Students... grrrr.
There are days when my students make great progress, or even if not, they're doing their best.
Then there are days when they do their work, even if it's not their best work.
Then there are the days when a student or two, one in particular, has made it his apparent goal to avoid any effort and waste my time, his time, and his parents' money. And is pleased with himself when he has done so.
He has a deadly combination of arrogance and laziness, and intelligence misdirected at finding ways of slacking off. He's proud of himself when he does it, too. A lot of good that quality's going to do him.
Then there are days when they do their work, even if it's not their best work.
Then there are the days when a student or two, one in particular, has made it his apparent goal to avoid any effort and waste my time, his time, and his parents' money. And is pleased with himself when he has done so.
He has a deadly combination of arrogance and laziness, and intelligence misdirected at finding ways of slacking off. He's proud of himself when he does it, too. A lot of good that quality's going to do him.