Kristy Chimera
MED308
Journal #3

	This week at Lafayette went really well. On Tuesday, we rearranged the desks in our group so there were two rows of desks very close to each other, so no one was left by themselves in the back of the group. I think this helped the students pay attention better. We did have one student who still did not want to pay attention though. We tried to get Jose to pay attention, and participate, but he just did not want to. I went over to him towards the end of the class for another attempt to get him to pay attention, and I saw that he was drawing something on a piece of paper. I then asked him if he wanted to be an artist and he told me that he is a graphic designer. So maybe if we can come up with some math problems that are related to the graphic designer field, he will be more interested. Our group is writing lesson plans next week, so hopefully we can incorporate some real world examples for him.
	We also have a girl that has been in ISS Monday through Wednesday. She came into class and asked us for the notes for the week, which we gave her on Tuesday. Then, on Thursday, she was back in class with us. When we asked her where her notes were and if she had kept up with them, her response was that she lost them and did not complete them. This is really frustrating. I think the students who are in ISS are not really being punished. If I were her, and I did not understand math, I would rather sit in ISS all day and not have to do any work, then sit in a math class that I do not understand. If they had someone to help the students with the work they are missing, then that would be more beneficial to the students.
	Thursday was probably one of the best days that we have had. Jose sat in the front row next to Samantha. I thought they were going to have to be separated, but that was not the case. Jose was actually participating for the entire class today. Samantha even participated a little bit. I think once we show them that they are right, and not to second guess themselves, they will become more confident and willing to participate. I really like how we have students come up to the board to do some problems. The students are asked to explain what they did to the rest of the class. This gives us a chance to see if they really do understand what they did and why they did it. 
	I think we definitely ended the week on a good note with the students. They all seemed to understand the material this week, and by the end of the week everyone was participating. Hopefully the students will do well on the test tomorrow!