This strip in particular was what earned Calvin & Hobbes a special place in my heart. I loved learning outside of school because I could learn about the different parts of a subject whenever I wanted. At school, you were told what order you had to learn them in. (cont)

It was like I was a dog being taken for a walk. The teacher, holding my "leash" would drag me to the next stop on the walk as I was trying to get the whole scent story from the tree. How could I concentrate on the bench when I couldn't stop thinking about the tree?