I learned that it takes a lot of effort to undo the damage of a single negative person, and they may not even know that they are being that way. The other thing that stuck out to me is finding the "want to" in the "have to". I could see that being applied to students as well. I've had students tell me they were tired, they had too much to do, and balancing school was difficult. they feel they have to do homework, and they have to go to class, they don't have to, they can fail, they can get kicked out of school, but finding that motivation and that want will make a difference. Wanting to do your homework, so you can graduate, or get a better job, or have more opportunites is looking at the situation in an optomistic light.
