Take a look through the classrooms of nearly any high school. Chances are, you’ll find some students who are highly engaged, and others, writer Adlai Nelson notes, staring into space, bored, disengaged, and uninterested in the challenge before them.
“Not everyone is ready, or willing, to learn at the same level,” he says. Adlai suggests that honors classes should “not be encouraged for everyone to ensure that students who do not want to take part in them do not end up in them.”
He proposes setting up class enrollments based on who really wants to be there. His podcast shares his ideas, and a simple solution for creating the kind of classroom atmosphere for students who want to excel.
Adlai Nelson is a sophomore at Lincoln Academy and lives in Newcastle.
