So I’m writing up the formal report to problem student. He was not good today (I said “no” to going over five minutes of lecture and he threw himself backwards in his chair like a toddler throwing a tantrum).

I’d like to ask his parents, jeez, did you ever introduce this kid to the notion of boundaries?

Also, Couch, what do you think of this suggestion? I brought my chair in on this just in case she could help. She’s worried he’ll turn violent (so were Info and my mother, but they’re Info and my mother). So she suggested I set it up with campus security that a couple officers come by and I be seen by the student chatting with them before class. Um? (She says she did this once and the disruptive student never returned to class.) Am I wrong to think that’s too far to go?

No, I don’t feel threatened, but if he were to make threats he’d be out of there a lot faster.