Superheroes are helpful. It’s sort of their job. They help ladies in distress on a regular basis. They help save bus-fulls of innocent victims from certain death. They save folks who inadvertently fall off tall buildings. And they save cities and planets from evil-doers and imminent destruction. Some superheroes wage an internal battle with their…
for Beating the Baddies like Batman Batman is one of my favorite heroic characters. It’s true, it is possible that Batman is not, technically, a superhero (wha-what??? Read here or here if you want to edify yourself), but I have decided I’m okay with his questionable status. I have decided to love him anway. Let…
Let’s start off 2014 with an ABC book! Let’s call it the… Abecedary of Cape-Wearing! Let’s start right now! is for Caveat Wait… what? Did I mean to do that? Yes, and it’s making me giggle. While that doesn’t gurantee that it’s actually funny, it does prove I did it on purpose and like it. How,…
Earlier this summer I was struck by a piece of brilliance. No jokes please…. I was watching the new Green Lantern movie and learning, for the first time, about the story of the Green Lanterns. Have you heard it? I will ‘splain. No. There is too much. I will sum up… There are tons of Green Lanterns in…
If there was any doubt that I a.) have super powers (such as lightening bolts coming from my neck, eyes, and knee) and b.) am the Boss (with a trusty sidekick), here is some proof. Really, what more do you need? Note the cocky stance–that’s how you stand when you are electric. I am the…
Taylor Mali is probably best known for his “What Do Teachers Make?” poem. I like it. Very much. However, I snort and giggle at this one. Even when I’m alone, and only my dog can hear me. “The The Impotence of Proofreading,” by TAYLOR MALI
The Scene: A classroom of middle school trouble-makers working on computers. All is quiet (Really! It was! It was freetime so they were plugged-in and all quiet-like!), Except, for R. He has the hiccups… Ms. M: Who has the hiccups? Various Voices: R… It’s R… R. has the hiccups. R.: Me… hiccup Various Voices: You…
This week was tough. TOUGH, I tell you. This caped teacher doesn’t know how to explain it without taking hours and hours, but suffice it to say that the hat-trick of rampant Eighth-Grade Disease, one very troubled child, and shared issues of the foster care and education systems, had me beat down to a pulp…
This story on NPR caught my attention today and made my heart a little wobbly. I’ve included the link to the story I heard, though there are many articles online. His words and the words of his staff speak to me. It sounds like he has left quite a legacy in education. Remembering D.C. Educator…
Wear The Cape 