Ninja Move

I've discovered that I have ninja-like senses.  At the beginning of the school year I freaked a kid out because I heard his whispered (correct) answer to a question I asked.  I told him I had ninja ears!  Well, yesterday I found out these skills now also include ninja sight.

I was working for a music teacher that taught choir at three different schools.  Although my music skills aren't a zero, they are definitely far from a ten.  I was at the last school of the day: a junior high school that I do not particularly like.  I only taught concert choir there, and I had already taught  the lesson to another class; I figured it shouldn't be too bad.  I somehow made it through the fifteen minute teaching activity while constantly asking the students to stop talking with their neighbors. 

After the lesson, I thought the rest of the class should be a breeze since I was showing a movie.  A helpful student turned all the lights off which happened to drown the room in almost complete darkness.  Turning off all the lights was a mistake.  This classroom was extremely large.  The room was really two rooms with a large partition that was open creating one huge room.  My class was sitting at tables with tiered seating on one half of the classroom which faced the other half of the classroom.  The other half had a small stage with curtains partially hiding the stage area.   The movie hadn't even been going for five minutes when I saw the faint outline of a white coat heading toward the stage and behind the curtain.  At that time I decided to ignore the escaping student and I would take care of the deviant in a few minutes.  A minute later I saw another student's outline heading for the stage.  I knew I had to bust them now.  I quietly walked over to the bank of lights, turned on the row nearest the stage, and illuminated two girls crawling up a ramp that led behind the front curtain.  It was a complete deer in the headlights kind of moment.  They froze and slowly looked at my stern but devious face.  I simply said, "Principal's office.  Now."  They knew there was no escape.  They stood up, grabbed their belongings, and left to go to the office.  Then a third culprit, the one in the white coat, came out claiming she was trying to bring them back to the class.  "That is not your job.  You can now join them in the office."  She grudgingly followed the other students to the Principal's office.

I am now pretty amazed at my ninja sight.  I just happened to notice their shadows at the right moment.  It also made the rest of the class on their best behavior for the rest of the class period.  I kind of hope I don't get ninja scent next though because junior high boys are awfully smelly.