Monday, November 3, 2008
Unmotivated and unconcerned...
What are we doing as a society that is making the kids be so entitled? The lack of motivation that I am observing is driving me crazy! It's not that all the kids are unmotivated, but those who are, don't, I mean REALLY, don't care about school or their grades or what their parents will learn when we have parent conferences! If they're on an IEP, they know they won't fail a grade. Pretty much if they're ELL, they won't fail a grade. So why should they put any effort into their school work? I need to find a way to encourage those who are unmotivated to have a goal. Maybe I need to work on goal setting for my class? I am going to work on that starting tomorrow. I am going to make a goal for them in writing. There will be two goals. One short term goal and one long term goal. I will start that tomorrow.
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My suggestion: Have them make the goals. Anything and everything you can do to give power to your students will likely result in them caring. If they care, they will try.
I think the problem with our children is that they are given too much. Entitlement comes from the expectation that they don't have to work for anything. If you helped them make goals for themselves as Lothy recommends, that would have ownership accomplishing their gaols.
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