Blog 4/2: Classroom Observation

There's a fourth-grader in the music class at the school that I'm currently observing who I believe fits into the description of "troublemaker" that Shalaby writes about. He is a student with ADHD who does have a habit of disrupting the class, but usually it is due to him having a high amount of energy. The music teacher is normally very patient with him, not escalating to a punishment unless he is consistently reminded to stop disrupting the class, and even then he's usually told to take a quick walk. He's not one that is said to "have an attitude," which is unlike the stories of the students shared in Shalaby's writing, but his experiences are shared with said students. However, he was recently suspended for starting a fight with another student, and he has not returned to class since that fight. I was not given specifics on what caused the fight or who else was involved in it, but I do know that this child does not normally act this way towards other people and that it was surprising to hear what had happened when I came in for my first observation in almost a month. He tends to interact with the other students fairly well; he's occasionally told to stop by certain students when he gets overly rowdy, but most of the time, the students are laughing along with his antics–an average classroom scene for many.