What am I going to do with you?

Every year, it never fails, I get a few students that just don't feel it's necessary to do homework. Their reasons vary for not completing the work from "I forgot" to "My mom made me go shopping so I couldn't get my homework done". Whatever the reason, it's not usually the truth and they're just being lazy.

It's the same this year. I have a couple of students that just don't seem to care to do their homework. They know that they will get an "F" for the assignment and a color change (3 color changes in one day = detention) which will prevent them from getting the recess reward at the end of the week, yet they still don't do it. So I decided to talk to each student individually and ask why they don't feel that homework is something they need to do.

I asked one of my boys why he chose not to do it. He looked at me and said he just forgot. After a little further discussion (it's impossible to "forget" since I remind them several times throughout the day, have them write it in the agenda and sign it, and watch as they pack up everything they need) I finally asked him, "What am I going to do with you?"

He looked at me and said..."Love me?"

Ok. I can't argue with that.