Day Thirty-five: Sit. Stay.

Somehow convinced my first period boys to help clean up the lab and pack up all the costumes. With the room being used for TAKS testing, and costume racks still needing to be built, I needed some serious help. A few of the boys sat down about half-way through, while one of the boys kept going. It's really been fascinating to watch the change in his behavior. He's been pretty consistent wanting to do his work because he wants to graduate.

The student I mentioned yesterday came and tried to hide in my class again this morning. I let him for a few minutes before I sent him off to SMARTS. He feels like he's never getting out. I went later in the day and talked to one of the teachers in charge of SMARTS. I asked her how he was doing and expressed my concern for him. She said he was having a rough day. He has the mentality of a street kid. We made a deal that everytime he has a good day in there, we'd let him come to my class at the end of the day. Here's to hoping!