I PUT ON MY ROBE AND WIZARD HAT
I PUT ON MY ROBE AND WIZARD HAT
TIL the dunce cap has long been a visual symbol of idiocy and punishment, but was once seen as something closer to a wizard’s hat. While today we understand the goofy-looking cone hat as denoting some kind of intellectual failing, it actually began as a symbol of respected scholars.
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