Raising Your Hand

I'm sure all of you remember what it was like to be in school (especially elementary school), and you had your four or five classroom rules. I'm also sure everyone had some kind of rule about raising your hand. In fact, I actually remember having to copy this rule 250 times in the seventh grade for talking during the announcements one time. Well, I also have this particular rule in my classroom. My students are pretty good at obeying this rule, but I have one student who is exceptionally good at following this rule. He's so good at following this rule, it actually drives me a little crazy. This student raises his hand on average anywhere from 50-75 times a day. You may think I'm exaggerating, but I am not. I have to tell him many many many times a day just to put his hand down. He raises his hand in class while I'm teaching, while he's doing work, while he's in line for the bathroom, while he's in line for lunch, while he's eating lunch....and I could go on. Maybe I should make up a new rule: Raise your hand before speaking but you only get to speak 10 times a day.