Brain Melting
A student gives their brain the summer off; month by month it slumps until it's a puddle by September.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-09-12-brain-melting/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
[May] Student: "Nice work this year, Brain! Enjoy the summer off."
[June] [July] [August] (the brain sags and flattens)
[September] Student: "Uh-oh."