Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Student Gives Up I am in a secondary classroom right now for my internship. One of my students was absent for about three weeks at the beginning of the semester because of disciplinary reasons. He genuinely cares about his grades and checks his Focus account at least 3 times a day. However, because he was out of classes for so long, he believes that there is no way for him to catch up--he has virtually given up on this grading period. Because of this, whenever he comes to class he is always on his phone, never stops talking, and causes others to get off task. As an intern, I am at a loss at what I can do to get him to realize that it is never too late. My CT, likewise, cannot get him to pick up a pencil. Any suggestions? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) As some of the solutions below mentioned, I think it would be great to show him a time someone else struggled with something. Maybe try to find someone or something he has interest in. If you can relate this to a sports star who didn't make their high school team or something of interest, this may be beneficial.                 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, good idea! Rated On: February 27, 2015 4:58 am Rated By: Tana Bill                 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: He will likely still feel like his situation is different and overwhelming. Rated On: October 16, 2017 3:34 am Rated By: JeBeVu