General Discussion

The kids loved easy assignments like that, or they didn't do the work and dropped the class. I don't remember failing anyone except the totally never appearing in class party kids.

But then I was teaching a class that was required for all students to graduate from the college.

I had 90 students per class, three per semester. Lots of papers to grade, and I tried my best to give them ample opportunities to succeed.

Those who dropped out eventually came back because they had no choice if they wanted a diploma.

Leverage is an important tool for an educator. There's a way to create it in any situation and especially in one when there's a built-in power imbalance like between teacher and student.

I'd love to get my hands on this one. It would be fun for me.

This quasi student needs to be required to write a paper about the history of the teacher-student relationship to pass the class. That's in addition to my previous suggestion. That's really where I'd start.