Real Life Situations-School
Which strategy helps a student to stay motivated after they receive a poor grade?
Quit school.
Blame the teacher for not helping you.
Analyze mistakes, ask for the teacher’s feedback, and adjust study habits.
Compare themselves with people who did worse.
Analyze mistakes, ask for the teacher’s feedback, and adjust study habits.
You were working very hard for a poster, then your little sibling spilled water all over it. What should you do? (100)
Fake being sick the next day to avoid having to hand in the poster
Make your sibling redo the poster.
Calm down and redo the poster.
Ask AI to do the poster.
Calm down and redo the poster.
Which situation will help you raise your hopes
Your friends and parents encourage you
Get an A* in your weak subject.
Accomplish your goal
Go on a trip
Get an A* in your weak subject.
When students face challenges and feel like giving up, what is the best role a teacher can play?
1. Encourage students to see mistakes as opportunities to learn.
2. Share stories of perseverance to inspire them.
3. Provide step-by-step guidance to make challenges feel manageable.
4. Celebrate small progress to build their confidence.
3. Provide step-by-step guidance to make challenges feel manageable.
You have been rejected from a program that you really wanted to join. What is the best next step? (300)
Reflect feedback and reapply after you improve.
Argue with the leader of the program you want to join.
Cry for hours when you get home.
Lie to your friends to say that you are qualified.
Reflect feedback and reapply after you improve.
You did terribly in a computer science competition, and you feel very sad. What should you do? (200)
Don’t participate in any computer science competitions anymore because clearly computer science is not the subject for you.
Play games for the whole day.
Blame yourself for not practicing before the competition.
Try to practice harder next time.
Try to practice harder next time.
Which situation will make you feel hopeless or want to give up?
Get an F in final exam
I failed the group competition because of your mistake.
Your teacher blames you in front of the class
You finish your final project, but you forget at home, and you got a 0
You finish your final project, but you forget at home, and you got a 0
Why is it important to model persistence in front of students?
1. It shows them that struggling is a normal part of learning.
2. It demonstrates resilience and problem-solving in action.
3. It helps create a classroom culture where effort is valued as much as results.
4. It encourages students to mirror positive behaviors when facing difficulties.
3. It helps create a classroom culture where effort is valued as much as results.
A student struggles with math and does not know what to do. What is the most effective way to improve? (200)
Give up and avoid answering any math questions
Ask for your friends' help even if they are struggling either.
Tell your teacher or your parents that you are struggling and ask them for suggestions.
Focus on subjects that they are good at.
Tell your teacher or your parents that you are struggling and ask them for suggestions.
What’s a way to persevere through barriers? (400)
By continuing to try
Keeping a fixed mindset
Ignore them, do another thing instead
Let AI do all the work.
By continuing to try
If you are injured before a football competition, and you prepared for 3 months. What would you do?
Give up and don’t try this sport anymore.
Blame your coach
Don't give up and prepare for the next competition
Find a doctor to heal you
3. Don't give up and prepare for the next competition
What strategies can teachers use to help students not give up on long-term goals?
1. Break large goals into smaller, achievable steps.
2. Provide consistent encouragement and feedback.
3. Remind students of their progress over time.
4. Teach students to reflect on setbacks and re-frame them as learning experiences.
1. Break large goals into smaller, achievable steps.
How should you react to people who mock your efforts and your achievements at school? (400)
Stop trying so you can avoid their criticism
Ignore their mockery and focus on your goals.
Embarrass them publicly.
Blackmail them.
Ignore their mockery and focus on your goals.
You're fishing with your dad, your dad caught a lot of fish, and you didn’t even catch a single fish. What should you do? (300)
Stay silent and don’t talk to him for some time
Steal your dad’s fish.
Break the fishing rod.
Ask your dad politely for tips.
4. Ask your dad politely for tips.
Why should you try and never give up?
Because try and all is possible
Because parents give you high expect
Because you want to be a better person.
Because you are the best!
Because you want to be a better person.