Thursday, February 02, 2023

Why Are We Learning About This If It's Not Going to Be on a Test?

November 10, 1973
This is how Veeblefester starts every day. He goes up to every employee, stands uncomfortably close, and yells this at them. It's a great motivator and wakes you up better than coffee.

I'm just kidding, of course. Veeblefester only does this to Brutus.

I am not a fan of Groundhog's Day. We all know it's dumb, doesn't signify anything, and is basically useless, right? But I've already complained about this. No need to bring that up again.

I love that we can't talk about actual American history in school or slavery, or sexuality, or anything that will help kids gain a perspective on the world and their place in it but we're gonna spend a good chunk of class time yammering about some fake weather-predicting rodent.