For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for September 05, 2009

I think anyone who says that doesn’t really remember school.

He has a point, school work is the worst part of school, and considering its something like 95 % of it. I hope everyone will have a good weekend, and a safe labor/ labour for the Canucks day holiday. I however am ready to get Tuesday over with. For those who are interested, apparently I’m a racist, I never knew that, I like people from all different races and walks of life.

Cheeky, the best part of school, is college, and even then, I’m ready to get out.

I hated school until I graduated and could study whatever I wanted.

Michael is dead on!

Like I said, I agree with Michael, if not for the work part of school, it wouldnt be so bad.

mroberts88 said

Like I said, I agree with Michael, if not for the work part of school, it wouldnt be so bad.

That’s like saying that if Paris wasn’t full of Frogs it would be a great place to visit.

Fairport, that was my point, outside of recess, and lunch, school is boring, I hated it, my best memories of high school involve sports, and thats it.

Hey! I loved school. Guess that is why I became a college instructor … well, at least for a short interval .

Michael speaks the truth! As usual!

I remember being shocked that first grade was so different from kindergarten but I was also glad I was finally learning how to write and spell (math was a different story) that I didn’t mind so much.

History, I hated it in school. Try to get me away it now, I love museums of all kinds. In VT. one of the best is the Shelbourne Museum. Love that history.

@GEE!A Fully remember the bullying and getting beaten up part; our son went through the same thing as his mom (different school) if it were not for that I would have loved school, I’m still an avid reader and love to learn new things. Just keep spelling out of it!

In second grade the school system told my parents I would be a non-reader. We moved that summer to a different town. Repetition and lots of homework meant I graduated with a Bachelors in English. I think I support the voucher system

I remember doing lots of homework. My son RARELY brings work home. (He claims he gets it done at school.) Either he is a genius…or a good liar!! My wife’s mantra is “Check his back pack, you can’t take his word for it.” (She is a retired teacher…so I guess she knows all the tricks!!) I spent a lot of time in the hall, in the principal’s office and in “the corner” due to my gift of gab.

I was weird. I loved school. Sad part, still do. Can’t wait untill June so I can begin my Master’s degree.

Education is something no one can take from you.

Too bad kids are so cruel and pick on those of us who like school and do well in the process.

In Ontario Canada, they no longer make kids do “Homework.” it’s all done in class, and what isn’t isn’t worried about. I think that was how it was explained. This was implemented a couple years ago, to stop kids ‘stressing’ …

“The next twelve will be the best years of your life?” Watch out, kid. That’s the first of the big lies they tell you through life.

It will be followed by, “When you’re 18, you’ll go to work for a nice company and stay with them until you retire at 65 and then get a gold watch and live comfortably on your government pension for the rest of your life”

And then there’s the big one, “Your 50s will be your peak earning years”.

Ha! Ho! Hee! Excuse me while I, in the vernacular, ROFL…..

Allan, your observation about kids no longer doing homework because it’s “stressing” makes me wonder if that really means the “stress” of taking away from their time blimping up on junk food and wasting their lives away playing video games?

And tie all of that in with Premier Dalton McGinty’s views on parochial versus public education. Just a thought…..

panel 4: long fingers!

Burgundy, you wouldnt, since I’m not. My gf’s mom thinks I’m racist to Mexicans because I dont talk much around them, when in reality, thats my personality.

Blitz, junk food and video games arent bad, in moderation.

As a kid I found school to be a love/hate relationship.

When the teacher presented a lesson with ambition to make the subject interesting and exciting, even if I didn’t like the subject to begin with I worked my tail end off to be the best in the class, and often times was.

When, however, the lesson was presented in a monotone and lacking in ambition, then neither did I give the first rip. But then of course guess wo got the blame…me, the student

Yes, teaching IS salesmanship and drama. Anything short of that, the attention of the audience will be lost.

Hey, educators, “Stand and Deliver” or for goodness sakes, find another occupation, pleeeeeeze.

