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Encouragement-Discouragement
For the past 4 years I've actually watched my sister doing her schoolwork, before that point I really didn't care. But during the short time that I've seen her constantly giving up, usually discouraged by some sort of a "block". It had seemed that whenever something mildly difficult was presented to her, she would give up almost immediately; that doesn't fit her personality, so I wanted to know "Is the current system condoning or even supporting this constant giving upby removing consequences normally incurred by leaving your work half-done?" and "How can we help stop this trend?".

5 Things I learned
It is not reallly the institution's fault; mainly it's from the coddling and enabling parents back at home do, who tell their child that it's okay and wind up dong the work on their behalf. This lack of drive is also caused by lazy educators, tutors, and aides who do not wish to see a child suffer or do not feel like sitting down to help the child figure it out using their own materials. One good way to help decrease this occurrence is to, as the parent, sit down with your kid if you notice them giving up or struggling excessively and help them find a solution using their own knowlege. Another good (albiet, painfully obvious) strategy to combat this is to KNOW WHAT YOUR KID IS LEARNING AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT THEIR SCHOOLING. Getting to know how they feel is very helpful for knowing when they need encouragement before it gets out of hand. NO SPOILERS: giving away the final answer or literally guiding the child too directly will enforce their feeling that there is no incentive to struggle on their own!

8 Resources
(in no particular order othjer than the first one I found to be the most helpful/interesting)

[] _ I found this video to be controversial personally; it addressed what I had learned with the idea of stepping back from your assignemnts before actually giving them to make sure that the struggle will benefit the students, but then it also highlights that assigning more is bad because it leaves more for the teacher to grade afterwards. 5/5 for the thinking stimulated by it and for the information presented by it.

media type="custom" key="9550958" I give this one a 2/5 because it is too religion-based for my tastes and because it dances around instead of addressing the idea of encouragement or discouragement.

[] Cool video, but not quite as theoretical as I would like; it's too situation specific. 4/5; +1 for the hidden message of make a student feel more importan in the classroom to encourage them and another +1 for the AWESOME touchscreen!

[] This video is too cropped down for my liking and seems to have almost no relevance to its title, but it is a touching piece about dealing with disabilities brought on by life experiences. 2/5

media type="custom" key="9551104" This video provides old, yet useful advice on encouraging students (specifically young women) to not limit themselves (specifically in math and science). Nice little piece. 4/5

media type="custom" key="9551140" This video showcases in class techniques and structure to boost natural curiosity in students, reducing the risk for detrimental discouragement. 5/5

media type="youtube" key="Amm99_PeB7Y" height="349" width="425" Good video that's really more for being shown to an overtly discouraged pupil; designed to be encouragin/motivational. 3/5

media type="youtube" key="MJ8KyHy63Ug" height="349" width="560" Again, more for being a tool of encouragement. Still 4/5