Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Class Ringleader Most times you have leaders of groups within a class or perhaps a child who is more talkative than the others and the class clown if you will. In one of my classes, however, I have a boy who seemingly controls the whole class. If he doesn't approve of the assignment then the entire class dismisses it as well. Is there a way to deal with this behavior privately within the classroom or directly with the boy without taking the situation to the administration? What would you do? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) This is a major problem in many classrooms. I would say the best way to go about it is to make sure that the students know who is in charge and who has the power of authority in the classroom. The students act a certain way because they know that you do not hold all the power in the classroom but you are in a power struggle with the ringleader. Resetting who is in charge is what matters