How do you deal with a vulgar student in a classroom, either online or in a traditional classroom? In one of my online classes I had a very vulgar student. Asking the student to read the student code of conduct did not work. She came to class unhappy, after a fight with her boyfriend and she took it out on me and everyone else in the online class. In a matter of just a few moments, she threw the “F” bomb into our online seminar. I was mortified; I had never had a student treat me or her classmates in such a manner. If I asked her a question, she would retaliate; if I ignored her she would complain that I was ignoring her. I was in a no-win situation. I was able to call my supervisor and ask her to join in on my session and help me corral the student, however, even the added attention from her made the student lash out.