According to Wikipedia,
Zorro is an extremely agile athlete and acrobat, using his bullwhip as a gymnastic accoutrement to swing through gaps between the city’s roofs, and is very capable of landing from great heights and taking a fall. Although he is a master swordsman and marksman, he has more than once demonstrated his more than able prowess in unarmed combat, even against as many as twenty armed opponents.
He never uses brute strength, more his fox-like sly mind and well-practiced technique to outmatch an opponent.
I tell you this because Zorro visited our school today. One of our high school assistant principals (his name will not be mentioned to maintain his Bruce Wayne/Clark Kent identity) came to read to a kindergarten class. He brought his own book. A book that he has read to his daughter so many times that she can recite it word for word. He had the kids eating out of the palm of his hand. Talk about engaged learning… Phil would have been proud!
Time for an analogy… if I had only taught English…
teaching : kindergartners : : herding : cats
I have a fabulous group of kindergarten teachers. I am amazed at what they have accomplished with the students this far in the year. They work well together. They plan well together. They are truly a team. When I watch them work with those kids I am amazed. Everything is so well planned. They operate so smoothly. It’s much like cowboys/cowgirls/cow-people? working a monstrous herd of cattle. You keep the whole group moving the same general direction while simultaneously looking for the strays and bringing them back into the fold.
I get to practice this daily when I relieve the K teachers for their conference period. They dismiss their kids to the parents and I take the few kids that are left waiting for a ride. It’s never very many. I don’t have the skill that those teachers have. The look like seasoned ranchers out on the range. I look like a city boy herding cats. Have you every tried to get more than one cat to do what you want? Have you ever tried to get one cat to do what you want? Do you even like cats?
Zorro had those kids in the palm of his hand today. He was reading a book called, “Skippy jon Jones” by Judy Schachner. A wondrous book by a wonderful author read by a fantastic educator. Today was the cherry on top for the week!
And Zorro… wherever you are… thanks for reading to my kids!
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