), water that flower, watch it grow and blossom, and tell the teacher in the next grade up the line what a treat theyâve got coming!
Danae, dear, just add something like âand then I woke upâ to the end. Your most memorable day was the day you had this particular fantasy (as you yourself say, way more memorable than anything that actually happened), so it clearly fits the terms of the assignment.
I kind of blame the teacher, though. One thing is to ask a child their favorite color or sports (blue, ping pong, in my case). Another thing is to give them an almost impossible description. Even a child might recollect several most memorable days in their life. This is postmodernist trash, as usual.
willispate 12 months ago
Panel 4 is hilarious! laughing
ACK! Premium Member 12 months ago
If you canât dazzle âem with brilliance âŠ
Wilde Bill 12 months ago
Oddly enough, every one of my teachers who talked about âearly retirementâ ended up teaching my younger brother.
HidariMak 12 months ago
If I were Danaeâs teacher, Iâd be considering drinking early.
PoodleGroomer 12 months ago
Some reports are supposed to have an essence of truth.
enigmamz 12 months ago
My class broke in new teachers in 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th grades.
Firebat 12 months ago
Danae has a good point. I wouldnât like to be her teacher though.
vlad8601 12 months ago
the teacher missed the point. the assignment was all about creative writing
Jaddis 12 months ago
The teacher longing for retirement is similar to Ms Wormwood in Calvin and Hobbes; for example â 3/1/93âŠ
cdward 12 months ago
If I were the teacher, Iâd probably tell Danae that I would file this for her next fiction assignment and expect a verifiable true-life rewrite on Monday (verified by a call to her dad). Of course, I could just fail her for not doing the assignment properly, but that wouldnât really teach her anything other than to hate learning, and say what you will about Danae, sheâs smart. If her creative talent can be positively directed, thatâs a good thing.
nancyb creator 12 months ago
That teacher is terrible. Danae wrote a great paper.
PraiseofFolly 12 months ago
When my friends and I didnât know the answer to a question on a Historal test, we would make up something fanciful and amusing. It was still marked incorrect â but over the years our teacher accumulated quite a collection of schoolboy humor.
One friend wrote an entire term paper with footnotes attributing fictitious authorities, using the slightly disguised names of other students. Well, he said, at least the teacher canât accuse me of plagiarism. [The teacher was a good enough sport to merely make him rewrite the paper.][Traveler] Premium Member 12 months ago
In the army, pass-fail was âGo-No Goâ as in âyou are a No Go at this stationâ
boydjb47 12 months ago
She blinded her with science âŠfiction!
Redd Panda 12 months ago
No one is honest in their memoirs.
ladykat Premium Member 12 months ago
Danae, youâre wearing your teacher out.
sandpiper 12 months ago
End of arc . . . I think. If so, thank goodness.
batesmom7 12 months ago
Lots of students have created extra work and a low grade for themselves when responding to a list of directions to follow that begins with #1 Read the entire list before you respond" and ends with #10 Skip numbers 2 through 9, put your name on the paper and turn it in.
curtisrus 12 months ago
Science fantasy, not (hard) science fiction.
SusieB 12 months ago
Retiring early? She looks quite a bit over retirement age to me
david.reichert 12 months ago
Danaeâs hair doesnât really qualifiy as âBangsâ, can we call it a âBangâ?
Dapperdan61 Premium Member 12 months ago
Danae just broke another Teacher
pshapley Premium Member 12 months ago
Years ago I applied for a job with Disneyâs âImagineers.â (I didnât get the job.) I donât know if they still use the name, but youâve got to be careful using a word they invented.
Rauderi 12 months ago
Best case scenario, Danae becomes a storyboard writer for Disney.
preacherman Premium Member 12 months ago
My mother, a 3rd grade teacher, who taught for 39 years, retired early. Though her getting lymphoma probably had more to do the retirement than the kids. Of course, she didnât have Danae in her class, either.
locake 12 months ago
Who will retire first, Calvinâs teacher or Danaeâs teacher?
pripley 12 months ago
âImagineered Memoirâ sounds like a phrase Bucky over on Get Fuzzy would use. He is the master of imagineered vocabulary.
Holden Awn 12 months ago
No, itâs not science fiction â itâs fantasy. There is a difference. Look it up.
kathleenhicks62 12 months ago
I f she doesnât stop the teacher will end up in a loony bin!
Mike Baldwin creator 12 months ago
Did you use the words, Iâm too old for this?
Richard S Russell Premium Member 12 months ago
A good teacher would treasure a student like Danae (who comes along maybe 2-3 times in a career), water that flower, watch it grow and blossom, and tell the teacher in the next grade up the line what a treat theyâve got coming!
ChazNCenTex 12 months ago
âRetire earlyâ? She looks like sheâs well past her âuse byâ date.
daDoctah1 12 months ago
Danae, dear, just add something like âand then I woke upâ to the end. Your most memorable day was the day you had this particular fantasy (as you yourself say, way more memorable than anything that actually happened), so it clearly fits the terms of the assignment.
eddi-TBH 12 months ago
Danae watches too many of the wrong TV shows.
MY DOG IS MY CO PILOT 12 months ago
I can see Daneâs teacher and Miss Wormwood from Calvin and Hobbes in a retirement home together somewhere swapping war stories.
keenanthelibrarian 12 months ago
An âImagineered Memoirâ â is that the same as âAlternative Factsâ??
MichaelD Premium Member 12 months ago
If Danae and Calvin ever met, would that be like dividing by zero?
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 12 months ago
Lucyâs memoir about being owned by a weird little girl got an âAâ
wordsmeet 8 months ago
I kind of blame the teacher, though. One thing is to ask a child their favorite color or sports (blue, ping pong, in my case). Another thing is to give them an almost impossible description. Even a child might recollect several most memorable days in their life. This is postmodernist trash, as usual.