Attitude Overview

The student may:

• Make self-defeating comments
• Call everything “stupid” or “dumb”
• Frequently diminish achievements, accomplishments, and other positive things
• Minimize the successes of others
• Refuse to participate and take part in activities and discussions
• Be non-compliant
• Argue and bicker
• Challenge others’ ideas and opinions
• Be dismissive
• Never have anything nice or productive to say
• Always find fault in everything
• Pessimism
• Always think of the worst that will or could happen
• Fatalistic
• Sour demeanor
• Say they don’t care, don’t want to do something, or hate things
• Have a look of dissatisfaction
• Talk back
• Show frequent anger

DOES THIS DESCRIBE THE STUDENT:   YES     NO