The Obviously Bored Student
I had a student who though that she knew all the content and then when she flunked the tests she blamed it on me. I reflected and then sat down with her to talk to hr. She stated that she knew the content and that my test questions were the reason she failed.
I pointed out nicely to her that she is on the text all the time and also talks in the back of the room.
The second week she perked up and participated ending up passing the class.
It takes a teacher to go above an beyond to meet the challenging student half way.
I have a student now who sits in the back of the class and rolls her eyes if she hears something she already knows...or she'll jump on her cell phone. Surprise! She'll take a test and doesn't do so well. She will still pass however and despite multiple attempts at correcting the behavior (by me), she still resumes texting or staring out the window, rolling her eyes.
I taught a surgical procedures class where a good 20% of my students spent their time on the phone rather than listening to the lecture. Then they would fail the test and blame me. Little did they know the test questions would come straight from the powerpoints that they tweeted through all class. When I made this little fact known, I had 100% class participation.
