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Originally Posted by noumenal

The problem is that the lab I teach isn't intended to help prepare them for tests. Rather, it's just an aural skills class that I teach and grade, but it's called a "lab". The grade they get in lab is just part of the overall grade that they get in the course, which includes an intro to music history and some basic written music fundamentals (I refuse to call it theory, because it's not). They can do OK in the course by blowing off the aural skills portion - if they do well in everything else. SO, the problem I have is not their behavior in class, but just people showing up and giving a damn. They know that I'm not interested in being their pal or helping them memorize dates for the history part. All I'm there for is to teach them sight-singing and ear-training and how to practice it, but a lot of them think that it's too much effort for such a small part of their grade.

well in that case murder is always an option.