Should you sugar the pill?
I think the answer to this question depends on why they’re not doing very well. Here are some examples based on my own experience.
The class clown
In my first year of teaching, one boy was always making jokes. He seemed very content with coasting: he could definitely do the work, and could do it very well when he had a mi…
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