What is misbehaviour?

I think a lot of the times teachers classify students as misbehaving when students don't follow the rules that the staff and administration have set. It is especially important to remember that if we have set up specific rules in the classroom, that we also follow them if we want the rules to be followed by our students. By setting unrealistic rules and going against our own words, we're just asking students to break the rules that we have implemented.
In Bennett and Smilanich, four goals of misbehaviour are identified on page 50: attention, power, revenge, and assumed disability. I believe that a large majority of the time, students misbehave due to the need/lack of attention. I remember a few students in elementary school who always misbehaved because they knew they would get a reaction out of the teacher and they thrived from the reaction and attention that he or she would get from the class. By teachers displaying their anger and giving such a huge response to the situation, this fuels the child's tendency to misbehave even more; their goal of getting your attention was achieved. I've also had experiences where students try to misbehave but are unsuccessful as they do not get the expected reaction from the teacher, which in turn diffuses the situation.
I believe that creating a safe environment that is inclusive for all students will decrease the occurrences of misbehaviour, this ensures and validates that all students in the classroom are equally important. Implementing and establishing guidelines, rules, authority, and respect in the classroom with the students together at the very beginning of the school year is extremely important.