YOUR FRIEND HAS NOT DONE AS WELL AS SHE EXPECTED TO DO IN EXAMS . SHE IS UPSET AND NOW BLAMES THE TEACHER FOR HER PERFORMANCE . DISCUSS WITH YOUR PARTNER WHAT WOULD YOU DO
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You can use the following discussion or taking ideas, make your own discussion:
Student A: Do you know our friend, Kamal is very upset after her poor performance in her exams?
Student B: This was bound to happen. She did not listen to us! She was always busy with her mobile, even during the exams even!
Student A: I agree with you. Do you know she still has not learnt the lesson? She is blaming the teachers for her poor grades!
Student B: That’s really bad on her part. I think we must put her perspective right. We must go to her and have a word with her.
Student A: But what will we say to her?
Student B: We will tell her that her poor performance in the examination is the indicator of her own negligence, mismanagement, and carelessness. She has reaped what she sowed. Her addiction to TV and mobile has affected her performance drastically. Her becoming upset is natural. However, her blaming the teachers for her poor performance is another mistake she is committing. Her passing the buck won’t help her at all! It will further weaken her; it will further worsen her performance. If she really wants to make amends for the poor performance and improve, she must accept the truth. She herself is the culprit.
Student B: We will also motivate her. We will tell her there is no use of crying over the spilt milk. The past cannot be undone. The best option for her will be to muster all her energies and focus them on the coming exams. We will ask her to stop using mobile and watching TV altogether. We will help her make a time table and conscientiously stick to it. We will advise her to study, revise, practice, and solve sample papers. If she needs our help, we are ready to study with her. If she feels she needs extra-classes for math, we will ask her to enroll herself with an institute. Brooding and pining over the past mistakes won’t let her prepare for the coming exams. We will also tell her all great personages suffered failures. Failures are an integral part of success. She just needs to learn the lessons and move on.
Student A: We will make her feel we have complete confidence in her capabilities. She can do wonders. All she needs is reorientation. I am sure she will put her acts together and start studying seriously. We all will be with her in her efforts for improvement and reformation. She is very strong, and I know in the coming exams she will bring laurels to her family, school and friends.