School

Encouraged by OPE's "cartoons on the radio," I am going to try to describe today's "Non Sequitur" for those who do not read it regularly. Naturally, it has a message which I sanction.

There are four panels. In the first panel, Danae, the little heroine of the strip, is expressing joy that her teacher has asked the class to open their history books. "WOO-HOO!" she says.

In the second panel, the teacher expresses surprise at Danae's sudden fresh interest in history, especially when she claims it's "as much fun as science."

In the third panel, Danae elucidates: "Now we just make up our own facts, and if anyone refutes it, we brand them as a hatemonger." The fourth panel chronicles the teacher's inappropriate disciplinary response.

Such is the sorry state of education (and Congress) today.