[Friday Free Day] Periodic Space-age

Some of the blogs I like and follow (Ahem, follow… because Following a blog shows you like it, and keeps the blogger from thinking she is sad and alone in the blog-o-sphere) have a weekly post with music or something interesting like a Music Monday, Saturday Stash, or a Tunes-Day. So… Introducing the Friday Free…

[Student Story] Hanging on a Telephone Wire

So, I asked what you would do in the case of a set of Pants on Fire. Thank you for the suggestions and ideas. Here is what went down: I put Phone-Borrower in a room away from everyone for awhile (if I say how long it will sound mean). I tried dialing the phone to see…

[Student Behavior] 8th Grade Moonies

I am the opposite of cerebral.  I am intuitive, imaginative, and impractical.  I am loosey-goosey, dreamy, and have a casual relationship with time.  BUT.  I prefer provable facts over what-ifs or maybes.  If I am going to make a statement or declaration, I look it up first. That said,  I am fixin’ to make a declaration.  Actually two.…

[Student Story] Pants on Fire

What is the right thing to do? Kidlet #1 is despondent.  He finally lets me know that he has let another student “borrow” his cell phone and she has not returned it for nearly a week.  He is in big trouble at home, but will only tell his mom that the phone is “lost.”  He…

[CCW] She’s So Super She’s a Little Scary

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…

Quote of the Week #15

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…

New Things For a New Year!

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…