Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Purposefully Being Disobedient In a class I was an intern for, there was a young boy who would purposefully not follow directions given. For example, when told to create a poem with a drawing, the student wrote a poem and turned it in with no drawing. The teacher asked the boy to create a drawing, and about one minute later, the boy came back with pencil scribbles all over the paper. Mind you, this student has plenty of his artwork on the wall (along with his other classmates) and seemed to be in a hurry throughout this behavior. The teacher let him know the drawing must be done with the supplied crayons and must represent his poem. Finally, he turned in a beautiful assignment. What do you think could be causing this behavior and why? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) It sounds like the student was in a hurry to finish their work. I have interned with students that had a coloring page or a book they got from the library and would much rather rush the assignment so that they can get back to their preferred activity. I feel that the teacher addressed the situation well. If it becomes too much of an issue, I would have the student place their book or coloring page in their backpack.