Coping with Seven Disruptive Personality Types in the Classroom

#6: Litigious StyleCharacteristics• Prepared to file a lawsuit at the drop of ahatResponse• Follow due process procedures–issue warnings, verbally and inwriting–cite Code of Student Conduct andpossible consequences• Allow them to contest allegations in ahearing#7: Compulsive StyleCharacteristics• Preoccupied with orderliness andperfectionism• Exerts emotional energy to controlothers• Constantly checks for instructors’imperfections• Inflexible about rules and moralprinciples; can be critical and intolerantResponse• Feel free to remain imperfect• Remind them you are a qualifiedinstructor and expect to be treated withrespect and dignity48