School Comic Strip

In this text response blog, I chose do it on the comic about the jovial principal or teacher figure and the disappointed parents. This comic is about how many schools spend much of their money on new equipment or stadiums while their students slack on school work and are not taught well and end up receiving bad grades. I believe that this happens in many schools. Some schools have the money to build all of these new stadiums and purchase the expensive exercise equipment. I think just this drawing alone makes a great argument. The teacher is happily telling the parents that the school has so many great features such as an Olympic size swimming pool, new stadiums for sports, and new work out equipment. The parents then proceed to as the teacher why their child is failing in school. The teacher cannot respond and has a puzzled look on his face and. I find this funny and true. Many schools spend their money on only somewhat important things that do not have anything to do with the academic part of the schooling. I like this comic because it explains how some schools do not focus enough on academic scores. I believe that this comic strip makes a very valid point in that many schools focus too much on sports and do not help some students that really need the help. From my experience, I remember how some teachers and classes helped the students that were in sports to keep their good grades so they could stay in sports, but did not offer the same incentives to other average students.