UNMOTIVATED CLASSMATES!

[IBMondays]

Have anyone experienced being in a class with many (over half of the students are unmotivated and lazy) unmotivated students? If so, could you tell me your experience or how you handled it? And can you maybe give me some tips to how I can stay motivated despite other people influencing my motivation?

Honestly, for me it is really tiresome and it sort of drains my energy every time I enter the class. And the group works are the worst. Because if you are placed in a group with other people, you will often find your self doing everything. If you are lucky, you will at least find one who actually do something. However, since many of the students are unmotivated, it is only a slight chance for you to be placed in a group with people who actually do their part. I have tried talking to the teachers about this problem, however, they tell me to only do my part (that advice does not actually help me..).

 

PS: sorry if this text is messy...

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[ssseva]

Dear @IBMondays! 

This situation is so familiar! The first thing I'd recommend you to do is talking directly to your classmates. However, you probably have done this already. If it doesn't help, you can appeal to the school administration. Maybe they could speak to students, motivate them, encourage them to start working. If it also fails and the issue is too nasty, you may even consider changing subjects. This option is extreme, think about it after you have tried everything else. 

Briefly, I had a similar issue. My friends and I picked many subjects to stay together in classes. And after some time I realised that they hadn't manned up and still do their monkey business on the lessons. After the first half-year, I decided to work hard on my own and changed my subjects dramatically (which altered my specialisation entirely). Now I am studying with hard-working students (who else would pick Chemistry 😃?). But my agenda is jam-packed now, and the syllabus is in times harder. Better think twice (many times) before trying this. For me, only this helped. 

Edited February 16, 2019 by ssseva
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[IBMondays]

10 hours ago, ssseva said:

Dear @IBMondays! 

This situation is so familiar! The first thing I'd recommend you to do is talking directly to your classmates. However, you probably have done this already. If it doesn't help, you can appeal to the school administration. Maybe they could speak to students, motivate them, encourage them to start working. If it also fails and the issue is too nasty, you may even consider changing subjects. This option is extreme, think about it after you have tried everything else. 

Briefly, I had a similar issue. My friends and I picked many subjects to stay together in classes. And after some time I realised that they hadn't manned up and still do their monkey business on the lessons. After the first half-year, I decided to work hard on my own and changed my subjects dramatically (which altered my specialisation entirely). Now I am studying with hard-working students (who else would pick Chemistry 😃?). But my agenda is jam-packed now, and the syllabus is in times harder. Better think twice (many times) before trying this. For me, only this helped. 

@sssevaThe problem is that our IB coordinator have already talked to everyone in the class (because this problem is not just in my subjects but every subject) about their motivation. He tried to encourage the students by adding extra hours were everyone was expected to do their homework or group works. However this only helped in the beginning (the first 3 lessons) but now, the students are lazy and unmotivated again. I believe my only choice is to either quite the IB or hope the students will soon see the benefits in actually doing what they are supposed to do. Because it is really affect my motivation. But can the IB throw out students who don't do their homework, comes late to classes and don't work hard in class?

Edited February 16, 2019 by IBMondays