ABSTRACT
Every school in America has challenging students, and every teacher is confronted with these students at some point during the day. Some teachers realize the student who never comes to class prepared might not have a lot of support at home. Maybe the student is disorganized and irresponsible, but when the student shows up without a pencil, they give them a pencil. Some teachers realize that the student who cannot sit still does not like getting in trouble; he just has an overabundance of energy. Some teachers realize that the student with a chip on their shoulder has had a miserable school experience. They have not found anything they feel good about in school so they do not have healthy ways of getting attention. Great teachers recognize that the challenging students are the ones that need them the most. The best teachers are never victims of “slacker” kids. They refuse to let those students get away without doing the work.
