It's about teaching kids to sit down, shut up, and do their homework. Calvin's school isn't about nurturing creativity or teaching children to use their gifts. It makes sense now, and I even understand why I didn't see it, before. Most interesting is that I never understood how a bright kid like Calvin could do so poorly in school. I finally see the humor in Calvin's declaration that this is the coolest thing to happen to him. And the section about the break-in at their home, instead of inspiring boredom, seems very apt, and I can sympathize with the parents. Calvin's antics aren't laugh-out-loud funny anymore, but bittersweet now that I can imagine raising such a holy terror. I had one perspective on them when I was young, and another now that I'm all grown up, myself. These are definitely written to be appreciated on several levels, which is what makes them so rereadable. I could read these a million times and still want to read them again. I read these when they were originally syndicated in my hometown newspaper, and I read Scientific Progress Goes "Boink" and The Revenge of the Baby-Sat. I just happened to pick this book up while visiting a friend, and, the next thing I knew, it was hours later.
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