Today Ben and I continued with learning about the classification of polynomials. I gave Ben a sheet that had graphic organizers of polynomials categorized by number of terms and degree. I asked Ben to write in the box the answers: "monomial", "cubic", etc. He protested. He did not want to do any writing. I asked why, and he did not answer. I said, "I know that you dislike writing, but I also know that you are capable of doing it." He for monomial, he wrote "Mon." I said, "I do understand what you mean, but adding a few more letters to what you wrote is within your ability." I erased it, wrote "Monomial" and moved on to the next one. I asked him to write, "binomial". He did, but he took about 2 minutes to write it out, slowly writing B....then I....then erasing it, then rewriting it. I couldn't tell if it was a stall tactic or he was processing it. I didn't pay attention to his attempt to escape, I continue to push him. He eventually started to write faster. I asked him questions along the way to make sure he understood, like, "what's the difference between a variable and a constant." He mostly answered, "I don't know". So I explained it to him. With 10 minutes left in class, he asked if he could go to the bathroom. He was in the bathroom when the bell rang.