Robert Bloom considers the difficulties faced by teachers of disturbed and disruptive adolescents. He depicts common situations in which the teacher experiences anxiety, is unaware of the personal stress and conflict, and reacts in inappropriate ways. Examples portray such reactions as anger at coworkers, envy of the young, and retreat into professional neutrality. Reactions to Bloom's paper include thoughts by William Morse on the built in tension between adults and adolescents, a review by Michael Piersak of the importance of the adolescent feeling acceptance and security, a discussion of remedies by Virginia Rezmierski, and identification of other obstacles to teaching (such as changing federal, state, and local guidelines) by Ann and Thomas Vorhees. Bloom briefly responds to the reaction papers to conclude the discussion. (CL)