April 17th Post - Placement Reflection

There is one student at Bath that I have been particularly worried about lately. I have noticed that he pretty much wears the same dirty shirt and holey jeans everyday. His jeans are so holy and dirty that I can see most of his dirt stained legs. He has a temper that is ignited with the simplest thing. For example he had brought his empty take home book bag to the carpet with him one day. My CT told him that if he could not hold onto it quietly that it would be taken away. In a few minutes he had it swinging around his neck and playing with it. My CT told him she had warned him and took it away from him. He growled at her and yelled, “This is stupid!” He has had other outbursts where he crumples or rips up his papers he is working with.

Any time I or anyone else says something he doesn't like he growls at us like he is a dog. On Wednesday this past week the class was working on a pet catalog. They were able to choose items in the catalog which they had to write what animal it would be good for, two reasons why that animal would like it, and how much it would cost. This boy choose not to work very hard on his and therefore was asked by my CT to stay in at recess to finish it. I worked with him during this time. At first he was getting frustrated and being difficult, but after awhile he started working really well with me. In a matter of minutes he had finished two ads and was allowed to go outside for the rest of recess time. This shows that he can do his work but just needs to get rid of the attitude and get more motivation to do it.