Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: 20 minutes late, no exam for you Brian is a student in your Monday class. He is furious that you won't let him take an exam because he showed up 20 minutes late. He throws down his textbooks, knocks over a desk, and yells at you, "This ain't over!" before storming out of the class. You report the incident to office. Through the grapevine, you hear that the student had been sent to the Counseling Center, but you don't know the results of the intervention. The next day, you are shocked to see Brian walk into class and sit down in the front row. He stares daggers at you the entire class. What do you do? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I would present an activity where each student in the class writes a personal goal of what they want to get out of class and how they are going to meet the goal. This would help redirect the class as a whole and give them something to work towards.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: I think that in continuing the class in the context in which it began would be better than implementation of a "goal" acitivity and will not be of help in Brian calming down. The first step would to have asked what occurred during the counseling session and base your actions on the outcome of the intervention; without drawing further attention to his inappropriate behavior. Rated On: October 18, 2014 12:48 am Rated By: Denise Lukacik