Stay Away from me....

no wait... I need help.... That was a conversation I had today with a child. This boy and I have struggled to get along... To put it lightly.He is my patience tester.... In math today this boy was getting particularly annoyed with me since I was reminding him of the expectations for the meeting area. Needless to say it was frustrating, and I almost broke down. But awesomely enough, I worked through it. This child is so upset that he has to be angry and mean to everyone, even people want the best for him. I do have to say though, I can understand people who give up on things. I feel beaten down everyday after math. Unlike those other people though, I find a little thing to focus on that makes me happy. I think about it, and I just let my anger and my annoyance that is generated by this child to just melt away. My annoyance today was just mainly generated by his ping pong like desire to have me check his work and approve his math. I mean either you want my help or you don't. However, I guess my insistent, "i am a teacher in this classroom and you just have to deal with that" actually got into his head. Tomorrow is another day and I will fight again to make a difference in his life but DAMN is it hard sometimes.