Cubs Honors English teacher called today to let me know he is having a difficult time "motivating" Cub. When asked a question in class, Cub usually says "I don't know." Also having trouble completing assignments. At the end of the conversation I say I will talk to him, may need to conference with other teachers, thank you for letting me know.
Cub arises and I inquire. Turns out he can't understand a word the teacher is saying. "He mumbles, talks too fast and when I do hear him, I still can't hear him, if you know what I mean. I say I don't know because I don't have any idea what the last ten words of his sentence were."
Funny thing was that I had a very hard time myself. I had to listen very closely, still missed some parts, but put it off as being the fault of the cell phone. I was finding myself frustrated after five minutes of straining to hear and understand. Cubs class is an hour and a half long.
Then, of course, there was also the fact that the conversation, if that is what we had, kept sending my mind to this thread.
(Did you catch that this is his "English" teacher?)
