There are no "bad" students, just broken educational systems. Most students today are distracted. In a fast paced world the television, computer games, X-Box, and music all take precedence over the "slow" process of learning to learn. It takes dialing down and spending the time to awaken the learner in each student.

In the classroom of today, teachers are taxed to the max. Larger classes mean less individual attention. Students above or below the "median," students who don't much care ...