Beaver is supposed to be writing a book report on The Three Musketeers and it's due in three days; Beaver managed to read chapter one so long ago, he can't remember anything. Beaver has to stay home and read instead of eating Chinese at Gilbert's. Wally can't sympathize with Beaver; he read the book, it's great. Gilbert stops by to see Beaver. Gilbert read his book, he's done. His parents got on his back as soon as the assignment was made, but Beaver can watch the movie on TV.
Beaver will be home alone. Can he be trusted to read the book or will he succumb to watching it on TV. When Gilbert stops over and that's it. But the movie is the one staring Don Ameche and the Ritz Brothers. Not the book. Too bad it wasn't an assignment on Alexander Graham Bell; he might have managed to get by with a biography assignment. Well, not really.
Beaver's ready to go. Did he learn anything about putting stuff off asks Ward? Sure did, again not really. Now Theodore gets to read his report to the class. Keep reading Beaver prods Mrs. Rayburn, who is "enjoying" hearing his rendition. You think that with the class laughing so hard, Beaver would begin to suspect he wasn't doing Dumas. Maybe, whispers Gilbert, Beaver should have read the comic book; I have to assume he was referring to the Classis Illustrated series. Theodore gets to remain after class. How can Mrs. Rayburn know kids cheat by reading comics, or dust jackets, or even watching movies; she's a teacher. Now he has to take a note home to Ward.
Wally has an idea. Get Dad talking about his days as a kid and then spring the note on him when he's in a good mood. Nothing kills a good mood like a note from a teacher when you are just about to graduate grade eight and start high school. We finish up with Beaver reading two books for reports and agreeing with Ward that reading is important. He does take some of the sheen off when Beaver concludes that without being able to read we wouldn't know what's on TV.
Here we are with Beaver about to go off to high school and he still falls for every ploy Gilbert comes up with. Pretty sure we will never see Theodore in an honors program in high school. I began a career teaching eighth and ninth graders, and they were by and large twice as smart and clever as Beaver. They were even better cheaters, but they got caught. After a long stint teaching honors in high school, I helped out a friend for a few years and agreed to teach some eighth-grade classes. Again, they couldn't figure out such an old man could beat them at cheating. It was almost a game, pitching the naïve tech wonders vs the sly crafty old techie. They couldn't figure out how I knew so much. We had great fun.
Beaver will be home alone. Can he be trusted to read the book or will he succumb to watching it on TV. When Gilbert stops over and that's it. But the movie is the one staring Don Ameche and the Ritz Brothers. Not the book. Too bad it wasn't an assignment on Alexander Graham Bell; he might have managed to get by with a biography assignment. Well, not really.
Beaver's ready to go. Did he learn anything about putting stuff off asks Ward? Sure did, again not really. Now Theodore gets to read his report to the class. Keep reading Beaver prods Mrs. Rayburn, who is "enjoying" hearing his rendition. You think that with the class laughing so hard, Beaver would begin to suspect he wasn't doing Dumas. Maybe, whispers Gilbert, Beaver should have read the comic book; I have to assume he was referring to the Classis Illustrated series. Theodore gets to remain after class. How can Mrs. Rayburn know kids cheat by reading comics, or dust jackets, or even watching movies; she's a teacher. Now he has to take a note home to Ward.
Wally has an idea. Get Dad talking about his days as a kid and then spring the note on him when he's in a good mood. Nothing kills a good mood like a note from a teacher when you are just about to graduate grade eight and start high school. We finish up with Beaver reading two books for reports and agreeing with Ward that reading is important. He does take some of the sheen off when Beaver concludes that without being able to read we wouldn't know what's on TV.
Here we are with Beaver about to go off to high school and he still falls for every ploy Gilbert comes up with. Pretty sure we will never see Theodore in an honors program in high school. I began a career teaching eighth and ninth graders, and they were by and large twice as smart and clever as Beaver. They were even better cheaters, but they got caught. After a long stint teaching honors in high school, I helped out a friend for a few years and agreed to teach some eighth-grade classes. Again, they couldn't figure out such an old man could beat them at cheating. It was almost a game, pitching the naïve tech wonders vs the sly crafty old techie. They couldn't figure out how I knew so much. We had great fun.