Sounds like me, I have to stop my mind sometimes before my abrupt response comes out of my mouth! It just gets me so fired up! I had to sub in this room the other day where there was a student teacher. There was a little girl in there who OBVIOUSLY has something going on! She sat in her chair and rocked and hummed, she would write on paper and obsessively erase it, she could not stop herself from something she was working on, her speech was unintelligible. Well... what did this student teacher do yell, cut her down, etc... Well that lasted with me for about 5 min. I ended up being her one on one the whole day. During specials and lunch I TRIED to explain to this close minded witch that if you watch her behaviors you will see that she needs extra help. ' Well her family treats her like a princess and she is just spoiled!" OH MAN! I wanted to just bust out my Muay Thai moves with a head kick! I said ..... " This may be true but if you watch her behaviors you will see there is more to it, give her short term goals to reach. She cannot help herself and needs to be taught how to work appropriately in a classroom. " I tried to model this by per lesson I would give her something to work towards if she tried to stay on task. She had taken her pony holder out of her hair, she needed something to have in her hands all the time. I had her twirl the rubber band between her two index fingers. WOW! she sat through a lesson!!!!!!!!!! This woman is going to be a teacher! This is what is scary!!!! I know I am rambling but.... it is people like this who make me CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!! Why not try and see if something helps instead of just assuming they are " a spoiled child!!!" I wish I had a job where I go secretly into schools and watch teachers to make sure they are doing their job!