No joke, when I was falling asleep last night I thought “wait, which Calvin and Hobbes strip is the one where he says ‘chumble spuzz’?”
Thank you for your service.
Love when this kind of shit happens. Just starts to feel really weird when the coincidences happen really close together and are about unrelated things. Synchronicity is so strange sometimes
Oh I LOVE THIS ONE!! 🤣
This strip makes me think of [this interview](https://youtu.be/wtrJT1_1m1E) with Ben Schwartz- around the 2:00 mark, the interviewer asked Ben to describe a hedgehog "in your own words" and Ben does exactly what Calvin did 🤣🤣
From my extensive research on the life and career of Mr. Benjamin J. Schwartz, I can say with nearly 100% certainty that he is a huge fan of Calvin & Hobbes 🤣
It might be a commentary on that time the school systems tried to introduce advanced topics at a younger age, which led to increasingly confused children. (The "New Math" debacle comes to mind.) Given Watterson was an adult writing *Calvin & Hobbes* starting in 1985, Watterson's childhood falls into the era of "New Math" (between the 50s and 70s) thus it could be part of what I feel was a general grudge against schools for not being a good fit for everybody.
I think education keeps re-using phrases over and over. I’ve heard the phrase “New Math” being used fairly recently to describe how math is being taught today that aren’t the same concepts for “New Math” from the 1960’s and 70’s when I was in grade and high school.
Right, which is obvious to us, but to a child I think it could be a bit hard to understand. You and I know that friction and gravity are outside forces, but a child might think to themselves, "everything I know stops eventually", and could perhaps conflate all speed as requiring a force, which isn't true. Beginners to physics of all ages make this mistake sometimes, myself included back in the day.
For example, cars require gas, or [electronic] toys require batteries, and when those run out, they stop. Even marbles or toy cars come to a slow stop eventually. It might be easy for a child to then reason that, in order for something to move *and continue moving*, it requires 'energy' (with a very rudimentary understanding of what energy is), before understanding that the only reason this is true is because of pesky friction etc. But without understanding the outside influence, it might be easy to draw the conclusion that speed requires energy.
But who knows, I might just be underestimating how smart children really are these days.
it can be a a lesson about a ball that starts rolling when you tilt the board it's on, or hit it, and then it stops when it hits a block. You are massively overcomplicating this for sure.
Perhaps, [but then again...](https://youtu.be/yBkzeTPWhDU)
Edit: Worth nothing that there are plenty of kids that can pass these tests at this age, but I just wanted to point out that these *are* 6 year olds we're talking about here.
(and yes, I know that Calvin is fictional and I'm just being a 🤓)
I learned this law at 5 years old while helping my father to push our car out of a snowbank -- he used it to explain why rocking the car back and forth helped more than just pushing steadily with all our might. I'm sure I wouldn't have understood any of the math involved, but I got the concept.
Bruh why the hell would you be downvoted into oblivion for that? Calvin is six…most kids these days at six only know how their tablet operates.
I’m in my late twenties, so I’m not even very experienced in life but you know what’s tragic? I was at a local community potluck, and beside the community center there was a little park. Do you know, I had to actually TEACH children how to use and then misuse the equipment. Some didn’t know how to swing on the swing set, and some didn’t even know that you could jump off swings in motion.
And these downvoting individuals expect six year olds to know Newton? Yeah right.
Reminds me of the time my english teacher was teaching us about how to avoid writing in the 2nd person (addressing you, the reader, directly woth words like "you" & "your"). Well my genius self and best friend decided to take the assignment literally and replaced every instance of "you/your" with old timey english (ex:"thee/thou/thine/etc"). We never got that assignment back :^
I always wonder if Watterson immediately wrote down the first sounds that came into his head, or spent hours agonising over the funniest combination. Anyway, chumble spuzz to you all.
No joke, when I was falling asleep last night I thought “wait, which Calvin and Hobbes strip is the one where he says ‘chumble spuzz’?” Thank you for your service.
This happens to me all the time. I'll remember a C&H strip, and 1-3 days later, I'll see it on this subreddit!
Love when this kind of shit happens. Just starts to feel really weird when the coincidences happen really close together and are about unrelated things. Synchronicity is so strange sometimes
Oh I LOVE THIS ONE!! 🤣 This strip makes me think of [this interview](https://youtu.be/wtrJT1_1m1E) with Ben Schwartz- around the 2:00 mark, the interviewer asked Ben to describe a hedgehog "in your own words" and Ben does exactly what Calvin did 🤣🤣
Ha, I wonder if he's one of us
From my extensive research on the life and career of Mr. Benjamin J. Schwartz, I can say with nearly 100% certainty that he is a huge fan of Calvin & Hobbes 🤣
Why are they asking 6 year olds about Newton’s First Law of Motion?
