In class on Friday, students were taking a quiz. One student was told by the teacher to move his seat so he would stop talking. He was punished through isolation. I was in the back of the room and the student came to sit down a few desks and a row away from me to finish his quiz. I asked him, "would you like to sit next to me?" "No," was his immediate reply as he took the seat he aimed for. "I'm glad you told me the truth," I responded. "What?" He asked. I repeated it, he looked down for a second, and then moved back a row to the desk next to me.
It was clear that day and in previous classes that this student was not ready for this quiz. Many of his responses we incorrect and he will probably receive a failing grade from his teacher. This student and I thought through the quiz together - he struggled with adding and multiplying one and two digit numbers and was lost with the Order of Operations and Exponents Quiz. Through great struggle, we has able to answer one or two questions correctly. Even though his teacher will likely grade his quiz as failing, he left class for the weekend feeling successful: he focused for at least 25 minutes on math and actually did answer two problems on his own.
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