On Thursday, the boys in SJ's class were being punished. Apparently, they were very difficult for the substitute teacher on Wednesday. SJ's teacher, Mr. Gold, decided that since they were difficult the day before they needed a consequence (I agree!). When the boys went to lunch, they were not allowed to talk. This is a reasonable punishment for most kids, but this is an excruciating punishment for SJ. It is practically impossible for SJ to be quiet for more than a few minutes.
When SJ went to lunch, he talked when the boys were to be quiet. (No surprise here!) Mr. Gold told him that he would have to write his spelling words 10x each and he had to move to the back of the room to complete his punishment. SJ was not too happy about this. He hates changing his seat and he hates writing!!! SJ got through the punishment, but he was obviously not a happy camper.
When I saw his aide at the end of the day, she warned me that he would probably be in a bad mood. She told me what had happened and I told her that it should be a fun night (did you hear my sarcasm?). When I got up to the office a few minutes later, SJ was quick to tell me that he had a bad day. "I won't do it again, Mom. I swear I won't. I'm sorry. I'm sorry," said SJ.
I told him that he already had his consequence, so we should move on. I was concerned about how this would affect him for the remainder of the evening. I was also worried about how it was going to affect me. I had so much to do that evening. I had to take him to speech, come home and make cupcakes for his class and start cleaning my house.
Thank goodness his bad day didn't affect his (or my) evening at all! Hopefully, we won't have a day like that again for a long, long while!
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