G.P.A.-holes

[Zits, November 11, 2025.]

In the first panel of today’s Zits , the two fellows with perfect grades showed their test results to each other: “I aced the A.P. physics test!” “Same here!” Pierce’s portmanteau seems to be original with him, or with Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman, the makers of Zits. I think it deserves an A.

The only time I can recall seeing students compare grades was when I taught a first-year Honors class. When I returned essays, the students would huddle in the hallway and compare as I skulked away. They must must have been comparing all through their high-school years. As the semester wore on, it became clear to me that most of these students were interested mainly in grades. Not a satisfying teaching experience.

[I’d omit the periods in A.P. and G.P.A., but it’s not my comic strip.]