[jonahx]

> Instead of saying "What are we doing that isn't capturing the students interest in these tasks? How can we connect this subject to the students most meaningful, important, and immediate concerns and goals? What concepts from this subject can we teach the student that'll help them achieve those salient goals?"

While this is not a bad question to ask, asking it won't avoid this kind of thing. Because it doesn't matter what the learning system is, or how good it is, many students will always do stuff like this if they can. Because it's fun. Because you get to stick it to authority.

Whether that authority is just or has your best interests at heart or is trying as hard as they can to do a good job is beside the point when you're young...

[youssefabdelm]

Very fair point. But perhaps if they did focus on those questions in the first place, they'd be viewed less as authority and more as friends.

[jonahx]

I feel like this can happen with individual teachers that you have a personal relationship with. I don't believe it's possible with a company, no matter how "pure" the company's intentions were, even if they were not for profit, etc. At best, it would a bit less likely.