The fact that the students came to the classes is a very big step in the learning process. It is then up to us as instructors to keep their interest and motivational level peeked. I have found that students have a trust factor and they tend to use the trust factor as a means of escaping the class responsibilites, but when they are motivated by the instructor's presentation and the class materials their interest can me maintained. I have used the short stories and connect the stories to real life experience and it works like a charm in motivational maintenance.
