I have a boy who is currently in his second tour of my 8th grade ELA class. He is not unintelligent or poorly behaved, just lazy. He doesn't do much besides sit silently and draw. It's infuriating because he could do much better, he just chooses to zone out. Most of the time you can't really talk to him, because he just looks confused or shrugs his shoulders without saying a word in response.
One day, I was reviewing some past lessons with my students so they could all ace a quiz. Everyone was taking notes, answering questions, and having discussions. I walked by his desk and saw that he had not written a single word on his paper. He drew some guitars or something in the margins. I held up the paper of this girl next to him, which was filled, and held up his in his face and just said, "Really? Really?" As in, 'so that's all you're giving me?' He shrugged.
We took the quizzes and they went off without a hitch. Most got at least 8 out of 10. I again walked by the desk of my good friend, the future artist. He had gotten 2 points. To my delight, the girl that had graded his quiz wrote his score at the top, and then next to it, wrote "Really?!?!"
Passive aggression ftw.
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