On Wednesdays I teach at my Montessori school where everything is child-sized. That means the table surface is just above my knees. We were working with clay today to develop hand strength. I show the children how to roll the clay into balls and "snakes". Just visualize an ostrich with its head in the sand. I spent the whole morning on my long legs with my big rear in the air and my head back down at table level making eye-contact with the itty-bitty kids while guiding their hands with the clay. Even my ankles hurt... Sure, I could squat down to kid level, but then the sound of my knees cracking might scare the more sensitive ones.
Better to be an ostrich than a flamingo.
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