Hmm. Did I post before anyone else? Gee. How about that. Here I sit sipping Amaretto (di Saronno brand is the best) and eating cheese doodles. We call them cheezies. Same diff. It is late and I really should be in bed. But I’m not.
its 3.33pm right now and i got back from school twenty minutes ago. plus, we don’t call them cheez doodles, cheesies or stuff like that…we have twisties…but i dont know if you have them in america or if they’re like cheez doodles.@Suzanne: Is Amaretto like tea?
There is a simple solution here. Raise your hand for every question, if you get called on if you know the answer answer the question. If you don’t know the answer simple state “I don’t know the answer, but I am participating”
Nate is right about one thing. I’ve had classes where class participation counted and there were always a lot of people who would always be saying something just to be saying something and not because they actually had anything interesting to contribute to the discussion.
It also rewards people who have nothing of substance to contribute but try to make some bland statement or ask an unnecessary question just to get participation points. The whole concept is just plain bad.
I think this started when Nate got caught “asleep at the wheel”…….stressing class participation will (or “should” in best-case scenario) encourage students to stay awake, at least, while class is going on………..
No, Peppermint Patty is not a part of Big Nate. And she’s definitely not Nate’s mom. She’s a character from “Peanuts.” I think the reason she was mentioned was that, just like Nate in yesterday’s strip, Peppermint Patty would often fall asleep in class.
Well, schadenfreude is a term generally used in English because it beautifully describes getting pleasure from someone else’s misfortune (in this case, drinking Moxie). Not a lot of people speak German here, French is much more common since we border Quebec. However, I did live in Trier, Germany for six months, and my job had me working in Trier, Cochem, Koln, and Bitburg, so I can read quite a bit of it. As far as speaking it, I learned the important phrases, like “eine bier, bitte.”
hometownk Premium Member over 12 years ago
Francis, you are a genius.
hometownk Premium Member over 12 years ago
Hmm. Did I post before anyone else? Gee. How about that. Here I sit sipping Amaretto (di Saronno brand is the best) and eating cheese doodles. We call them cheezies. Same diff. It is late and I really should be in bed. But I’m not.
gary4160 over 12 years ago
can i have some cheezies im at work at this hour!
NightHawk2005 over 12 years ago
Actually, Nate, it rewards slackers like you. All you have to do is not goof off and you get a free 20 percent. Couldn’t be easier.
Feed Me Comics! over 12 years ago
its 3.33pm right now and i got back from school twenty minutes ago. plus, we don’t call them cheez doodles, cheesies or stuff like that…we have twisties…but i dont know if you have them in america or if they’re like cheez doodles.@Suzanne: Is Amaretto like tea?
Feed Me Comics! over 12 years ago
looking up at the comments, sounds like not only kids like bignate.
Ninjoark over 12 years ago
Cheez Doodles? Cheesies? HEY PEOPLE WE CALL EM TWISTIES
thouπ over 12 years ago
Francis is always able to read Nate’s mind
thouπ over 12 years ago
I’m so jealous the States have so much more food than over here, like Dr Pepper is rarely sold in Singapore
Feed Me Comics! over 12 years ago
sorry for heaps of comments XDplus i’m no bad speller, just doing short but easy to understand words so itz quicker!
just-ducky over 12 years ago
There is a simple solution here. Raise your hand for every question, if you get called on if you know the answer answer the question. If you don’t know the answer simple state “I don’t know the answer, but I am participating”
OldestandWisest over 12 years ago
Nate is right about one thing. I’ve had classes where class participation counted and there were always a lot of people who would always be saying something just to be saying something and not because they actually had anything interesting to contribute to the discussion.
Comic Minister Premium Member over 12 years ago
Good point Francis. For once.
elysummers over 12 years ago
I thought so too when I was in school. I was uber shy.
byamrcn over 12 years ago
It also rewards people who have nothing of substance to contribute but try to make some bland statement or ask an unnecessary question just to get participation points. The whole concept is just plain bad.
orbenjawell Premium Member over 12 years ago
I think this started when Nate got caught “asleep at the wheel”…….stressing class participation will (or “should” in best-case scenario) encourage students to stay awake, at least, while class is going on………..
Potrzebie over 12 years ago
I’ll bet that Nate knows all sorts of useless sports facts though. Only career for him is as a sports announcer.
bignate creator over 12 years ago
No, Peppermint Patty is not a part of Big Nate. And she’s definitely not Nate’s mom. She’s a character from “Peanuts.” I think the reason she was mentioned was that, just like Nate in yesterday’s strip, Peppermint Patty would often fall asleep in class.
ard1092 over 12 years ago
its called just do the work and you don’t have to do it correctly
Fourcrows over 12 years ago
Well, schadenfreude is a term generally used in English because it beautifully describes getting pleasure from someone else’s misfortune (in this case, drinking Moxie). Not a lot of people speak German here, French is much more common since we border Quebec. However, I did live in Trier, Germany for six months, and my job had me working in Trier, Cochem, Koln, and Bitburg, so I can read quite a bit of it. As far as speaking it, I learned the important phrases, like “eine bier, bitte.”
Rickapolis over 12 years ago
Yep. And once you can fake honesty and sincerity you have it made.
Miserichord over 12 years ago
I last studied German in 1976.Amazingly, I understood what you wrote.
Sonicx79 almost 11 years ago
Your making me all hungry
Harry Potato over 7 years ago
I am Harry Potato, also known as The-Potato-That-Lived. Good-Bye now!!!
ProcatTheawesome over 6 years ago
“Genius”
Snowglobe over 6 years ago
My twins, Joe and Max were born on this day!
Bruce Wayne over 4 years ago
I’m more upset about how Mrs. Godfrey weights homework and tests the same at thirty percent (you can see it in the strip from the previous day)
Killua Zoldyck over 3 years ago
too bad that’s not how life works!