Today I worked with a student who was starting to get on my CTs nerves, if just a little bit. He would not sit still. He would not focus on his work. He would not even attempt to complete the assignment given to him in class. So, I pulled him out of the room and gave him a little one on one attention.
He told me that this class made him feel itchy. Itchy? I asked. Itchy, he confirmed. What on earth does that mean? I wondered.
He explained that when he felt pressured to work quickly it made him nervous, and when he got nervous he got itchy. So, this class was making him itchy.
We've been assigning our 6th grade students to write 4-5 sentences essays every day based on brief discussions we have at the beginning of class, and he said after the discussions that he does not feel like he has enough time to finish his work. It makes him nervous and therefore itchy.
What a bizarre situation. No wonder he couldn't sit still. He's itchy! There is always an explanation, no matter how odd. All it takes is asking to figure it out.
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