Jamaal Gill TS#9

David and I met for the sixth time today. He was pretty compliant today but had the attitude of a child who just woke up from a nap. It's hard to tell at times whether he's messing with me or if he just doesn't like me. I can't tell. He is a good kid though. If he were only a tad more motivated to do work or even just to follow my orders a bit better, he would be an above average student. Also, there are times when I feel like he writes bad on purpose, to make it seems as if he needs help. However, he only does this occasionally and there are other times where he'll actually not understand the material. So, I'm starting to realize it's either a hit or a miss. We did work on some speed writing (note-taking) today. Oddly enough this kept his attention the whole time. I've never seen him write so much without pouting or whining. This could've been due to the video I was showing him or rather the video he chose himself. He decided to watch a video on Parkour and he seemed to be quite motivated the whole time throughout watching it. He was taking notes on what was happening the whole time. After we finished watching the video, I asked him to look over his notes for any spelling or grammatical errors. He actually went back and corrected stuff. I was actually pretty impressed. I will definitely say I overestimated the attention level of a new 6th grader. I will definitely need to be more creative like this in the future if I'm to keep their attention.