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Case: Does not care, should I? There's a student who comes into class and just doesn't care. We try to get him to learn and do work but he says it's pointless. I discovered that this student doesn't have a father and his mother is on every drug imaginable. How can I expect this student to do any work at all or even give a shit about anything we do in school when he has to think about where he's sleeping at night. Everything I can teach him in a classroom means nothing, why should he even care? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) This student will not see value in the situation until he knows he is valued. Show him that you care and have expectations of him. Show him that he is worthwhile even if he comes from a horrible background. Find a motivational story to tie into your classwork to give him real life examples of people that overcame similar situations. Build a personal relationship with this student, and then make sure he knows that you believe in him. He needs this from somebody. You are his teacher, and quite possibly the only person in his life with the ability to fulfill these needs. This is one of the harder parts of teaching, but is also one of the main reasons that I decided that I wanted to be an educator. We have the power to inspire the uninspired, and lift up students who need a hand. f you suspect his situation is this dire, let guidance know or report it appropriately. He sounds like he needs and advocate in his life. |
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