It's sort of a convoluted story* about how I came upon this cartoon but when I first read it I burst out laughing and thought how perfect it was for what I'm doing these days. (Meaning, trying to teach math to my child who creates a back story or narrative for pretty much any any endeavor.) So, I thought I'd share. The image came from Lynda Barry's blog The Near Sighted Monkey.
*The long story, if you're interested, is that Lynda Barry went to my alma mater The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA. She is a contemporary of Matt Groening (The Simpsons creator and Evergreen grad) and is, by all accounts, an incredible writing teacher. I have been working up the courage to contact her to see if she might be interested in writing for ALT/space, the online project of the Teaching Artist Journal (which I edit). While I was thinking about all this I found her blog and saw that she would be teaching at a summer writing institute in my town. That was a weird coincidence. I heard through the grapevine that she is as wonderful as everyone says. Although I have not yet worked up enough courage to get in touch, I have really been enjoying her blog!
Just do it.
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