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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 328287" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I don't know how your night school works, but if it's anything like the various options we have here in Australia, it allows a lot of adult education. The result is - the majority of the students are more mature and also highly motivated. A kid who has been goofing off usually (in a school classroom) gets feedback from other kids to keep goofing off, it relieves their boredom. But in a class of motivated students, it backfires. Also, being around other students who WANT to be there, does rub off.</p><p></p><p>When I was at uni, I found I did a lot better in the evening classes than in the daytime ones. Due to timetabling problems, from 2nd yr uni I always had some evening classes. Other students found the same - the units we had to do at night, we found we enjoyed more and did better. We often had classmates (in other subjects) who were doing the same course but in day classes, who complained about the slqacking off in their daytime classmates.</p><p>That's not to say we didn't also have our own form of goofing off in the evening classes - we had fun! But it was fun while concentrating on doing the work well. I remember in Zoology prac classes, the evening class got in the way of a proper dinner so we would bring snacks to the prac lab. Imagine dissecting nematodes while hoeing into a pile of jelly snakes in the centre of the laboratory bench!?!</p><p></p><p>So I hope difficult child finds to his surprise that he actually enjoys the evening classes. It may be helthier for him to be around more mature, motivated classmates. It also shows him that learning isn't just a school thing, it's lifelong. It's also OK to enjoy learning and to want to know more, it's not a dorky thing.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 328287, member: 1991"] I don't know how your night school works, but if it's anything like the various options we have here in Australia, it allows a lot of adult education. The result is - the majority of the students are more mature and also highly motivated. A kid who has been goofing off usually (in a school classroom) gets feedback from other kids to keep goofing off, it relieves their boredom. But in a class of motivated students, it backfires. Also, being around other students who WANT to be there, does rub off. When I was at uni, I found I did a lot better in the evening classes than in the daytime ones. Due to timetabling problems, from 2nd yr uni I always had some evening classes. Other students found the same - the units we had to do at night, we found we enjoyed more and did better. We often had classmates (in other subjects) who were doing the same course but in day classes, who complained about the slqacking off in their daytime classmates. That's not to say we didn't also have our own form of goofing off in the evening classes - we had fun! But it was fun while concentrating on doing the work well. I remember in Zoology prac classes, the evening class got in the way of a proper dinner so we would bring snacks to the prac lab. Imagine dissecting nematodes while hoeing into a pile of jelly snakes in the centre of the laboratory bench!?! So I hope difficult child finds to his surprise that he actually enjoys the evening classes. It may be helthier for him to be around more mature, motivated classmates. It also shows him that learning isn't just a school thing, it's lifelong. It's also OK to enjoy learning and to want to know more, it's not a dorky thing. Marg [/QUOTE]
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