But she will appreciate the alliterative title. Huzzah to my second Caped Crusader of the Week*, Annie! I met Annie back in 1997. We were both Teaching Team Leaders (or some such title) for a summer program. The first day of training kicked off with some touchy-feely-trusty blindfolded garbage that was NOT cool with me. I cast…
Our quote this week is of the “awwwww” variety. The counselor was playing the Ungame with a small group. J. (of the Mr. Sketch Marker) was in the group, as was R. It is important to note that R.’s first day of school EVER was this August. The short version is this: he has not…
It’s a brand new year (Tomorrow it is. Right now it’s isn’t. Right now it isn’t either. Or right now.) and in the grand tradition of New Years around the world, it is time to make large, sweeping, unreachable goals for the coming year. We here at Wear the Cape are dedicated to continuous quality…
I have made a decision. I would very much like to share the power of other caped crusaders out in the world. One of my main goals with Wear the Cape (other than shameless self-promotion, of course) is to show that there are caped wonders out in the world that are making a difference every…
Whatever you celebrate during this season, I send my most powerful wishes to you and yours!
But December has its issues, too. Today included the following (remember, this is out of 22 students): V. was assigned In School Suspension for defying another teacher on Friday and laughing, talking, and climbing a fence. ISS at our school means the student has to sit off to the side of the rest of the…
I was going to title this post “god-light”. You know, the light that sometimes shines through the clouds and, some say, looks all biblical and stuff? I did a search on it, and found… well… very little that describes it as I want it described. Then I thought I’d use “A-Ha”. A search ensued, and…
This week’s quote falls In the category of things I never thought I’d need to say. The scene earlier today… A. is quite concerned. He has stuck his head through the back opening in a chair and cannot get it out. I watched him try to remove it for quite awhile (probably way longer than…
One of my turtle-heads tends to favor a good lie (okay, any lie) over the truth. As this caped teacher is, along with many others, able to discern a lie in the seconds before it is told, I find myself catching lies multiple times a day. They are often little lies–“no I didn’t put that…
Today two of my kidlets were humming a few bars from Europe’s “Final Countdown.” A third kidlet joined in. While I was still agape (the adjective as opposed to the noun), they asked if they could listen to it. I could feel a blue-pen-cap kind of experience coming on and let it happen. The music…
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