Hi Patricia and class, I once had a disruptive student due to his language - profanity was used in every sentence. When I spoke to him privately, he reminded me that he was an artist and artists speak this way. I reminded him that we have rules in the class and I expect every student to follow these rules and one of the rules (as mentioned in the syllabus) is that profanity will not be tolerated - and this has nothing to do with being an artist or business person. If he could not abide by the rules, then he would no longer be welcomed in the class. I did not have any problems thereafter....I wondered if this student was trying to see how far he could go..... What are your techniques/methods to control profanity in your class?