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Calvin and Hobbes Hates School
Calvin and Hobbes strips show school as a prison, cattle drive, and hamster wheel.
In brief
Calvin and Hobbes strips show school as a prison, cattle drive, and hamster wheel. Calvin and Hobbes comic strips depict school as a prison, cattle drive, and hamster wheel. Originally reported by Polygon.
Calvin and Hobbes school struggles
Calvin and Hobbes shows school as an uncomplicated villain where he feels academia actively wants to get him.
June 8, 1986 strip
Calvin imagines himself warped outside basic space-time due to boredom in class.
April 10, 1987 strip
Calvin tries to refuse a math problem without explanation after his teacher calls him to the board.
“Do the words 'complete pandemonium' strike terror in your heart?”
May 23, 1990 strip
Calvin escapes math class by shooting himself out with a rubber band but gets grounded.
January 19, 1992 strip
Calvin compares school to a cattle drive, prison gang, and hamster wheel in a metaphorical day.
March 30, 1992 strip
Calvin challenges Mrs. Wormwood on whether school prepares him for the 21st century.
“What you get out of school depends on what you put into it.”
The main idea
Calvin and Hobbes comic strips depict school as a prison, cattle drive, and hamster wheel.
