The confluence of societal and governmental factors leading to these outcomes is an irredeemable tragedy. Nobody gives a fuck about education and the consequences are accelerating

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[–] MarxMadness@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

fewer than 10 of the 150 kids i'll see in the day are actually motivated enough to bother really trying. worse, most of them insist that they are trying very hard.

Have you found any approach that helps improve this?

[–] Llituro@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

Have you found any approach that helps improve this?

well i think if we all really committed to a "don't shoot the dog" inspired behavioral approach we could successfully train them to perform the process of learning with sufficient diligence for long enough that it becomes self-reinforcing, but that's an awful lot to tackle twice a week or to get curmudgeonly educators to even understand the concept of.