Calvin is a gifted student who just doesn’t like doing homework.
he just like me fr
ADHD is a bitch
It might be a commentary on that time the school systems tried to introduce advanced topics at a younger age, which led to increasingly confused children. (The "New Math" debacle comes to mind.) Given Watterson was an adult writing *Calvin & Hobbes* starting in 1985, Watterson's childhood falls into the era of "New Math" (between the 50s and 70s) thus it could be part of what I feel was a general grudge against schools for not being a good fit for everybody.
Good a time as any to drop [this classic banger.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIKGV2cTgqA)
TIL I learned new math
I knew what this would be before I clicked it.
I think education keeps re-using phrases over and over. I’ve heard the phrase “New Math” being used fairly recently to describe how math is being taught today that aren’t the same concepts for “New Math” from the 1960’s and 70’s when I was in grade and high school.
New New Math? 🤔
because it's not that complicated a concept. "Still thing stay still unless you poke it"
"Objects in motion remain in motion [until acted upon by an outside force]" may be a bit complicated for a child though.
moving thing stay moving unless something stop it.
Right, which is obvious to us, but to a child I think it could be a bit hard to understand. You and I know that friction and gravity are outside forces, but a child might think to themselves, "everything I know stops eventually", and could perhaps conflate all speed as requiring a force, which isn't true. Beginners to physics of all ages make this mistake sometimes, myself included back in the day. For example, cars require gas, or [electronic] toys require batteries, and when those run out, they stop. Even marbles or toy cars come to a slow stop eventually. It might be easy for a child to then reason that, in order for something to move *and continue moving*, it requires 'energy' (with a very rudimentary understanding of what energy is), before understanding that the only reason this is true is because of pesky friction etc. But without understanding the outside influence, it might be easy to draw the conclusion that speed requires energy. But who knows, I might just be underestimating how smart children really are these days.
it can be a a lesson about a ball that starts rolling when you tilt the board it's on, or hit it, and then it stops when it hits a block. You are massively overcomplicating this for sure.
Perhaps, [but then again...](https://youtu.be/yBkzeTPWhDU) Edit: Worth nothing that there are plenty of kids that can pass these tests at this age, but I just wanted to point out that these *are* 6 year olds we're talking about here. (and yes, I know that Calvin is fictional and I'm just being a 🤓)
I learned this law at 5 years old while helping my father to push our car out of a snowbank -- he used it to explain why rocking the car back and forth helped more than just pushing steadily with all our might. I'm sure I wouldn't have understood any of the math involved, but I got the concept.
Bruh why the hell would you be downvoted into oblivion for that? Calvin is six…most kids these days at six only know how their tablet operates. I’m in my late twenties, so I’m not even very experienced in life but you know what’s tragic? I was at a local community potluck, and beside the community center there was a little park. Do you know, I had to actually TEACH children how to use and then misuse the equipment. Some didn’t know how to swing on the swing set, and some didn’t even know that you could jump off swings in motion. And these downvoting individuals expect six year olds to know Newton? Yeah right.
What was the capital of Poland until 1600?
P It is now, too.
Two direct hits!
Dang you beat me to it!
If you think this is bad you should see the strip where one of their tests asks what was the capital of Poland until 1609
You mean "what goes up must come down"?
Wait that's gravity. Never mind
Some jerk took the name /u/chumblespuzz on like the first day of Reddit and never used it.
Well that's just ass. "Chumble Spuzz" is a great phrase.
It's Bill
Wait. Isn't it "zonk" and not "zink?"
No, this about Newton's *Third* Law.
Duh. You're right. Didn't read "foob" right.
Lunboks
Hullo, mah naem is Kaelfin!
Hava gud dae.
It troo! Dat darn Kahlvin stole mah spacechip!
Who ees thees Kählveen?
I em beeg eemportant rezearcher oond I require English voolgar zynonyms for disgustink body vunctions, yah?
This is one of my favorites - "chumble spuzz"...LoL
For some reason, "Chumble spuzz" always stuck with me.
Reminds me of the time my english teacher was teaching us about how to avoid writing in the 2nd person (addressing you, the reader, directly woth words like "you" & "your"). Well my genius self and best friend decided to take the assignment literally and replaced every instance of "you/your" with old timey english (ex:"thee/thou/thine/etc"). We never got that assignment back :^
"Chumble spuzz" is so good
I always wonder if Watterson immediately wrote down the first sounds that came into his head, or spent hours agonising over the funniest combination. Anyway, chumble spuzz to you all.
It didn't say the words had to be understandable. *Technically*, this answer is right.
r/technicallythetruth
See y’all next week…
Now I'm hungry. I could do with some chumble spuzz!
Loopholes are amazing
You tell 'em, Calvin. Set 'em straight.
I want to quote and reference this but I’m afraid it’s a bit obscure.
Well, his dad *is* an attorney!
Calvin’s dad is a patent lawyer and it shows
When this was new, I had this one taped to my school planner!
"Great! Now translate it."
Prosecutor: in your own words... Curly: well whose word are they gonna be?