For myself, if I have a student that has such an attitude, and it goes to
the point where its interfering with general classroom management and others
working...I will make an example of this student so that the attitude is
innoculated against and does not infect others. Of course, it depends what
kind of building administration you have, but ours is very supportive.
(Can't say that about my former high school I taught at).
I have labored to put together a lengthy set of rules, that also includes
objectives, values of art, etc; I simply contact the building principal or
his office secretary, and there is a suspension room right next to his room.
I make arrangements for the "disinterested" and "disruptive" student to go
to this room where a copy of my rules/agenda is provided, and they sit and
do nothing but copy it word for word. IF they find just sitting in that
room more interesting, then fine...but my room is not suffering because of
it. If they write it all out, they earn their "privilege" to come back into
my room. Doing so is their equivalent of signing an agreement of
expectations in my room.
I don't pass my problems off onto the principal, and take care of 99% of my
own problems, but in an extreme case such as this..."You're outta here
-Larry
