Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Difficult Behavior I have two students 8th grade who are inseparable, and all they do is talk while I am teaching. One student cares what I think about him and wants to succeed in school (student A), but the other student does not care to listen to the direction at all (student B). I sat these students at other ends of the classroom, but they always seem to find their way back to each other and start talking again. I told student A to get up and move if student B comes to sit with him in class, this seems to work but this has started to make Student B even more difficult in my classroom. Student B is becoming more upset with me and is starting to act out in class even more since he can not talk to his friend. What else can I do to keep these students motivated in my class? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I would try to rearrange the student desks into cluster seating and rotate assigned groups. That way student B does not feel singled out and it makes it harder for them to sit where they want.