Recent Comments

1. over 6 years ago on Big Nate

   American laws mandate a certain number of days of instruction in a ‘complete’ year to receive federal funding. If enough days are cancelled for weather/safety concerns they will be made up at the end of the year so that the funding is not compromised. It’s a simple, measurable method of keeping things consistent between locales. Effective… well, that’s not something our laws are particularly known for.

2. almost 7 years ago on Pickles

   But then people decided to start suing the school when their kid broke their arm at recess and the school didn’t cover the medical bills. Then the risks became too great and it all went away. — This is why we can’t have fun things. Someone always messes it up for the rest of us.

3. about 7 years ago on FoxTrot Classics

   Grading on a curve accounts for the ‘optimism’ of the teacher/professor when they were creating the test itself. It is true that you either know it or not, but it is not exactly clear if it was reasonable to ask you to know it in the first place. Hence a curve. I always considered it a correction for the teaching/test writing.

4. over 7 years ago on The Buckets

   The study was supplanted by the den, I believe.

5. over 7 years ago on Get Fuzzy

   Six Nations = Rugby.

6. almost 8 years ago on The Knight Life

   Ham hock?

7. about 8 years ago on Baldo

   Definitely not condescension. Lack of social awareness, but just statements of fact.

8. over 8 years ago on [Deleted]

   Phase 3: Profit.

9. about 9 years ago on Luann

   I had classes that ended at 10.

10. almost 10 years ago on Baldo

    For that to work properly the ‘balls’ have to be in contact when at rest. She should know that.