When I was in high school we had a middle class:  those students who got Cs and would fight for a B.  Nowadays it seems like the rich keep getting richer and the poor keep getting poorer.  The students I teach are either getting As or Ds!!

This, I think, is a result of the mentality that some of the students have when they come to class.  The “poor” if you will just… don’t… care!!  They come to class acting like, “Yea, go ahead, give me an F, I don’t care.”  These are the same students who don’t flinch from referrals, don’t come to class prepared with textbooks and pencils, don’t turn in homework, and don’t pay attention.  What’s their deal?

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