I went to Catholic school from 1 thru 8. I hated it, all we were was bullied by the nuns, all day long. I was so against that religion when I was 18 I “dropped out” never to return again. Thank God for that decision.

mroberts88 - How’s College going? I hope U R not spending more time on Cartoon Blog Sites than doing homework (or I should say “DormWork” now).

From SOTU Re: “Humphries, alot of Americas are bilingual. I’d love to learn Russian, and German.”

There’s nothing stopping U now from taking classes in either language if you’re being honest in your postings. Your biggest challenge is academic discipline - your first 2 years are going to be the toughest - that’s why some of the classes are called “weeders” - separates the wheat from the chaff.

Otherwise - get off-line - there’s college football games to watch - better yet go join an Intramural Football Team on Campus where U can participate instead of watch - Enjoy College Life Now - best year(s) of one’s life!

Burgundy, I think she is.

Jehosaphat, odd seeing you off of the SOTU boards, now onto the college chat. I go to a JuCo (Junior College), so there are no classes that I know of that offer Russian or German, so my best bet is Rosetta Stone, but I’m broke, and Financial aid wont pay for my books, so I currently have no books. I dont think our season has started yet, other than the books, its not so bad, I’m not aware of any intramural football games going on, sadly, otherwise I’d join.

I have however, GJ, managed to knock two assignments down out of my CJ (Criminal Justice) class, so thats a start.

mroberts88 - I went to University in the 70’s & played on a dorm softball team (co-ed). Started out Pre-Med, but got “weeded out” via GPA that wasn’t good enough to get me into the program by my junior year. Chemistry (physical & bio) did me in….

I went on to Tech School (instead of Grad School - also due to poor GPA) in the 80’s & graduated with a 3.78GPA (calculators made the math (calculus & physics) easier to pass.

Seems the older U get, the more U can appreciate the Value of an Education. Went back to a local college to get a diploma (4 terms) which brought me up to speed in the “newer” technology - like how to use “Flash Drives”. U’d have a good laugh at people my age who are intimidated with computers. (I know I do have a good time helping them figure out how to find a “lost document” when there’s several drives to choose from….;-))

Employers are impressed with Bachelors of Anything - shows U have what it takes to stick with something & have an ability to learn…..

I may return to SOTU - there are folks like WebEditor & DavidDow that I found intellectually “FUN”… who knows….

Tuesday will be my fifty-fourth consecutive “first day of school.” I guess I agree with Elly!

GJ, after here, if my grades are good enough, I’m going to go to a larger university, not as large as TCU though, smaller, but i’ll still continue my collegiate career. Out of curiousity, how intellectually “fun” was I?

Yesterday I went to see a friend whom I’ve not seen in about five years (of course I tried to see her since after Christmas, but it seemed she was and wasn’t home at the same time). She’s worried about her son starting middle in grade seven. I made it a little worse by mentioning two years from now he’ll be in high school. Of course, Daniel (her son) was on th’excited one his mother told me.

mroberts88 : Re: “Out of curiousity, how intellectually “fun” was I? Edited: Cut & Paste Response found on SOTU (out of respect to the family oriented toon).

really doesnt answer my question, but oh well.

mom must have been out in the sun to long to make that statement.

Been there, done that!

@mroberts88, in my experience when someone calls someone else a racist, they usually literally don’t know what they are talking about. If you care to check this out on yourself, it requires some serious self-examination.

That said, when you refer to Paris being full of Frogs I can see why you might get called a racist. You shouldn’t use insulting language like that.

Rina, that was the poster above me, I was simply saying that school is ok, other than the work. I have never been to Paris,I have heard the airport smells like urine, but thats it, I’d like to go there sometime, your issue is with fairportfan, not me. If it looks like thats what I said, then that was a mistake, but I never said Paris is full of frogs.

Like I said, I am not a racist, as Burgundy said, and I agree, she is simply looking for racism.

the peer pressure wasn’t that great either… oh and the bullying.. oh and the hazing… ah! the memories! :-D