Being between a rock and a hard place...
I am an instructor of adults from 18-35, I have a student who has not been as serious as their classmates being that they have not taken this seriously most of the other students do not care for them... I find it difficult to get, make, encourage, or coerce the other students to 'play nice' or work together. The student has some undesirable habits however I believe they can be successful. My question is how to 'involve' all students to 1st, give their best ,2nd to be more accepting to forgiving others behavior?
Try and find out why your non-serious student is there in the first place. Maybe they feel out of place, intimidated, etc. and are using non-serious behavior to mask it. Not that I am making excuses since they are adults they should be responsible for their own behavior and respect those around them: classmates and instructor alike since you are all there to do a job: learn and teach respectively. Perhaps discuss the issue "hypothetically" as a group if it is possible so students can try and see both sides of the story while looking at it from the outside and not their experience.
