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a white party hat with the word dance on it's side and black lettering

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a black and white drawing of a man with a cone on his head that says dunce

A dunce cap, also variously known as a dunce hat, dunce's cap, or dunce's hat, is a pointed hat, formerly used as an article of discipline in schools. In popular culture, it is typically made of paper and often marked with a D or the word "dunce", and given to schoolchildren to wear as punishment by public humiliation for misbehavior and, as the name implies, stupidity.

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a white cone sitting on top of a wooden stool next to a blackboard and chalk board

dunce cap / dunce's hat - invented by Duns Scotus of Duns - Scotland {D.11/8/1308} A medieval scholar recommended the wearing of conical hats to stimulate the brain - so-called 'thinking caps' [this notion is the likely source of the word 'get your/my thinking cap on' as well as pointed hats traditionally worn by wizards] believing cone shape increased learning potential, that knowledge would flow from the point of the cap, down, into the head of the wearer, making that person smarter

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a sign posted on a telephone pole stating that the dance cap was not placed on the head of a bad child but instead on the head of the slow learner

Duns Scotus of Duns, Scotland was a medieval scholar. Perceptions of his views ranged from brilliant to less than complimentary. Duns Scotus believed that cone shaped hats increased learning potential. He believed knowledge would flow from the point of the cap, down and into the head of the wearer, making that person smarter. About all this accomplished over time, was the perception of a person wearing a dunce cap to be...... a dunce. There was a positive side to his use of dunce caps. It…

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