Being There
When a student gets late for an online or offline class , instead of bombarding them with lectures on punctuality and it's importance , we must try TO THINK FROM THE STUDENTS PERSPECTIVE and ask questions trying to compassionately find out their reason for being late. Hence letting them a chance to be truthful and honest instead of pressurising them with the should bes and must bes hence resulting them in lying or making excuses. A simple question of hey I have been waiting to meet you, what took you so long my dear? Is everything okay ? Accepting and Respecting their answer with patience instead of any kind of judgement is the next step. Again we are trying to understand the situation from their point of view. So accept whatever and however silly or irresponsible (as we may feel) the reason is, remember IT IS VALID TO THEM FROM THEIR POV. Being in their shoes and helping make sense we can slowly ask more questions like what were you playing today , wow it must have been an in...