This 1997 Archie Comic Predicted Schooling In 2021 And Twitter Is Stunned

The strip, shared by the official Twitter account of Archie Comics yesterday, was originally published in a February 1997

The Simpsons, it would seem, does not have the monopoly on eerily accurate predictions. An Archie Comics strip from 1997 currently has the Internet abuzz, for it seems to have correctly predicted what schooling would look like in the the year 2021.  ????[Originally published in Betty #46, Feb. 1997] pic.twitter.com/UNwjBa2gFe That comic is shockingly prescient about online schooling: "Video monitor must remain uncovered at all times". I was a bit suspicious that this must be a hoax, but I verified that Betty #46 really did have Betty as "a student in the futuristic classrooms of 2021." The Simpsons """""Predictions""""" have NOTHING on this Ha! That's pretty close. Except for the entire emotional context around it. And the hardware. Last year, several schools and educational institutes across the world made the switch from traditional classrooms to online learning as the pandemic necessitated social distancing. As a result, for almost a year now, many students have been attending classes using their laptops, desktops or phones at home.  An Archie Comics issue from almost 25 years ago is now going viral for predicting the switch to remote learning.