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i was an intense class clown my whooooole life and nothing really worked. i was in all kinds of sports, musical theatre, cheerleading, dance... but nothing seemed to contain me. i'm still a bit guilty of it... when i get an audience, i can't help myself! ha! i don't think i was ever inappropriate or distracting to the point of it being an issue that was brought home to my parents. but i've definitely had some talking tos in my life haha. so not really helpful advice.
i will note that i was classified as gifted and moved to a gifted program from grades 4-8. i think that helped because i was with a lot of like minded children and i was a lot more challenged than in my other elementary school and later, in high school. i think my acting out was a lot worse when i reached high school and wasn't being as challenged.

@birdofafeather: super similar situation with me! i also have a naturally loud voice so even if everyone else was talking, the teacher only heard me. lethal combo! and honestly i've spent my whoooole life trying to contain my natural extroverted tendencies and tone down who i am and i just couldn't. i think i'm still kinda the office clown haha. I think the most important thing is supporting kids with these natural tendencies, nurturing who they naturally are but instilling in them the importance of a time/place for everything. i was incredibly well behaved at church and restaurants and with other adults. i never really misbehaved, just cracked a lot of jokes and required a lot of attention. i don't necessarily think it was a bad thing and all my teachers loved me!