Week 2 Post

Well the thing that surprised me the most in one of my classes is that one of my students, that other teachers said had no motivation...really does have motivation. This particular student was in a group and he felt like his group was not going to do the assignment with 100% effort so he decided to try alone, and then he knew that was not going to work because of his focus. Eventually he ended up with another student that was working alone and they hit it off great and will be interviewing a member of Congress for a project they are working on.
I think the lesson that I learned is to not give up on a student period. I remember when I first put the groups together I thought... he probably won't do anything, and I never said it out loud but I sure did think it. They landed the interview with the Congressman because they listened to me when I told them that these people want to hear from them, and to not have any fear. So now the results are that they landed the interview to make a portion of their doc great! and I matured a little more and have taken on the attitude that I am determined to not let the people who are not that positive, get in my head. Some students have the drive but have to find their own way and need our support along the journey.