Another Student Interview

I had the opportunity to interview yet another of the students in my clinical class this semester. I chose this student because he is alway willing to talk to me about what is going on. He is a bright boy with some issues in his home life and anger. He tries hard in school and once he gets that hang of something he takes off like a shot and gets things done. I asked him a series of nine questions and he answered very thoroughly and very openly.


Do you enjoy school? Sort of. There are only a few good things I like. Going outside, eating lunch, breakfast, and snack, and making something from paper.

What Kind of student are you? I'm ____________ (he said his name.) Me.

What do you do for fun outside of school? Play tag with my friends. I chase them because I want them to be my friend. I spy on people like The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

How would your classmates describe you? I don't know. Sometimes they describe me kinda annoying. Two people don't want to be my friend (then he named names.)

Who are you friends with? What do you and your friends do together? Megan, Levi, Tristan, Breanna, Jasalyn, Corbin, most of my classmate and Mrs. Skinner. We ply games outside, tag an robots.

Tell me a good memory you have about school. Oh, can I tell you about my old school? (my answer: sure.) My greatest memory, Halloween lunch. I was Spiderman every year or The Pumpkin King, from the movie the Nightmare Before Christmas, you know the movie? (My answer: yes, I do it is one of my favorites.) My family, friends and school mates were there and we had pumpkin treats and lunch together.

Tell me a bad memory you have about school. Both schools. I used to have bad luck here (LES.) I was cursed. At my old school there was a mean teacher. She yells a lot.

Describe a “good” teacher or tell me about a favorite teacher you have had in the past. Mrs. Skinner here. She helped me control my anger and she is always there for me. Mrs. Beth at my old school taught preschool. I got to play in the sandbox and she has Toy Story toys.

What is one thing you wish your teacher knew about you? That I really want her to stop giving out homework. That my family is a good family, but she already kinda knows that, and that she will always be my best friend.

The students then went on and told me:
The baddest thing is that they give out homework and make us work here. By the way it is bad luck here. Antwon does not want to be my friend don,da, don. And one last thing, they make me do different work and harder homework.