Frazz by Jef Mallett for December 06, 2017

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    Bilan  almost 7 years ago

    What does she need a doughnut for? She already has a bun.

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    Ceeg22 Premium Member almost 7 years ago

    Rude kid!

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    ACK! Premium Member almost 7 years ago

    The doughnut maybe. But not the coffee!

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    Ignatz Premium Member almost 7 years ago

    They are completely unlike things. Caulfield may be smart, but he needs to take some logic lessons.

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    sandpiper  almost 7 years ago

    They represent the same kind of choice

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    sandpiper  almost 7 years ago

    And what happened to the ranking and liking on the right side of the comics – another big improvement??

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    herdleader53  almost 7 years ago

    She just needs to send a note home to his parents telling them that their son, despite receiving numerous warnings, continually turns his homework in late. Any future assignments that are turned in late will get a zero score. Then do it every time he is late.

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    Herb L 1954  almost 7 years ago

    She needs to herd him to the Principals office.

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    BeniHanna6 Premium Member almost 7 years ago

    And why do you think she needs that doughnut Caulfield? In THE REAL WORLD pity the poor public school teacher, discipline in schools consists of sending the child to the office, discipline at home is lacking due to the parents or parent working constantly.

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    Nick Danger  almost 7 years ago

    The entire concept of homework for a kid as smart as Caulfield is just a part of the “one size fits all” problem. He certainly has mastered all the material for his grade, so it’s just busywork for him and he knows it. This causes him, rightly, not to respect it.

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    Senex  almost 7 years ago

    Praise to the doughnut, for it is a holy food.

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    Pipe Tobacco Premium Member almost 7 years ago

    Sigh. I grow tired of Caulfield and his (what read to ME) as very impolite and rather condescending responses to Mrs. Olsen. Yes, Caulfield is intelligent. Yes, Caulfield thinks. But, as a person…. I would find him annoying, and I would not want to be around him in real life. I wish Jef would consider the need for a young kid (I believe he is perhaps meant to be 9 or 10 years old) to also learn socialization skills, politeness, and kindness in order to become a complete person.

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    Pipe Tobacco Premium Member almost 7 years ago

    And turning in homework late…. just to be provocative…. is annoying as well. It is not some “noble form of protest” and railing against what he perceives as the “short-comings” of the educational system.

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    JoeMartinFan Premium Member almost 7 years ago

    Caulfield has been at this for a long time now…so why don’t his parents just put him in a more advanced school, or homeschool him? Can’t afford it? Then teach him to respect where he is and get the work done on time. I sure hope Caulfield can find a way to be self-employed when he grows up, because his attitude ain’t gonna fly in the workplace.

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    Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo]  almost 7 years ago

    Informational graphics today are amazing, and it’s not because of computers. I’ll even wager they’re an antidote to the overwhelming, undigestible data dump that algorithms and data searches deliver. Someone’s got to finesses that fire hose into a fountain, and so visual journalists are among the most valuable craftsmen in the industry.

    I don’t say that because I was a particularly good one — I think we can all see where my talents and interests in what to convey and how to convey it lay. I like how it turned out, but simplifying complicated data (hell, simplifying anything) clearly wasn’t my forte. But I was better than I should have been because I got to learn from three of the field’s pioneering giants*. Talk about being in the right place at the right time. And all three offered the same advice: Numbers are useful, but comparisons are money.

    Turns out it’s a tempting tool if you’re into arguing for the sake of arguing, too.

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    *George Rorick, who gave USAToday its personality; Bill Marsh, these days with the New York Times; and Karl Gude, long-time infographics editor for Newsweek, now one of the best choices Michigan State University ever made. I’ve lost track of George, but I’m still friends with, and a student of, Bill and Karl. Absolute geniuses.

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