Caught!

If anyone sees me, I thought, I‘ll be in trouble.

Regardless of that thought, I dragged a chair over to the display window and stood on it as I opened it and took out what I wanted. And sure enough, just as I was stepping down, work samples in hand, my principal came walking down the hall.

“You should always have a spotter if you are standing on a chair,”she said, smiling. She knows the rules, but understands a short teacher’s reality.