Dealing with extreme student entitlement and disrespect
Teachers are facing extreme student entitlement that manifests as stolen supplies, broken property without an apology, daily trash left behind, and direct verbal abuse. This severe behavioral breakdown leaves veteran educators completely exhausted and overwhelmed.
Core Friction Pattern
Analysis of 4 peer accounts across online developer and community forums reveals that “Dealing with extreme student entitlement and disrespect” repeatedly surfaces due to edge-case mismatches between standard defaults and real-world environments. Standard troubleshooting frequently falls short, compelling practitioners to develop custom workarounds.
+2 alternative community-tested workarounds cataloged below.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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Dealing with extreme student entitlement and disrespect
- 1writing behavioral referrals and contacting administrationDid this help you?
- 2updating seating charts to separate disruptive students from friendsDid this help you?
- 3refusing to replace stolen supplies or provide food in the classroomDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“So I have been a teacher for 32 years. I have never before posted. But I am so exhausted with student entitlement !”source ↗
“Kid broke my cool paperweight and didn’t even apologize.”source ↗
“I teach upperclassmen in high school. This year I’ve had three pencil sharpeners stolen, as well as supplies and trash left all over desks and the floor on the daily.”source ↗
“Today a 15 year old kid called me a bitch 3 feet from my face, loudly enough that the two groups nearby turned to look.”source ↗
Where this came up
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