Quote from last week.

So, I tried repeatedly over the weekend to blog, and it wouldn't let me on the site. I was on my computer at home, and it was giving me fits. It was probably just as well, as I was overloaded with homework, so it helped me get everything done. :-)

I wanted to share a cool story about LostBoy. I now have him in the afternoon in my classrooms, and while some days have been rather character building, I have to say I love him immensely. I have had to draw some boundary lines with him because my role in his life has shifted. It went from being the teacher that just did sensory things and reading his social story to an actual teacher.

In the midst of it, he has tested me. And, I'll be the first to admit, he takes ALL my attention when he's in my room. I have to know where he is at all moments because if I don't, there's literally no telling what he'll be doing. (My hats off to Mr. H. for having him all year without much support up until recently. He has done very well with him!)

So, on one day last week, he was refusing to work. This wasn't unusual for him. He often refuses to work just to see what sort of reaction he'll get out of me. And, I'll admit, there have been moments where I've wanted to yell at him, but I haven't. :-)

So he asked the typical student question:

"Why do I have to do this?"

To which I gave my typical response:

"Because I'm a mean rotten, horrible, no good teacher."

The typical student response I get from that is:

"No you're not Ms. Spring."

Well, LostBoy is anything but typical.

The conversation went like this:

"Why do I have to do this?"
"Because I'm a mean, rotten, horrible, no good teacher."
"I GET THAT. Why do I have to do this?"

I just laughed.

I shouldn't have. I really shouldn't have.

But that struck me as funny, I haven't had one other student say I that.

And, after that, I now love it when he says, "I get that!"

He says it a lot now because he knows I like it.

The wierdest part of the story, the first day he said that and was refusing to work, after I laughed, he got his work done without much hassle at all.

Go figure.