How can a teacher's efforts to defuse a classroom disturbance contribute to an escalation of misbehavior?

Question

How can a teacher's efforts to defuse a classroom disturbance contribute to an escalation of misbehavior?

Answer 1

I have seen it in my class because the teachers sometimes side with one student or another or they take the side of the student who communicates the best.

I know if I feel like the teacher treated me unfairly I don't like it and others don't like it when they are treated bad and it blows up sort of.

Answer 2

Once you give control to children, it is sometimes hard to get it back. So if the kids have been out of control and the teacher wants to regain it, the kids just kind of laugh it off and show their defiance even more to show that THEY will decide when they will be good, not the teacher. If the teacher puts their foot down and shows that bad behavior will not be tolerated, they will eventuallt fall back in line.