I’m becoming increasingly frustrated with my yearbook students as the days go on. We are in the process of putting together a fundraiser, but it requires that they actually take some of their time and go to area businesses that might support our efforts. The problem is that, outside of a few hard workers, nobody is taking the time to go. They were told about this fundraiser 5 weeks ago and they are still dragging their feet.
My yearbook students are told early on (specifically, the very first day) that they are expected to put forth a great amount of effort. If they don’t feel that they can give that effort, they need to get out of the class and change their schedule at that time. Of course, they all said “oh yeah, no problem.” That was 5 weeks ago and progress has been slow going. Every day, I ask, “Did you go to the business that I assigned to you?” The answer comes back as something along the lines of, “No, I didn’t get a chance to.” Really, 5 weeks should be more than enough time.
My hard workers have been doing well and I am very thankful for their efforts. The slackers know that this is for a grade, but it doesn’t seem to be of much concern. I’m not sure how else to get them to do what needs to be done. Hopefully we can get our fundraiser up and running in the next few days so that I can end my frustrations, at least with this phase of the yearbook work.
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