education
Original: education on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A man (the senator) speaking to another man: "MISTER SENATOR, THIS IS INSANE."
The senator: "IT MAKES NO SENSE TO USE 'TOTAL DEGREES AWARDED' AS A METRIC FOR SUCCESS. YOU HAVE TO CARE ABOUT THE QUALITY."
Panel 2:
The first man: "IF YOU ONLY CARE ABOUT AWARDING A HIGH NUMBER OF DEGREES PER CAPITA, YOU COULD SAVE A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY BY JUST GIVING A TRILLION DEGREES TO A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL."
The senator: "I SEE."
Bottom banner (newspaper headline):
"Newsnet
RECORD EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS AND A BALANCED BUDGET, SAYS MOST CREDENTIALED SENATOR IN HISTORY"
Votey:
A bald man (the senator) speaking, hand-drawn speech bubble: "New rule: people with more than 8 law degrees can't be arrested."
A man (the senator) speaking to another man: "MISTER SENATOR, THIS IS INSANE."
The senator: "IT MAKES NO SENSE TO USE 'TOTAL DEGREES AWARDED' AS A METRIC FOR SUCCESS. YOU HAVE TO CARE ABOUT THE QUALITY."
Panel 2:
The first man: "IF YOU ONLY CARE ABOUT AWARDING A HIGH NUMBER OF DEGREES PER CAPITA, YOU COULD SAVE A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY BY JUST GIVING A TRILLION DEGREES TO A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL."
The senator: "I SEE."
Bottom banner (newspaper headline):
"Newsnet
RECORD EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS AND A BALANCED BUDGET, SAYS MOST CREDENTIALED SENATOR IN HISTORY"
Votey:
A bald man (the senator) speaking, hand-drawn speech bubble: "New rule: people with more than 8 law degrees can't be arrested."
Alt text
A two-panel comic. In the first panel, a man tells a seated, balding senator, "Mister senator, this is insane." The senator replies that it makes no sense to use 'total degrees awarded' as a metric for success because you have to care about quality. In the second panel, the man explains that if you only care about awarding a high number of degrees per capita, you could save time and money by giving a trillion degrees to a single individual; the senator replies, "I see." A newspaper banner at the bottom reads: "Newsnet: Record educational success and a balanced budget, says most credentialed senator in history" — the joke being the senator took the suggestion literally and gave himself all the degrees. Votey (aftercomic): the same balding senator, looking smug, says in a hand-drawn speech bubble, "New rule: people with more than 8 law degrees can't be arrested."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.