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Case: Know it all Every class has one: a "know it all." Well, in class I had a student who thought she was the gift to the classroom and knew absolutely everything about everything. We were doing a pair share activity and she was completely insulting one of the students in her group who didn't really feel like participating. On one hand, the girl was being overly mean, but on the other hand the student wasn't doing what he was supposed to do. I was wondering if I should tell the student to calm down and not worry about the other student, or should I tell the unmotivated student to buck up and do the work? Either choice seems to have its draw backs and I can't really tell both of them to leave each other alone and do the work because then they will both be upset with me and not do the work. Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) Both students may need some amount of attention, and the one insulting the unmotivated one may need the attention immediately. I think it is certainly fine to ask her to calm down. You can ask her if she could try and help the student instead of putting them down. Either way, her behavior is undesirable and you need to communicate that to her as soon as you are aware of it. If you have class rules that address this behavior you may need to discipline the student who was insulting the other according to those rules. |
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