Monday, December 7, 2009

Get to know a student: John's obsession with Amy

John is an eight year old student of mine. He is currently over 200 pounds and was 130 pounds in kindergarten. What is worse is that he has a tremendous amount of rage built up in him - as if he is mad at the entire universe. John has a severe emotional disability and is diagnosed as oppositionally defiant. The one thing that brings John joy and excitement is Amy. Amy is a 2nd grade girl, in a regular ed class; the same class that John mainstreams in. One thing John does have is good taste - Amy is one of the cutest little girls out there. The problem is that Amy does not pay much attention to him. What a shame.
On Mondays I do a pro-social activity with my class in which I ask them to relate what they did over the weekend. It was John's turn and he amazingly related how he had a dream about his beloved Amy. His dream went something like this: You know how the movie Scarface ended? Where Al Pacino was shooting that enormous gun off and saying "Say hello to my little friend"? John said that he was Scarface in the movie, in that very scene. Picture him shooting off the huge gun, laying enemies down in rapid-fire-glory, all while holding Amy in his free arm, kissing her as he takes quick breaks from ending lives. My question is; How does he even know these intricate details of a horribly violent movie? What is an eight year old boy doing watching scarface?? The scariest part: He said it is his favorite movie and he knows all the lines.

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