EP21 How to keep from giving up on apathetic students (Ask Angela Anything)
Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers
Angela Watson
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 May 2015
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
You can't lose sleep over disengaged students, but you can't give up on them, either. In this episode, I'll share how to overcome the feeling of powerlessness that comes from working with unmotivated students, and break free from the trap of trying to nag and shame them into working harder. Learn where to focus your energy--and how--in order to make the greatest difference for the greatest amount of kids.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 21 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers. I'm your host |
| 0:05.6 | Angela Watson and I'm here to speak life, encouragement, and truth into the minds and |
| 0:10.9 | hearts of educators and get you energized for the week ahead. |
| 0:15.0 | Today I'm going to share some thoughts on how to keep from giving up on apathetic students. |
| 0:20.0 | Visit truth for teachers.com to get the transcript, links to recommended resources, |
| 0:25.3 | and share your thoughts on the show. A big thank you to this episode's sponsor, |
| 0:30.3 | GoNoodle. GoNoodle is a free website with interactive videos and games to help kids focus during |
| 0:36.6 | the school day. |
| 0:37.6 | I love Go Newell because it makes it super easy for teachers to find the energizing |
| 0:42.3 | or calming breaks that students need to stay engaged. |
| 0:46.7 | Teachers can sign up for free. Go to goNoodle.com. |
| 0:51.5 | Today's episode is part of the Ask Angela Anything format that you'll hear once a month or so here on the podcast. |
| 0:57.0 | It's where listeners can submit questions they like for me to answer. |
| 1:01.0 | You can submit your own question by going to truth for teachers.com. |
| 1:04.8 | Scroll down to the middle of the page and you'll see a speakpipe box where you can |
| 1:09.0 | record a voice message and a link to a form that you can submit if you'd prefer to write out your question. |
| 1:16.0 | So the question that I'm answering today is a question from an anonymous ninth and tenth |
| 1:20.8 | grade teacher. |
| 1:22.7 | And she wrote this, |
| 1:23.7 | Dear Angela, I frequently have students who are not motivated to learn. |
| 1:29.7 | I actually get them in my class because I usually can have some success with them. |
| 1:34.4 | But in the past two years, I feel like I'm helpless to change their apathetic attitudes |
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