Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Student shout out You are teaching a fairly simple concept to a class of eighth graders and a student yells out, "I don't get this stuff at all! You are a bad teacher! I want a new teacher! How should you react to this situation? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) A lot of people suggested taking the student to the side, which I think is a good idea, however I would not stop class to do this. This would be distracting to all the other students and in Middle School they probably already only have about 45 min with you. I suggest writing their name down quick, perhaps saying something quick in the moment, "I'm sorry you feel this way, we can talk about this another time", and then seeing when an opportune time to pull them would be. Whether at specials or lunch or if you can do it between passing times. Explain to the student why this is disrespectful and be honest with how it makes you feel. Sometimes students see teachers as these unfeeling robots and it is important sometimes to let them know you are a real person with feelings, too! Explain if there is something they can work on together to avoid yelling out in class like that again. Set expectations and consequences if they decide to try this again in class.