Struggling Student

I have enjoyed being out in the school and watching the teachers and students interact. Getting through all the behavior problems and into actual learning seems like a real challenge for my host teacher, not to mention all of the other teachers in the school. The teacher really does handle discipline problems well, but sometimes students can baffle her. One student in particular, on one of the days I was in class, has recently started having behavior problems that are affecting his school work. One morning, the student was muttering out loud and bothering the other kids around him. While my host teacher quickly reprimanded him, he refused to stop his behavior, which resulted in a scene in front of the whole class and a punishment of lunch detention. She even had to place him off in the corner of the room for the remainder of the class. She also told me that he hadn't been taking any notes or doing his work in class. In her class, the notes are graded and also help with the open-notes part of the test (which is next week), so he is really setting himself up for failure with his refusal to take notes. From watching him, I have noticed that he doesn't seem to be paying attention much of the time, and doesn't like to participate in the songs or rhythm activities.