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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Former teacher here. Many times those kids either have a neurodevelopmental issue that isn't getting proper intervention such as ADHD or there is major home stress such as an ill parent, father abandoned family or abuse. I found it rare a kid was just evil. I would not call any kid a jackass even privately. Adjusting your attitude toward the student and trying to figure out the underlying issue might help you manage the student[/quote]

I also am a former teacher--but I taught primary grades.  I did teach kids with serious problems and I would never call them jackasses (the parents, maybe!)
However, it sounds like the teacher who made the comment probably taught older kids.  That is likely tougher.

The most serious problem child I taught--and I taught many over the years--had been sexually molested.  She was in first grade and her mom was 20 years old.  The mom did the best she knew how--but she was a child, herself.  The little girl was a constant challenge.  Constant.  I felt very sorry for her and did the best I knew to help her--but I also began to resent her because of how she was impacting all the other kids in the class.  If you have not seen this, it is very difficult to understand. She poked, hit, screamed, etc.etc.  In the classroom, I had to keep her by my side most of the time.  
She belonged in an ED class--but it would have required an hour bus ride and the school system felt that would not be good for her.  The LD teacher took her out of my class for an hour a day, even though she did not yet fall into the "federal formula" for LD service.  I had taught for a number of years in challenging situations, but this child was, by far, the most difficult challenge I ever had.  [/quote]

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