6. Share something that made you laugh this week.
I received an email from Kainoa’s teacher because my boy needed talking to. I’m always prepared to hear from her and quite frankly a little surprised she doesn’t write more often. He’s a good boy, but he can be fidgety and bored. He tends to ignore the concept of “personal space”, is impulsive, and does not use a filter of any kind.
So teacher emailed and was all “Hey, Kainoa asked a girl in class to stop flicking her pencil…”
Turns out the girl can’t really stop flicking her pencil because it’s a habit and helps her concentrate, but Kainoa said it was distracting him. When the girl walked away, Kainoa snapped the pencil in half and when she came back he handed the pieces to her and told her he did it because she wouldn’t stop flicking.
Of COURSE I knew Kainoa and I would need to have a serious talk about destroying someone’s personal property. Breaking something in half is not the best way to stop the unwanted behavior. He could have requested to be moved to a different spot in the classroom rather than let his irritation fester to that level.
I asked him why on earth he would damage another persons property and he said, “To be honest, I tried to do it before and it didn’t break….so I didn’t actually think it would break.”
His teacher did tell me that moved him to a desk by himself and away from the other kids. When I asked him if he was still sitting next to the girl he responded with, “No. I have my OWN personal island!!”
His own personal island.
I don’t know, maybe I need to start breaking pencils in half too, it seemed to work out quite well for him. I could use my own personal island.
The Prompts:
1. The best part of my day is…
2. My least favorite part of my day is…
3. Share how snow makes you feel in gifs.
4. Write a blog post inspired by the word: new
5. Share one piece of great advice you’ve received.
6. Share something that made you laugh this week.
Jerrale says
Is that all it takes to get your own space? Hmmm….
Frankly, I’d be annoyed by that sound, too!
madamdreamweaver says
LOL.—his own island! I love it. (though, he needs to work on communication skills as you said.)
John Holton says
I would imagine that, if the girl was humming or singing, even if it helped her concentrate, she’d be told to stop it. I think Kainoa has a point, albeit one that he could have expressed without breaking the kid’s pencil. Sounds to me like he’s pretty happy to be on his own private island; who wouldn’t be?
Jenn says
I honestly can’t blame him.
And I love his perspective!
I wish breaking pencils was all that was required to get more personal space, lol!
Abby says
Hoo boy, Don’t get me started on things-I’ve-seen-in-schools.
His own personal island! How cool, and all he had to do was break a pencil when the girl wasn’t looking. I love the, “I tried to do it before and it didn’t break….so I didn’t actually think it would break.”