Miss Wormwood

Miss Wormwood is Calvin and Susie's schoolteacher; she is often weary and strict, largely because of Calvin's misbehavior and failure to pay attention in class. Miss Wormwood's brief appearance in the "Dimension" saga involves her stopping a fistfight between Calvin and Moe in the school hallway, expressing a great deal of surprise in Calvin's unusual violent demeanor, and threatening to send him to the principal's office (again). However, she is further shocked by Calvin's downright refusal to comply, as he loses his temper and walks out the school doors in frustration—ignoring her claim that she will call his parents. Baffled, Miss Wormwood sends Moe to the principal at least, before being told by an observant Susie Derkins that Calvin is having a difficult time; she listens as Susie explains that Calvin recently lost a friend during the Xevian invasion, and decides that perhaps the boy simply needs some time alone.