Question:

Tyler summarizes Brett this way:

I think Brett raised a good question in his response when he asked, in effect, how do you help someone to care about what they are writing? There is no doubt that many students--I have also been guilty of this--simply write a sloppy paper with little thought besides getting credit for the assignment. Sometimes the most difficult task in helping somebody is breaking through their own apathy.

I wonder if you all might discuss apathy and writing and school? Have you experienced this? If so, why? More importantly, how would you handle a tutoring session with an apathetic student?