>>94293805That happened to me, too and I often identified with Calvin a lot. I was frequently so bored in school that I'd read from books I'd snuck into my desk while the teacher was talking about the lessons I'd already done. The teacher was always confiscating my books, since I was supposed to be focusing on the work. That usually led to me doodling on my looseleaf instead of paying attention. One day though, I was ready for her.
After she once again caught me reading in class and took my first book, I had a back-up. So I started reading that one. She took that one, too. I had a third. The other students started laughing. When she came to take that one, she asked how many more there were. I had another two. She gave up and said that as long as my work was done well and I didn't disturb the class, I could read.
Later on, I taught myself Roman numerals and always dated my assignments with them. When it came time for the class to actually learn Roman numerals, the teacher said "Okay, everybody but anon will have a busy afternoon."
"But teacher," protested the other students. "Why do we have to learn this and anon gets to play computer games?"
"Because for the last six months he's been using what I'm about to teach you."
