Why History is Boring
Boring history is doomed to be repeated, especially if you fail the class.
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Ha Ha!!! I bet Fraz is glad he was born a modern day Wombie. Back in the olden days he would’ve had to wander around the countryside digging holes & finding leaves & stuff to eat just to keep life interesting.
I don’t think Fraz would’ve been able to handle that! Too boring, and too much like work.
Hmm, I couldn’t imagine anyone poking Hitler on Facebook 🙁
Chaplin would’ve probably done it. He held that “Hitler must be laughed at”
Parody or satire can be powerful.
How did Hitler get in on this?
Sorry 🙁 My bad
That’s okay. If you pay your fine of 5 pounds of chocolate, all will be forgiven.
Hahaha –
Reminds me of when I was a kid and we played with a rock and a stick. 🙂
Back in the stone age, you would’ve been the one making those incredible cave paintings.
Back in the stone age I probably would have been ‘that guy’ who was always eating the paint. 🙂
Personally, I always preferred the paste.
At least now, with all of our technology, history can be properly documented. I wonder what the 21st century will look like in retrospect when students study everything we’re doing now. It’s gonna be hard to separate the clutter with the serious stuff. 😀
The most documented generation ever. Every thought, picture, tweet, and twit recorded. But it’s all digital. What happens if the data gets destroyed, or the media we use to store it ultimately proves to be impermanent? It would be quite ironic if none of our recorded history actually survives.
I think you really hit the nail on the head Binky! that is what I think will happen….
or the technology will not be able to read what is now state of the art. or worse, like the people fighting to recover in Japan,
we have no more electricity…
definitely food for thought. not tasty but enriching.
It could be like trying to watch old Beta videos or 8-tracks. No many machines left to play them anymore, and they’re only a generation or two old. In a hundred years, or a thousand, DVDs will not be state of the art. We should go back to carving everything in stone.
Fraz, you’re looking at it wrong. History is a video game!
You must have a different teacher than mine! History as a video game I might just like! Especially if there’s lots of shooting!
…of arrows
I loved history when I was in school. One of my favorite classes. I’m guessing Wombies need a bit more excitement.
Have a terrific day. 🙂
The appeal of history, or probably most subjects, depends a great deal on how well it’s taught. History can be fascinating if presented well.
You beat me to doing the banners. Can I just steal yours. haha
You gave me the idea. I was going to use your banner, but then I thought it might be more appropriate to have country-specific Red Cross graphics. Steal away if you wish.
awesome 🙂
Thanks, Agent Moose.
lol … for me, it’s boring because whatever happened in the past let it stay in the past
A lot of people would agree, but a lot of history can be fascinating. The pyramids, Rome, the Incas, the dark ages, the renaissance. . .
But in fifty years when kids read about this generation’s cell phones and video games, they’ll complain that history doesn’t mention holographic, time-traveling lunch boxes!
You’re probably right. And it will probably be taught with a direct link to the brain.
Douglas Adams says no: only the teacher will become automated. (Warning: really long link. The part I’m referring to starts after “Here is a typical computer class from the Bratisvogan Megalycee Unidate 911VCK168:”)
I still think a direct link to the brain would be a much more efficient way to educate someone. But maybe I should just open a shoe shop.
I think i should have been a history teacher…. I wouldn’t have taught any of the boring stuff
So no History of Colonial Corn Husking Techniques class?
Poor little guy, I didn’t like history when I was a kid either. Excuse that poor little guy and let him out run another rocket, then have some more cookies and milk! Lol
I love the comic!
A lot of kids probably feel the same, but history can be exciting if presented right. Death! Destruction! Epic battles! Heroes! Villains!
Even so, Fraz would definitely prefer to be out playing with rockets!
“Why aren’t there any wombats in Iceland?”
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I’m not sure. Historically I think it’s because Iceland is quite a long and dangerous swim from Europe. More recently, most wombats could not afford the cost of a plane or boat ticket, and those that could choose to settle in more tropical countries. I do believe an adopted Wombie or two did make it to your shores, though.
How long ago did you create these cartoons? I just realized your copyright says 2009??
Shhh!! They’re all brand new!
Some of them go back to 2003. Many are slightly edited or redone to before being posted here. The copyright date may be the date of their creation, the date they were redone, or a semi-random date somewhere between that.
Man, when I was in college, I didn’t even have my own computer. Had to use one at the library or bug my YOUNGER sister for hers(!!)
We were still using slide rules and cave drawings. Hhahahah
It was tough back in the Dark Ages, but there were a lot fewer wimps. Slide rulers are probably beyond the imagination of today’s kids.I still prefer to use my abacus.
Of course, way back then, History was shorter!
Yes, it was. I remember it well.
People in the past must have had a longer attention span!
Can you imagine constructing the pyramids today? We wouldn’t even get one stone laid before losing interest.
Yep. Ever heard of the Peloponnesian War? Four generations keeping it going
That’s one instance where a shorter attention span could be advantageous.
Soooo funny!
Thanks, Mak!
Yep, in my day, all we had was television and ten-cent chocolate bars.
10 cent chocolate bars sound really good, but I didn’t know television was that old.
When I was a kid, I also thought TV had been invented for me
You mean it wasn’t ??!!
…And there was this program called “Happy Days” in which one frequent saying was, “You’re cruisin’ for a bruisin’!” Which you might well be, you young whippersnapper.
Running to hide now!!
Ha! Reminds me when my youngest daughter was bored, she would say I’m Boring! Ha,ha,ha!
I hope she grew out of being boring!
Cell phones, videogames and internet. If these three things didn’t exist I think I’d never want to stop working!
Quick, hide all the gadgets and technology!
True, true! 🙂
Many would agree!
And no malware, computer viruses, Twitter, and lots more time for camping, hiking. Hmm maybe history is OK!
I suppose “roughing it” these days is going without your cellphone for more than a few minutes. Such hardship!
It also reminds me of when my youngest daughter got a phone in her room, (landline, remember those?). She got one that had a fake dial on it. She thought that those must have been so neat long ago when the world was young. I never told her that it was back when I was young and we had not only those, but party lines.
I remember when upgrading to a push button phone from a rotary dial was a big deal. State of the art was so simple back then in the good old days.