My Senior Block Experience : John The Crier ( Who Claims Foul )
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Throughout my senior block experience, I have been in three different classrooms, with many different students. Each student possessed unique qualities that have taught me better communication skills and relationship building. Three specific students were John, Jacob, and Justin (for the confidentiality of the students, I have changed their names). These students’ different behaviors have caused an effect on either their learning or social interactions.
John The Crier (Who Claims Foul)
John’s behavior moderately effects his learning, but greatly effects his social interactions with others. Academically, John is extremal smart, he achieves proficient or above-grade level on most school assessments. John is easily upset when his efforts, rather it be academic success or desired behavior, are not celebrated or acknowledged. When this daily situation happens, John begins to cry immediately. His actions and outburst, causes distraction from other students learning, his own, and his peers become frustrated. Because of these outburst, John’s social interactions with peers are limited, because of the frustration and annoyances his classmates possess during his outburst. As teachers, we quickly want to solve the problem to eliminate distraction. However, in this case a common mistake a teacher can make is by reinforcing the crying by calling it to attention. Since this problem is reoccurring there are a few measure I can take to prevent this behavior from escalating. The first
onaryDictionary of Ònìchà Igbo
2nd edition of the Igbo dictionary, Kay Williamson, Ethiope Press, 1972.
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