Capes for Everybody!!

Over at Joanne Jacobs, I discovered that several fabulous teachers were passing around a meme that lists Amazing Feats of Super Teachery.  GENIUS!!  (Everyone wants in on this cape look evidently.) (Can you blame them?)

I thought I would take a few minutes this morning and share some of mine because a) I never pass up an opportunity to toot my own horn and b) I would LOVE to hear some of yours!

So without further ado, and in no particular order, My Personal Feats of Fabulous Super Teachery:

* I can hold my pee for hours on end.  HOURS.  This skill is only rivaled by the talents of the camel.

(You HAD to know that one was coming.)

* I can stop a child dead in his or her naughty little tracks with the subtle lift of an eyebrow. (A skill I also feel free to pull out in other places such as Costco, malls and restaurants.)

* I can hold my teaching focus while watching a mouse scurry across the back of my classroom, drawing no attention to the visiting vermin.

* I can cross more items off a To Do List in one hour than any other adult professional.

* I have a somewhat inappropriate obsession with office supplies, picture books and pieces of student art.

* I do a mean Strega Nona impression and can literally perform selected scenes from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory complete with character voices and mannerisms.

* I hold a heinous amount of information about such elementary school science topics such as hibernation, photosynthesis and the various classifications of rock typically found in Central Park.

* I am a proud human shield, blocking my little friends from the overwhelming amount of political, administrative and general bullshit raging outside our classroom door.  All with a smile on my face.  A HUGE cup of coffee doesn’t hurt either.

Well, it’s finally the weekend.  So take a moment and toot your own horn!!