Oh, I'll never do that...

When I first started teaching, my mentor video taped me and I was shocked at how manically I was moving about the room.  Picture the Tasmanian Devil with a sheaf of papers and a pencil in his hair.  Over time I have gotten better, but I still spend a large portion of my day on my feet.  I'm up monitoring work, answering questions, prompting deeper thought.  I had seen some subs sitting in chairs and teaching from their seats.  I thought to myself, "How do they do that?  I'll never be like that!"  I imagine this is just the first of many occasions when I will have to eat those words (especially given the new job heading my way!).  I am to the point that I cannot fit between the rows of chairs without bumping kids in the back of the head with my belly.  By the end of the day, my ankles are also swollen to the size of small cantaloupes.  Given that, I am spending a lot of my day in the rolling desk chair at the table in the back or propped up on my stool at the front of the room.  It has really changed the way I am able to teach.  I don't like it!  I hope I don't get too complacent with this new mode when I get back from leave.