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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This comic | + | This comic a take on the classic phrase "Remember to use a #2 pencil on the Scantron." {{w|Scantron}}s are standardized {{w|Machine-readable data|machine-readable papers}} used by students to answer multiple-choice tests. Often, the instructor will remind students to use a #2 pencil, which is the US term for the {{w|pencil hardness}} HB. HB pencils use a medium-hardness graphite considered ideal for Scantron use because the graphite is soft enough to leave a dark mark but hard enough to not smudge, both aspects that improve the performance of machine-readable paper. |
− | The joke is that the student used a #3 | + | The joke is that the student used a #3 pencil, which has a slightly harder graphite rating, on the Scantron as opposed to a #2 pencil, causing the grading machine to explode and harm some characters off-panel. |
− | The title text refers to the instruction to "fill in all the bubbles completely." This again improves the performance of machine-readable paper. | + | The title text refers to the instruction to "fill in all the bubbles completely." This again improves the performance of machine-readable paper. [[Randall]] states that he spent an inordinate amount of time making sure his markings were perfect because he had been warned so many times to do so. |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
:[A classroom scene. There are two desks, and the front one is occupied by the student. Miss Lenhart stands panel right facing the student.] | :[A classroom scene. There are two desks, and the front one is occupied by the student. Miss Lenhart stands panel right facing the student.] | ||
− | :Miss Lenhart: Okay class, I've turned in your exams for grading. | + | :Miss Lenhart: Okay class, I've turned in your exams for grading. Now- |
:Student: Miss Lenhart? | :Student: Miss Lenhart? | ||
− | + | :[View is now simply student in desk and teacher. Teacher looks horrified.] | |
− | :[View is now simply student in desk and teacher. | ||
:Student: I used a #3 pencil instead of a #2. Will that mess anything up? | :Student: I used a #3 pencil instead of a #2. Will that mess anything up? | ||
− | :Miss Lenhart: You | + | :Miss Lenhart: You WHAT? |
− | + | :[Teacher stands, covering her head, in front of an off-panel right explosion. The unseen speaker is off-panel right.] | |
− | :[ | + | :''AIEE'' |
− | :'' | + | :''BLAM'' |
− | : | + | :Unseen Speaker: OH GOD! |
+ | :[The student and teacher are left-panel, both looking shocked. The unseen speaker is still off-panel right.] | ||
:Unseen speaker: OH GOD! | :Unseen speaker: OH GOD! | ||
− | + | :Unseen speaker: I've never seen so much blood! | |
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− | :Unseen speaker: | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Miss Lenhart]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Miss Lenhart]] |