Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Just doesn't care 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!) The first thing I would do would be to pull him out of class and have a serious talk with him to let him know that I truly care about him, and I will do everything to help him succeed. I will let him know that I can stay with him after school and help him with any thing he needs help with. I will also ask him if everything is going okay at home. If he begins to talk to me about it I will sympathetically listen to him, and tell him that he is a great boy with tons of potential in life. Sometimes by just letting the student know that we as teachers care can make all the difference.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: This is a useful situation to the problem. It will talk a lot more than one talk to gain his trust, but I think this is a great way to start the process of helping this child that is in an awful situation outside of school. Rated On: October 15, 2014 1:44 pm Rated By: Holly Ebbert                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: two thumbs up! Rated On: October 15, 2014 9:52 pm Rated By: Amanda KAhn                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: This soulution is not enough to help this student, this is a student that needs to see a good couseler so that this student knows that there are other options to help him out of this situation. Rated On: October 16, 2014 3:12 am Rated By: zemyRy                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: This is what I feel every teacher who truly cares about their students should do. We spend more time with our students than anyone else they will see in their day and can often times be the biggest infulence on their lives. By letting our student know we care we can make a difference. Rated On: October 17, 2014 4:01 pm Rated By: MaXuDe                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: This would be a great start but I don't think this will be likely to solve the problem. Further steps might need to be taken Rated On: October 18, 2014 9:34 pm Rated By: amemuW                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: Yes, it may help the student if he knows that someone cares and is there to help. I would also point out to him why education IS important and that it may be their only way out of their current living conditions. Rated On: October 19, 2014 12:24 am Rated By: uZyvaP                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: Showing a child that you care makes all the difference in the world. They need that positive reinforcement in order to gain self motivation and good self esteem. Rated On: October 19, 2014 6:02 pm Rated By: HeMury                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: Great solution! Rated On: October 20, 2014 11:33 pm Rated By: Chanell Wolski                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I think that this would be the first thing that I would try. It is always important to let the student know that there is someone out there who is routing for them to succeed. Rated On: February 22, 2015 4:44 pm Rated By: abypaN                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: empathizing with the student is a great place to start Rated On: October 16, 2017 3:54 am Rated By: uWureg                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I find this solution to be effective because it is respectful of the student. Sometimes students need someone who cares in their life. Rated On: February 25, 2018 12:29 am Rated By: NaGava