The Teacher Hat

Today I am speaking in metaphor, so for those of you searching for a trendy hat report, I will need a rain check until tomorrow because today, I need to speak to another audience...the audience of people learning to manage life and their various functions as humans on this planet...

Today I fixed onto my head my teacher hat, which had been airing out for about 5 days during my extended Martin Luther King, Jr. day weekend. This is a peculiar hat, invisible to the naked eye, yet fashioned of a flimsy unseen silk, so thin that one can stack other hats upon it, without bulky lumps or conspicuous seepage from beneath the brim. An odd invention, this teacher hat can sometimes feel light as a feather, yet other times, it is as burdensome as a ton of bricks.

On this day, my teacher hat felt about as cumbersome as a single brick...yet even a brick can be difficult to balance on one's head for a number of hours.

Once you purchase the teacher hat (which is done the very moment you accept your first offer to educate young minds) you can never, under no circumstances, on no account, nevermore, not ever, exchange or return this priceless garment. When it becomes yours, it is yours forever. To some, it is an incommodious curse, while to others it is the blessing of a lifetime. To me, it is my sometimes brick-like, lifetime blessing.

But for now, I will lay this topi aside as I lavish myself in the glamor of filling the brim of my blogger hat...and I will resume tomorrow, wearing the hat you style followers must prefer--the lover of hats, hat.

*The hat pictured above is none other than my favorite teacher's (Professor MacGonagall's). The photo is linked to a page where you can purchase your very own. This is for the Potter fans out there...