Changing Attitudes - Strategy for Motivating Students to Learn

I.FUNDAMENTAL CONCERNS. 1.Why Students Aren\'t Learning. 2.A Strategy for Dealing with Attitudes. II.UNHEALTHY ATTITUDES TOWARD SELF. 3.\"I Am Inherently Wise and Good.\" 4.\"Nothing Influences Me Because I Am an Individual.\" 5.\"I Already Know Everything Worth Knowing.\" 6.\"Being Myself Makes Self-Discipline Unnecessary.\" 7.\"I Can Accomplish Anything if I Believe in Myself.\" 8.\"My Ideas, Feelings, and Habits of Mind Are Unique.\" 9.\"No One Understands Me as Well as I Understand Myself.\" 10.\"All Criticism, Including Self-Criticism, Destroys My Confidence.\" 11.\"If I Have High Self-Esteem, I Will Be Successful.\" 12.\"Guilt and Shame Undermine My Mental Health.\" 13.\"The Words \'Should, Ought, and Must\' Stifle Personal Growth.\" 14.\"If I Don\'t Assert Myself, I Will Be Diminished.\" 15.\"Perfectionism Is a Serious Threat to My Well-Being.\" III.UNHEALTHY ATTITUDES TOWARD THOUGHT AND FEELING. 16.\"I Create My Own Truth.\" 17.\"I Have a Right to My Opinion, So My Opinions Are Right.\" 18.\"Having Evidence For My Opinion Proves that It Is Right.\" 19.\"My Feelings Are More Trustworthy than Reasoning and Logic.\" 20.\"I Should Never Question My Own Ideas and Beliefs.\" 21.\"Whoever Disagrees with Me Commits an Offense Against Me.\" 22.\"Expressing My Negative Feelings Will Relieve Them.\" 23.\"Morality is Strictly a Religious Matter.\" 24.\"Morality is Purely Personal and Subjective.\" 25.\"Morality is Relative to Culture.\" 26.\"Being Creative Means Being Different from Other People.\" IV.UNHEALTHY ATTITUDES TOWARD LEARNING. 27.\"The Teacher\'s Job is to Entertain Me.\" 28.\"Whatever Doesn\'t Satisfy Immediately Isn\'t Worth Pursuing.\" 29.\"School Subjects Are Separate and Unrelated to One Another.\" 30.\"In Complex Matters There Are No Right Answers.\" 31.\"In Disagreements One Side Must Be Totally Right.\" 32.\"My Way of Thinking, Speaking, and Writing Should Be Respected.\" 33.\"Other People\'s Ideas Are of No Value to Me.\" 34.\"Experts\' Views Are No Better than Mine.\" 35.\"Rules and Procedures Don\'t Apply to Me.\"