Margaret Taylor

The scenarios addressed angry and insecure quiret students, but it did not directly address Students who Bully other students by intimidating them into handing over homework assignments, etc. In larger classrooms some of the quieter students wil not tell on a bully and the quieter student often sithdraws. Later onw e find out that a particular student was unkind. Question: How di instructors identify the bullies so they can be supressed and all can succeed?

Occasionally a student will attend classes with multiple day body odor. Students can re-position themselves in a lecture class, but not in a lab or small group session. Our college is small. Once I spoke gently to a students to see if they were between apartments, and they were offended and dropped out of college. How does one handle grooming or should it be left to peer pressure?