Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Too Cool for School I have a student who was in a dual-enrollment college course for Economics. He was not passing the course so he dropped it midterm. He has been placed in my inclusion Economics course to make up for not receiving his Economics credit. The problem is he hates being in the class and feels he is too smart to be in there. His mother even told our school secretary this when signing him out last week. How can I make this student feel that he is not too good for the class without being offensive? I will say he is a very bright student and should be in my honors class, but his schedule had conflicts so he could not be in that class. I do not want this student to feel too good for and/or hate the class. Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) It seems like you should try to differentiate the instruction to incorporate higher-level activities while learning what everybody else is learning. Having a conversation with the student about how important he is for the classroom and that he is going to be helpful to the other students will make him feel more important and needed for the class. I would try to use cooperative learning strategies, when possible, and allow this student to be a tutor or helper for the class.