Problem Child

So in the last class of the day there is this kid --lets call him Frank (not his real name since this is for anyone to read)-- who drives me, and the rest of the class CRAZY.  I told Russell yesterday that either I was going to kill him, or he was going to kill me by the end of the six weeks.  He is majorly ADHD.  He is always singing, up out of his seat, talking to anyone and eveyone.  And he doesn't listen.  He does ok writting down the notes, but as soon as he is done copying for one slide he is up and singing and talking again while everyone else is still writting stuff down.  Yesterday he was like "miss, why you always tellin me to be quiet, treating me like a dog" and I was so frustrated I said, well my dog at least listens to me.  Mean I know, but it's been like this for over two weeks now.

The other kids don't like him either.  Obviously, he is distracting and just kinda weird.  One other boy in particular, hates him.  But it gets really hot in my room, and I have a little fan, and they both get hot, so they sit next to each other in front of the fan.  So that adds a whole other dynamic.

For the next three days we are working on a major individual project.  They get three days in class to work on it (because lets face it they wont do it if you don't give them classtime- even if it is 30% of their 6weeks grade).  I was really worried that Frank would be all over the place and distracting everyone.  He has an aide that sometimes comes in to monitor his behavior (yes she even amitted that she was being paid for being a mom).  However, I had forgotten her name, so I emailed his counselor to see if she knew.  All the sudden she is emailing his case worker.  I just wanted to know her name so I could ask her to come in today.  I ended up finding her in the copy room, and she agreed to make sure that she stopped by.  So by the time 7th period came, Frank had two adults in their making sure he behaved.   I didn't mean to call in the calvery but it worked!!  They left about 20 minutes in.  And he behaved (for the most part) the rest of the period.  I made sure I thanked him for behaving nicely like 3 times.  HAHA!  I also made sure I had a stack of referrals ready- just in case.  I'm sure more Franks stories will be coming.  lol.

Yay for not really having to work had for tomorrow and Monday.  However, I will be at a development all day on Saturday starting at 8am.  :(  But it will help me be a better ESL teacher (hopefully-lol).  But I get a $100 stipend for going. 


On a happy note, we heard that Russell's grandparents started reading the blog.  So HI to grandma and grandpa in New York.  Can't wait to see ya'll in March!!