Ask Polly: High School Apathy

Polly answers the question: “I told a student the other day that her grades were slipping. It didn’t matter to her at all… Is there anything I can do to get them to value their education?”
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Polly Bath is a much-loved consultant, trainer, and keynote speaker. She helps schools dramatically reduce behavior problems, increase student SEL skills, and build strong school cultures supportive of all learners. Her strategies include strengthening teacher behavior and SEL toolboxes; building strong behavior Tiers 1, 2, 3; and building school-wide systemic approaches to behavior and SEL.

[@FightingMexican]

With respect, I think this is a double edged sword. If students only see value in the entertaining parts of the learning process, it just makes the more traditional aspects even more difficult. I’m always reminding my students that they didn’t buy a ticket and I’m not here to entertain them.
Student apathy is getting worse with each passing year. I blame the pandemic and their phones/social media. We’ll eventually get past the ramifications of the pandemic, but no one wants to touch the students’ access to phones in the classroom.

[@rebeccaoprea9917]

Once school became compulsory, it became a chore .