run of the mill

Today was pretty run of the mill.The only excitement was KC's freakout, which is actually pretty ordinary.

 KC had a freak out at recess that Erica handled and I gladly let her.   It all started because he was up on the hill of the playground and Erica told him to come down because he would trip and fall.  Sure enough, he tripped over the pipe that sticks out of the hill and fell on top of TB.  TB and KC both freak out and start yelling at each other. TB comes over to me sobbing, which is a sign that something happened besides him getting mad. As I walk over, I see Erica trying to handle KC (which is next to impossible).

Erica explains all that has happened and all the while, KC walks over to TB who is crying against the fence and just kicks him. He gets in his spot at the back of the line where he makes the girls in front of him cry.  Erica tells him to come stand with her while they walk inside and he just walks right past her to the front of the line stating that "it helps him to walk in the front of the line."  While this is true sometimes, it's also a privilege and is not to be done without permission.

Meanwhile, I'm up by the fence trying to calm TB down who is sobbing, curled up in a ball and refusing to come inside. When TB and I got up to the door, Erica and Ms. Moulton were talking about what had happened and KC had this extremely ashamed look on his face.  Erica filled out a behavior report once we got inside and it will go home with KC tonight.

If it had just been me out there on the playground, I probably wouldn't have even mentioned this. It happens at least once every couple of weeks where KC freaks out and prevents us all from lining up and coming inside in a timely manner. The one thing that was different was that it was Erica who was dealing with him and not me. I feel like lots of times, I talk about this kid and no one besides Ms. Moulton quite gets it.  They don't understand that he will do what he wants (ie. walks to the front of the line when Erica's talking to him).  He will have you chasing him around the playground because he is so angry at the situation.  He had Erica almost at her breaking point and she's really good at behavior management.

It's refreshing to know that other people have such a difficult time with him as I do. Maybe that's mean or insensitive, but I feel like I am a pretty good judge of what works and doesn't work with my students, and I've yet to figure out what works with KC. Ms. Moulton had a meeting with the Dean of Discipline and some other behavior faculty at the school about KC today.  I don't know what they're going to do with him because it's situations like today that make me believe there is something other than just a lack of discipline and structure at home.

Anyways, besides this little incident, today was pretty normal. The new kid is just as cute today and is so funny. He's adapted quite well and has even started joking around with the other kids.  When they asked him how to spell his name, he spelled it completely wrong to throw them off.  It also just came up and randomly gave me a hug, which was so cute.  I love him!

These kids can drive me a little crazy, but even KC is someone I get excited to see in the morning and love spending time with throughout the day.  I's gunna miss dees kidz.