• @SpruceBringsteen
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      596 months ago

      Why is it so hard to believe? It’s a recurring theme in the comics and something all too real for a ton of students.

      Calvin is eloquent, intelligent, and wildly imaginative, but struggles with things like deadlines and homework.

      • @wjrii
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        376 months ago

        It’s a recurring theme

        And one of the most delightful. Who hasn’t been told at some point, “if you put half as much effort into [task] as you did into [avoidance strategy] you’d have been fine”?

        • @RedditRefugee69
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          56 months ago

          Finally internalizing how much nicer it is put in a little bit of effort in advance rather than stressful scrambling after procrastinating was literally life changing. I don’t think I even realized how much subconscious stress I was under during the procrastination. But my kids are just like “shut up dad”

          • @TwanHE
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            16 months ago

            Thats easy, just have shit short term memory and you’ll feel no stress until you’re reminded about it.

      • whoareu
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        156 months ago

        because homeword is boring. give him something which he enjoys doing and see the magic :D

        • @IsThisAnAI
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          There is a balance though. I’m about to get deeper into c&h than I’d have thought, but here I go. He always seemed to have reasonable adults around him, I recall options, and him just being mischievous often. You can support what kids love but you still need to teach them the time management and organizational skills. They are important to develop as well.

      • @[email protected]
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        46 months ago

        I tend to read most of it as a thinly veiled vent for Watterson himself.

        Grinding on the dailies and square formats when what he really wanted to be working on is splashing out in the Sunday pages.

    • @blackbelt352
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      186 months ago

      Unfortunately for Calvin, an eloquent and well thought out speech about the death of craftsmanship and ruthless mechanical efficiency wasn’t on topic to the assignment about what you did over the summer (or whatever other assignment it is)

  • @Dagnet
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    126 months ago

    2 is really not enough to make any paper worth writing though

    • @ripcord
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      6 months ago

      He’s 6 years old, shat kind of paper would she be asking them to write??

      Edit: I’m leaving it

    • @Agent641
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      16 months ago

      I thought it was Howard Roark