Chapter 6: Motivation and Boredom

I agree with Hilary who talked about wanting to do her hobbies. On page 100 she said, "I felt like school was keeping me from learning. I wanted to read books I chose and do my own art, but you didn't have time." This is something that is a big challenge that us teachers need to try and work with.

Every future student I will teach will have hobbies that they love to do. I need to find a way to incorporate their hobbies into the content. In Hilary's case, she probably didn't have any teachers that were willing to work with her art and reading hobbies. I feel like I could somehow make it work for her to use art and reading in my math class. It might not be easy to do, but I would definitely try it if it meant that she would get more from my class.