My fourth field trip to the middle school was one to remember. I had the chance to sit in an eighth grade math class (Mr. Bosco's Algebra class to be exact). Mr. Bosco is still as sarcastic as he was when I was one of his students in the seventh grade. He jokes a lot in his class, but the students respect him and pay attention when the time is needed. While sitting in his class for a little while I was reminded of something said in my psychology class. Math teachers tend to be a lot neater than, let's say, an English teacher. Mr. Bosco's class was extremely neat when I had him as a teacher and is still that way now. People who like math like everything to have its specific place. This is definitely true, even for me. There's also another thing that might be a bit obvious; most eight graders are a lot more mature than the fifth graders that I'm used to interacting with at the middle school. There were a select few that haven't gotten that maturity boost yet, though. They would have their random outburts or try to start things with the other students. I could also see that these kids may still struggle with making friends. They were in the back of the class (opposite corners from each other), kind of isolated from the other students. I may sit in another class next week and I'm really excited for that. At the end of my visit, I went and sat with the intersting girls group. This week the easily distracted girls met and they actually finished their skit for the mot part. They just need to work on being serious about it and letting things flow. They tend to make it too obvious when the lines are switching from person to person.
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