I commend and congratulate you! As a born American, it was never a problem for me. However, as a Jew I know full well the fragile and tenuous peace can vanish in a moment if any one or more ethnic groups become a convenient scapegoat for a regime. My grandparents got out of Germany literally with moments to spare. At the same time my grandparents were boarding a plane, SS were bashing down the doors to their home.

So if you are in a position that you could ever face persecution like that, getting the F out is the smartest thing to do. I sincerely wish you all the best and hope you make a peaceful life somewhere that isn’t headed down the hellish path that America is. Even being a white American, I still sometimes worry because of being Jewish. It can very easily happen again to my people, especially since antisemitism is in vogue again lately. And the biggest problem is that it’s familiar and comfortable for most people; my people are expected to have acclimated to oppression - hey aren’t you used to it?

I hope someday soon, the USA will be safe again for you, though I would further admire if you’ve made a life somewhere that is preferable even over a safe USA.

Kudos to you and your family.

It’s so sweet that you care ❤️

Please tell me at least one of them pooed, because then I could simultaneously believe it and call B.S.!

This is no way to teach accounting!

Because they were raised to be honest and their grades would never result in them being shamed, only helped more? Because discipline? Because they had nothing to fear from their parents?

Just some possible reasons to consider. I never had a problem showing my folks. I did fairly well but had my weak areas too. Even failed a class once and had to re-take the next year. But I was never afraid to tell my parents, I just felt disappointed with myself but I knew I had tried as best I could. That’s all they ever expected of me.

I’m really sorry if your experience was less ideal. Sincerely, I mean it.

He’s not nearly as funny as he was in his prime in the 90s. Lots of them later are just plain not funny although cult followers will play word-twister all day in order to justify it.

I don’t think I’d even remembered that one. I read most of his earliest books but for some reason I didn’t remember that one. Yeah that one is swing and a miss. Weird.

This really makes no sense at all. Even with the assumptions made. Very weird for Larson. It’s not even clear what he’s supposed to be. He’s tiny suddenly but also his clothes are part squid? Wtf? Would not surprise me if this was not actually authentic Far Side.