Child in School Placement/Service Learning

    There is a "trouble maker" in the classroom I am in, or maybe a few, as I am in a Kindergarten classroom. One child that stands out, we will call Lily and she is constantly getting reminded to behave correctly and always has a lot of energy. She is a little hispanic girl, and the Kindergarten teacher is a gay man. Most of the children actually are hispanic, black, and English is not their first language. Lily can never sit still, she often distracts herself and other students. She also refers to the teacher as "bro." However, the teacher's approach I think is actually really positive. He is very honest with her, and the other troublemakers and often uses humor to address their behavior. He also emphasizes that she is not in "trouble," but that she needs to change her behavior quickly. It is very rare that he ever threatens to have her leave the classroom, and when he does I think that it is an empty threat.