@sgosman,
Welcome to the community!
Were you able to resolve the issue with "having trouble trying to disable the ping off of a laptop"?
If you have, please provide your solution; It helps others who may have the same problem.
If the issue is not resolved, please provided your zipped packet tracer file for review.
What course and unit assessment was this for? What instructions were given? Block all traffic from bad laptop, or just pings?
HTH