@rsawitskas : This is such a great dialogue. Motivation is a moving target! First I think we need to challenge the students to ask themselves what motivates them... what makes them tick. Is it money, reaching a goal, pleasing their parents? Whatever it is, if I knew, I could play on that more.
I have students who are incredibly intrinsicly motivated. Then there are others I ask myself , why exactly are you here? Just to me crazy? Maybe that's their motivation... to make the instructor crazy. None the less, my lesson over the past few years has been that every student is different. It's a huge challenge to meet them where they are individually without sacrificing the time and collective goals.
