Scott Shoyer

I really enjoyed this course. I love teaching and sometimes it's disenheartening when you feel a student is bored or just doesn't seem all that interested in what you're teaching them. It's human nature to personalize this and feel like it's your fault ... you're not stimulating enough, your teaching style is boring, etc ...

But this course really helped me objectively approach this issue and figure out the best way to address a student who doesn't seem particularily engaged.

Everybody has responsibilities in addition to taking courses and being enrolled in school. Depending on the level of maturity with the students it sometimes helps to remind them that school should be one of their top priorites.  It seems obvious to us, but sometimes it helps to give a friendly reminder.