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By Bill Page
Welcome to 2008, the new calendar year, a new semester, and the same old three “R’s”--rules, roles, and relationships. After a full semester, kids know which rules, implicit and explicit, teachers enforce and their consequences; they know their role, and they know the teacher’s modus operandi, attitude, habits, expectations, and idiosyncrasies. After four and a half months, relationships are entrenched and the stage is set.

By Bill Page
Education Consultant
Students who don't conform, don't hand in assignments, don't abide by rules and procedures, and who are disengaged, apathetic, and oblivious to bad marks, test results, and low grades, are the scourge of every teacher, though such students exist to varying degrees and numbers in every classroom.

A Professional Development Program Summary:
by Bill Page, Author of "At-Risk Students" Students with a history of struggle and failure accept the inevitability of continued struggle and of ultimate failure. They do not respond normally or as expected to class management strategies such as rewards, punishment, threats, grades, and flunking, however effectively teachers may use them on most students.