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Essay / Life Skills Reflection Course - 1688
Upon arrival, I was greeted by a student who let me into the room. Once in the class, it was a little awkward at first since everyone was looking at me. But not even a minute and I felt extremely comfortable. I introduced myself to the teacher and she introduced me and the teacher of the other life skills class. Now the students had gone to eat breakfast, so we all went to the cafeteria. The students were almost all seated together, but we were still able to differentiate between the different social groups. Everyone kept asking me why I was there, and some students would come up and greet me and ask me what I was doing. The nonverbal students also ate breakfast with us. One of them got angry and started hitting the table repeatedly, then all of a sudden he started waving his arms, making his food fly everywhere. I think the staff handled the situation very well. They remained calm and simply approached the student and encouraged him to discuss a walk (with his teacher). It was a way for the student to calm down. I found out later that he ended up walking a mile and a quarter until he calmed down. Some of the food was distributed to another student and the teachers assured her that she was fine and