Welcome to Season 4, episode 7 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers.

I'm your host Angela Watson, and I'm here to speak life, encouragement, and truth into the minds and hearts of educators,

and get you energized for the week ahead.

Today I'm going to share some thoughts on what to do when students refuse to work.

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So the student that we're talking about today well there's at least one in every

classroom yep I'm talking about that kid who just sits there and doesn't work. The one who needs constant cajoling to put

pencil to paper and just get started. In some cases there's an attitude problem and the

student is disengaged from school in general and in other cases the student just lacks focus or self-discipline.

Though this is a really common problem that happens in pretty much every classroom in America,

there isn't any clear-cut solution.

Obviously you want to make the work as meaningful and authentic and relevant as you can,

and you want to build rapport with students.

But there are some kids who just aren't going to focus and get their work done

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