It's a common occurrence. At the beginning or end of a class, a bunch of the kids will occasionally rush up and start grabbing/hugging/punching me. When this happens I have to be very careful not to fall on them. With that many five-year-olds latched on to you, it's very easy to lose your balance.
That's what happened yesterday. At beginning of class, practically as soon as I walk in the room, I'm swarmed by half the kids in the room. They quickly formed a little circular mob around me, and almost every one had a vice grip hold on me. Two or three kids is normally no problem, but this many caused a bit of trouble With that many kids all moving around and jostling me, I lost my balance and fell.
I was lucky that I saw it coming. Having all the kids holding on to me helped slow the fall enough that I was able to catch myself in a sort of push-up position, keeping me up enough that I didn't land on any of the kids. I'm a pretty tall person, so landing on a kid is probably a good way of sending someone to the nurses office at the very least.
I did catch myself though, and it ended up with all of us in a pile on the floor by the door. They all thought it was funny, but the teacher was a bit nervous. (Probably more for me than for the kids.) I was paranoid the rest of the class, and would crouch down to brace myself if any of the kids even looked like they want to so much as touch me.
I've been afraid of falling on the kids since Day One. Hopefully if this happens again, which I'm sure it will, I'll be able to prevent any injuries.
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