i'm a little bit scared of my boss, as you might have guessed.  it seems like whenever i see her, it's because i'm in trouble.  so i do try to stay out of her way as much as possible.  that's the kind of great relationship we have.

she comes into my classroom once in a blue moon.  it's been twice so far this year, in fact. 

the first time, i was busy teaching my kids the word 'comfortable'.  of course, to fully get the meaning of this you need to demonstrate it.  first you get them to sit on a hard floor and wiggle about a bit and make pained faces.  then you get them back in their chairs, feet up on the desks, arms behind heads like so, (and remember, feet are offensive in this country)

and of course when you've got all eighteen of your students doing this, that's going to be the exact moment your boss walks into your classroom.

so I was teaching my favourite class this week, my beautifully behaved, clever, funny kids, the sort that make my job a joy instead of a drag.  and they were busy all lesson doing their intelligent, well-behaved thing.  towards the end of the lesson, we did a listening exercise - play a song, fill in the gaps on your worksheet.  completed easily, no fuss.  still five minutes left til the end of class.

'Teacher Dorla, play song again!  Please!'

'Alright.  You can sing along if you want.  Have a dance.'

'Yay!'

And so of course they're all up immediately, jumping about like crazy chickens, roaring like lions, wriggling on the floor...

this is one of those moments where you think, if the boss were to walk in now... and, guess...  what ... happened.... next....